Graduation Year: 2017
Hometown: Mercer Island, WA
Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Major at Santa Clara: Political Science, History
Occupation: Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Favorite memories from Santa Clara
- Graduation day: being with everyone I had spent the last four years with and having my family there
- Winning the Kolvenbach Award at graduation was an honor
- Moderating a City Council Debate in 2016 on campus
Extracurricular activities while a student at SCU
- Chair of the Student Senate for Associated Student Government (ASG)
- Reviewing cases for the Peer Conduct Board
- Intramural sports: softball and basketball
- Desk Receptionist at Casa Italiana residence hall
- Student advisor at the Political Science office
My hobbies and interests
- Spending time with friends and family
- Reading and writing
- Watching sports, movies, and TV shows
- Love dogs (my parents recently got two new puppies!)
Things that I am good at
- Active listening, trust, and honesty
- Making everyone feel heard and to function as a trustworthy confidante
- Mediating difficult conversations and strategically seeing the whole field so that I can give targeted advice
Expertise that I have acquired in my life and career that I bring to my term of service on the SCU Alumni Board
- Serving as Chair of the Student Senate at SCU and being a young alum gives me a strong insight into the culture of the student body and a deep knowledge of university administration. This will help me create partnerships with the university on alumni issues and projects.
- Additionally, I have experience with goal-oriented committees: served on a search committee to select SCU's CFO and sit on Duke Law's Faculty Hiring committee. These experiences will help me function as a trusted advisor and active listener on the Alumni Board of Directors.