Emily Musembi
Kansas City, Missouri
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Tier 3 Paraprofessional (35 hours/week)
Antioch Middle School
Gladstone, MO
08.2024 - Current
- Provide individualized support at the highest level of intervention to a diverse group of students with disabilities.
- Develop, adapt, and present lessons, and collect and analyze data to support academic goals.
- Cultivate a positive learning environment through behavior management and relationship building.
- Collaborated on a successful grant proposal, earning funding for adaptive exercise equipment to enhance P.E. accessibility.
- Currently leading an entrepreneurship initiative for students.
Independent Contractor (40 hours/week)
Twenty West Partners, Inc.
New York, NY
08.2023 - 08.2024
- Advanced client engagement in a fast-paced nightlife environment through direct sales, personalized guidance, and delivery of quality service.
- Cultivated a positive working atmosphere through the facilitation of communication between clients and team members, with prompt remedy of service issues.
- Retained a loyal and diverse client base through effective relationship management and networking, leveraging connections to drive increased revenue.
Technology Rotational Analyst (40 hours/week)
EquiLend
New York, NY
07.2022 - 04.2023
- 4-month rotation in Software Engineering: developed a demo website coded with Vue.js that integrated and marketed an Application Programming Interface product, enhancing efforts for sales teams engaging with potential clients.
- 4-month rotation in Quality Assurance: conducted rigorous testing of online applications, detecting and analyzing software errors using Selenium and Java programming.
- 2-month rotation in Data Strategy, Architecture, and Governance: contributed to a multiyear initiative to centralize data into a Common Domain Model, utilizing SQL coding to improve data accessibility and security.
- Member of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Technology Summer Analyst (40 hours/week)
Citi
Dallas, TX
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Collaborated on the development of a new fraud application, contributing to project management innovations and streamlining cross-functional communication through integration of JIRA and UI software.
- Participated in a year-long networking and professional development program before and during internship, engaging in mock interviews, weekly mentor discussions, and achievement of personalized career objectives to refine software engineering and communication skills.
Research Assistant (20 hours/week)
Columbia Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
New York, NY
09.2020 - 04.2021
- Executed large-scale data collection by transcribing handwritten bankruptcy records from the 19th to 20th centuries.
- Cross-referenced transcription data to ancestry and census databases to bridge gaps in demographic information.
- Coded a text analysis program using Python natural language processing with word2vec models to analyze salient social categories and their relationship to economic outcomes regarding debt relief.
E-commerce Manager (20 hours/week)
Manichia Gems
Kansas City, MO
05.2020 - 01.2021
- Designed, deployed, and managed an online store for a local business in response to COVID-19 restrictions, supported by SEF grant.
- Streamlined marketing, product listing, secure payment, customer reviews and support, and shipping into an e-commerce platform to create a user-friendly online shopping experience.
Intern (20 hours/week)
Thwake Village Partnership
Thwake, Kenya
06.2019 - 07.2019
- Contributed to the management of a group home in rural Kenya for orphans and at-risk youth, tutored and mentored residents, and used local resources in Nairobi to collect supplies for donation with funding from SEF grant.
- Created an online library using Project Gutenberg open source books for students and faculty at a surrounding secondary school and led an electronic device donation drive for their computer room.
Tutor and Teaching Assistant (5 hours/week)
Double Discovery Center
New York, NY
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Mentored students at a middle school by enhancing lesson comprehension, implementing behavioral guidance, and providing individualized tutoring.
- Led class instruction in language arts and algebra.
- Advocated for academic accommodations and social intervention by facilitating communication between students and school professionals.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Double Major in Computer Science and Sociology
Columbia College, Columbia University
New York, NY05.2022
Skills
- Programming in Python, Java, and C
- Natural language processing
- Intermediate Spanish
- Video game creation
- Running
- Writing my first novel
Volunteer Experience
Kings County Civil Court- New York, NY
Court Navigator, 05/2024 - 07/2024
- Supported unrepresented litigants in tenant disputes by providing information about the legal process and assistance in filings.
- Guided document compilation, facilitated access to law clerks, court facilities, and resources, and located case information for litigants using NYCEF and other e-filing entities.
Kisekini Foundation- Machakos, Kenya
Lead Organizer, 06/2023 - Present
- Collaborated with local communities to gather and distribute school, hygiene, and medical supplies to children at Kisekini primary school as well as the surrounding village as a whole.
- Designed and led a workshop covering relevant adolescent issues.
- Currently applying for non-profit status to expand volunteer efforts and streamline international supply distribution.
New Sanctuary Pro Se Legal Clinic- New York, NY
Advocate, 08/2019 - 05/2021
- Notetaker that assisted lawyers and translators in interviewing asylum-seeking community members and filling out I-589 applications.
- Provided empathic support through all stages of the legal process, including during hearings and after denials.
- Facilitated the transition to virtual clinics in 2020 and back to in-person clinics in 2021, ensuring safety and integrity of the asylum application process.
Timeline
Tier 3 Paraprofessional (35 hours/week)
Antioch Middle School
08.2024 - Current
Independent Contractor (40 hours/week)
Twenty West Partners, Inc.
08.2023 - 08.2024
Technology Rotational Analyst (40 hours/week)
EquiLend
07.2022 - 04.2023
Technology Summer Analyst (40 hours/week)
Citi
06.2021 - 08.2021
Research Assistant (20 hours/week)
Columbia Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
09.2020 - 04.2021
E-commerce Manager (20 hours/week)
Manichia Gems
05.2020 - 01.2021
Intern (20 hours/week)
Thwake Village Partnership
06.2019 - 07.2019
Tutor and Teaching Assistant (5 hours/week)
Double Discovery Center
09.2018 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Double Major in Computer Science and Sociology
Columbia College, Columbia University