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VOLUNTEERING

Boggy Creek Farm, Austin 2020

Weekend farm volunteer! Mostly weeding and planting.

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Volunteer, Montenegro March '20 🐐

Assisted with farm management on Ovchar family dairy farm and started garden for 1 month. 35 goats, 27 goat kids, 2 cows, 1 bull, 5 sheep, 9 dogs, 40 chickens, 4 pigs, 8 piglets, 3 turkeys, 2 geese, 2 ducks, 1 elderly donkey.

Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar 2016 & 2018

Leadership Advocacy Council Member, Planned Parenthood Central TX Jul 19 - Jan 20

Managed vendor table at the State of the Uterus event, tabling at various community health fairs, AISD community health fair, trained new incoming volunteers, outreach for pp lobby day, pp lobby day.

Planned Parenthood Volunteer, PP Gulf Coast & Central Texas Aug '16 - Jan '20

Represented the organization at local volunteer recruitment events and sexual health education events with the goal of improving access and education to sexual and reproductive health; including community outreach at Hurricane Harvey Resource Recovery events.

Floating Doctors Volunteer, Bocas del Toro, Panama May '18 – June '18

Provided quality preventative care health education, assisted in patient intake in Spanish, provided administrative support for multi-day clinics for remote indigenous Ngabe-Bugle island communities.

The Beacon Homeless Shelter Volunteer, Houston April '17

High School Mentor, Break Through, Houston Aug '16 - May '17

Provided guidance to build life skills such as decision making, self-esteem building, goal-setting; developing assertive communication tactics and more.

 

United We Dream Volunteer, Houston Aug '16 - May '17

Testified against Senate Bill 4 at the Texas State Capitol. Testified in favor of Houston City Council bill for major Texas cities to oppose Gov. Abbott’s opposition to sanctuary cities.

 

Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign Grassroots Volunteer Nov '15 - May '16

Phone banked and canvassed local Houston neighborhoods throughout primary campaign season. Created Bern-A-Palooza, a volunteer engagement event which drew in 100 people for the local Houston headquarters.

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