Community Service

Facilitator for Parents of Children with Disabilities | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course | Broadview, IL
Fall 2012 – Spring 2014

  • Led weekly sessions to teach parents of children on the Autism spectrum and with other disabilities mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques and apply them to their daily parenting practices

  • Organized and led weekly excursions to local restaurants, movie theaters and bowling alleys for parents to practice their newly-learned techniques with their children in the community

Team Leader | Stritch Day of Service at Loyola University Chicago | Maywood, IL
Fall 2012 – Spring 2014

  • Led a group of 12 medical students on multiple occasions to renovate and repair the Quinn Community Center at St. Eulalia Church

  • Helped to ensure proper learning, socializing, and activities space for underserved, at-risk teens and children in the Maywood community

Tutor | STEPS Pediatric Tutoring Program at Loyola University Chicago| Maywood, IL
Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

  • Volunteered biweekly as a tutor to pediatric patients in the Loyola Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital, working with parents and children to review schoolwork and ensure academic stimulation while hospitalized

Medical Volunteer | Bank of America Chicago Marathon | Chicago, IL
7 Oct 2012

  • Worked with a team of attending physicians, nurses, physical therapists and other students to provide medical care to runners both on the course and at the finish line

  • Triaged patients with a range of musculoskeletal and metabolic pathologies and ensured proper care for urgent and emergent patients

Facilitator and Volunteer | J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation | Villa Grove, CO
Summer 2012

  • Educated and chaperoned 40 high school student-athletes from the Chicagoland area for 2 weeks, helping to develop their leadership skills and promote responsible decision making, increase self-esteem, resist negative peer pressure, and encourage conflict resolution

  • Volunteered as a ranch hand—wrangling horses and maintaining facilities

Swim Lessons Organizer and Instructor for Children with Disabilities | Student Volunteer Council at Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
Fall 2007 – Spring 2011

  • Individually conceived, organized, planned and facilitated six sessions of swim lessons in both the fall and spring semesters, pairing over 20 Princeton student-volunteers with over 30 young swimmers, each with disabilities including Autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, and other developmental disorders

  • Worked hands-on with swimmers, inside the water, to establish a better connection, maximize learning, and ensure safety

One-on-one Mentor for Child with Autism | Princeton, NJ
Spring 2009

  • Met one-on-one biweekly with a child with autism in order to help develop social skills and cultivate self esteem

  • Worked with Developmental Psychology professor and private practitioner Michael Litchman PhD to plan sessions which address the needs of the child and target specific skills and outcomes each session

Volunteer and Team Leader for Children with Disabilities | Princeton Disabilities Awareness Down Syndrome Conference | Princeton, NJ
Fall 2007 – Fall 2010

  • Spent one day each fall with children from 150 families with children with Down syndrome and other disabilities from the community, reading books, assisting with obstacle courses, painting faces, and helping children eat snacks and lunches, while parents attended an educational conference

  • Served as a team leader during my junior and senior years, recruiting teammates and friends to volunteer and overseeing multiple groups of children throughout the day