Dynamic professional with experience at the NYC Department of Buildings, excelling in legal policy analysis and interdepartmental collaboration. Proven ability to manage case tracking and document analysis, driving resolutions for community concerns. Committed to enhancing literacy training and fostering inclusive educational practices through effective program coordination and outreach initiatives.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Intergovernmental Affairs Community Engagement Intern
NYC Department of Buildings
Brooklyn, NY
03.2025 - 05.2025
Serving as a liaison between legislative codes and legal cases to City, State, and Federal elected officials, and government agencies, with an association with NYC's Mayor's Office and collaborating city agencies.
In direct contact with government officials, primarily community boards, to process and file cases coordinated to zoning codes, processing permits, safety 'OATH' violations, and complaints from property owners and the community, with an objective of resolution.
Processing of code violations in pending and completed/resolved legal cases in public databases and internal systems regulating case status and regulatory standards of outcome and action.
Addressing and responding to complaints, and redirecting to the proper agency within a hierarchical, collaborative government structure.
Analyzing legal documents, construction plans, permits, and the expiration of permits' validity and processes of approval.
Directly meeting with constituents to view documentation and direct them to a resolution, then communicating with governmental agencies in community regulation.
Intern
Lesley University Graduate Institution: The Center for Reading Recovery & Literacy Collaborative
Cambridge, MA
10.2023 - 05.2024
With the objective of developing high-quality professional literacy comprehension, training, and resources for administrators, literacy coaches, classroom teachers, and other literacy teachers and specialists.
Organized institutional records and certification in professional development documentation in a physical/digital database.
Managed educational development with a primary center focus on anti-racism in 2024 for implementing practices in classrooms, such as inclusive discussions, a series of literacy and critical thinking skills, literature, language, and tools for the school, community, and the world.
Program coordination in keynote presentation-based events for certified training, facilitating formal events.
Prepared and filed training documentation and data reports in direct contact with instituted communication and access for participants (trainers, educators, and administrative positions in the graduate school, both internal and external through outreach).
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Cultural Anthropology
The City University of New York
Manhattan, NY
01.2024
Skills
Archival research
Document analysis
Case tracking
Evaluation
Legal policy analysis
Database navigation
Records management
Interdepartmental collaboration
Cross-disciplinary research
Literacy training
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Intergovernmental Affairs Community Engagement Intern
NYC Department of Buildings
03.2025 - 05.2025
Intern
Lesley University Graduate Institution: The Center for Reading Recovery & Literacy Collaborative