Curriculum Vitae

Chapman University                                                                                                                              Orange, CA

B.A., Political Science; Minor: Business Administration, Honors. GPA 3.9/4.0.              Expected Spring 2026
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• Honors and Awards: University Honors Program (Top 7%), Provost's List, Pi Sigma Alpha, Senior Law Review Editor, International Student Ambassador, 2nd place global mental health tech-startup venture.

• Relevant Coursework: Political Research Design (R-Studio), International Political Economy, Human Rights Law, Foundations of Business Analytics, American Politics, Peace and Conflict Resolution ​

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American University – Washington Semester Program                                                    Washington D.C. 

Coursework in U.S. Presidents & Global Conflict Resolution. GPA 4.0/4.0.                        Jan 2025 – May 2025

 

  Paulsen Gymnasium                                                                                                                           Berlin, Germany
Abitur (Germany Entrance Level Exam). Graduated in the Top Quartile of Class.                                  May 2021

 Final Exam Score: 15/15 Economics. Student Body President.                          

 Thesis: The Bioethical and Economical Feasibility of Golden Rice (Advisor: Marilene Richter)

European Parliament – Office of MEP Thomas Geisel (BUDG/ITRE Committees)     Brussels, Belgium

Parliamentary Policy Trainee                                                                                                          May 2025 – Aug 2025

• Architected 30-page analysis on the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, identifying complex repayment risk as a core gap in EU financial planning, informing a MEP's letter to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, resulting in subsequent policy clarification from the Commission and two national media interviews.

• Synthesized over 1,500 pages of budget proposals documents, advised on municipal housing solvency, including research on a Turkey €10 million case and a new research facility in the Netherlands, navigated EU budgetary procedure (MFF/Own Resources, BUDG/ITRE) with a “strong grasp of legal and factual situations,” drafting 20+ legislative amendments and editing parliamentary statements/speeches.

 

POLITICO MAGAZINE                                                                                                                          Washington D.C.

Editorial Intern                                                                                                                                   May 2025 – Aug 2025

• Independently pitched, researched and authored high-level features on political and gender economics for national newsletters, concurrently led end-to-end CMS production for 50 + analytical pieces—managing research retrieval, fact-checking, and media deployment—and integrated 4 + external data feeds (CBO, federal trackers) to strengthen quantitative rigor, resulting in 2 published cover stories reaching an audience of over 200 K.

 

Pioneer Foundation                                                                                                                                Berlin, Germany

Junior Project Manager                                                                                                                      Feb 2022 – Sep 2024

• Secured and deployed (200,000+) in corporate capital from DAX-40 firms, negotiating strategic partnership activation with Ukrainska Pravda to financially stabilize 70+journalists and launch the English-language expansion of Ukraine’s largest independent news portal, sustaining on-location reporting in Ukraine during the invasion.

• Established rigorous fact-verification protocols to counter state-sponsored disinformation while serving as the host of the Pioneers for Ukraine podcast, mobilizing high-level political stakeholders and reaching over 30,000 listeners; concurrently designed and directed the “Fake News Workshop,” training 100+ students and professionals in media literacy and democratic engagement.

 

Media Pioneer (Axel Springer Venture, European Media Startup 2020)                   Berlin, Germany      Editorial Intern                                                                                                                                   May 2025 – Aug 2025

• Directed civic-media programming at the intersection of journalism and democratic resilience, serving as narrator for The Opinion of Others, a film on freedom of expression viewed by 500 K+ people across 1 K+ screenings. 

• Led the event management of the 14-day Deutschlandtour civic-dialogue tour for the European Media Startup of the Year (2020), coordinating integration for 4+ national leaders and curating multi-city forums on nine reform agendas (Transferunion, Agenda 2030); led a youth-policy dialogue with former Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble before 50+ students at the Frankfurter Literaturhaus, cited in national media.

 

United Nations Association Orange County (UNA–OC)                                                                Orange, CA

Public Affairs & Human Rights Intern                                                                                            Feb 2022 – Sep 2024

• Conducted research on over 1,500+ pages of legal documents, including ICC/ICJ jurisprudence and 15+ multilateral treaties, producing 5+ policy briefs that served as the intellectual foundation for advocacy strategy.

• Led a multimedia content pipeline that translated policy research into accessible public content, including a video on food-waste reduction (SDG 2), which engaged 2,000+ stakeholders and drove a 20% increase in engagement.

• Prospected 25+ new partnerships with non-profit and academic institutions to establish a localized SDG data-exchange network, strengthening community-level human-rights monitoring and demonstrating advanced relationship-building skills.

Electoral Outcome Analysis: (2016–2020 U.S. Presidential Elections)                Chapman University 
Semester-long Quantitative Political Research| Dr. Lewis Luartz, Political Science Department              

• Modeled two-wave longitudinal data (n=6172) via multinomial logistic regression to disaggregate the incumbency effect, establishing that strong economic disapproval shifted from being a significant positive predictor (beta=5.12, p<.001) in 2016 to a minimal one in 2020, informing targeted 2024 political engagement models to mitigate democratic vulnerability, resulting in recognition at the Chapman Undergraduate Research Symposium.

 

Applied Geopolitical Conflict Modeling: The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar         American University  

International Peace and Security | Professor Gul M. Gur 

• Engineered a tripartite conflict-causality model synthesizing Stewart, Burton, and Collier frameworks across 37 variables from the UCDP and UNDP datasets and 50 empirical datasets to quantify territorial control (21% junta / 42% resistance), displacement (>3 M), and fatalities (75 K). Validated “Hurting Stalemate” diagnosis via Zartman’s Ripeness theory with 0.81 predictive accuracy across 12 regional analogues, informing a Multi-Track Diplomacy architecture grounded in Galtung’s Positive-Peace metric; awarded a perfect 100 / 100 score.

Student Demand Action – Treasurer                                                                                    2024 – Present 

Mobilized 350+ peers in a voter-registration text bank, trained 20+ students in letter-writing workshop, and hosted campus-wide food-drive securing over 200+ items filling a critical need for Laura's House, a local domestic violence shelter.

 

Entrepreneurs Academy Fellow, School of Future (SoF)                                                                2021 

Selected as 1 of 10 from a global applicant pool of 177 (Top 5.6%) to join international innovation program; cohort included peers from the UK, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, USA, and Italy. Architected and led the development of an innovative mental health technology venture, strategically positioned to address a pressing global health issue, leveraging stakeholder analysis and digital communication to inform product strategy and platform launch.

 

Orange Homegrown Educational Farm – Volunteer                                                              2022 – Present

Provided sustained support for urban farming and food distribution initiatives over 3 years (104+ hours), directly advancing community food security and nutrition education in alignment with SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).