Higher Education

Brown University Civic Engagement Fellows, 2022
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Non-Partisan Civic Engagement Among Students

My higher education philosophy is deeply informed by psychosocial identity development theory and I find myself quoting Baxter Magolda's self-authorship framework on a daily basis. Students are the drivers of their own lives and we as support staff professionals are the passengers providing adequate GPS directions. We don't decide the destination of students' journeys; the students do and we provide them the support to reach those destinations. This was the prevailing framework when we institutionalized a student initiative, Brown Votes, at Brown University to be a cross-campus collaboration with leading administrators, faculty, staff, students and Providence community members. Through the Office of Residential Life, I inaugurated a partnership with the Brown Swearer Center for Public Service to support our civic engagement fellows as they encourage non-partisan activity for students both on- and off-campus.

Student Development and Community Building

Brown University Direct Reports, 2021
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To broaden my student affairs development and continue contributing to the country-wide goal of supporting undergraduate students amidst a pandemic, I joined Brown University as an Area Coordinator. As part of the Greek, Program, and Theme House Team under the Office of Residential Life, I oversee 25 identity-based and affinity-based communities on campus for over 1600 residential students. In my direct supervision of Community Coordinators, I support paraprofessional staff in fostering community building, developing engaging student programming, and creating a vision for the legacy of their individually, unique communities. 

Practice to Theory to Practice

At Chapman University, I began as a Residential Education Assessment Facilitator who was tasked with the comprehensive assessment of the Hall Council initiative in the Residence Life and First Year

Chapman Grand Staff, 2019
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Experience department. Through individual interviews, focus groups, and surveys with residents, elected student leaders, and department professional staff, I compiled an 80-page report with findings, implications, recommendations, and comparisons to other successful institutions with similar initiatives. This inspired the relaunch of the initiative as Community Council, and became a practice-theory-practice tool utilized among resident directors and advisors. In the following months, I was hired as a Graduate Resident Director and served as an advisor for the Chapman Grand Community Council, developing a leadership plan for elected student leaders and peer GRD advisors. This was in addition to my experience in on-call responsibilities, supervision of resident advisors and office assistants, serving as a student conduct officer, and leading the staff training and development committee for two years.

GradFest advertisement at CSUF, 2020
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Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

"Once a Titan, always a Titan!" I am proud to be a first-generation graduate from CSUF. In 2017, I completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communications degree with a minor in Psychology and graduated cum laude. In 2019, I completed a Master of Science in Education degree with an emphasis in Higher Education and graduated magna cum laude. My campus activities include but are not limited to Associated Students, Inc., CommWeek Conference, Newport Beach Film Festival, Entertainment and Tourism Club, Muslim Student Association, Students for Justice in Palestine, Higher Education Leadership Organization, Academic Senate, and the National Association for Down Syndrome - Fullerton Chapter. I have graciously been awarded the Women's History Month Scholarship, Dean's List, William G. Pollock Scholarship, Asian Pacific Islander Faculty Association Scholarship, Department of Communications Leadership Award, Harvey A. McKee Distinguished Student Leader Scholarship, and the Bergstrom Family Scholarship Endowment.