Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
Personal Information
References
Extracurricular Activities
Hobbies and Interests
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Krizia Zehr-Olmo

New York,NY

Summary

Bilingual and multicultural student passionate about public health, particularly pertaining to drug policy and HIV/AIDS care and prevention.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Intern

NYU Langone Hospital
10.2023 - Current

-Surveying participants as part of an NIH funded epidemiological study focusing on party drug use in nightlife
- Collecting samples and mailing them

Research Intern/Support Agent

The Fortune Society
08.2023
  • Collecting qualitative data for a 3 year long phenomenological study on desistance and recidivism
  • Conducting interviews with recently released individuals, assessing their needs and referring to services and resources if requested
  • Writing research memos, inputting data into Excel
  • Data coding and analysis.

Peer Navigator

BOOM! Health
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Conducted outreach for a drop-in and harm reduction center
  • Contacted similar organizations for collaboration
  • Provided service linkage to clients.

Community Technician

Bowery Resident's Committee
09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Supervised clients at a 'safe haven' shelter program for homeless population
  • Conducted rounds and filed shift reports
  • Provided support to clients experiencing chronic mental illness and homelessness.

Research Intern

Pregnancy Justice
09.2021 - 12.2021
  • Coded data for use in an ongoing meta-analytic review tracking drug-related arrests of pregnant women in the US from 1973 to present day
  • Arranged a list of reproductive justice allies in Alabama including doula groups, harm reduction agencies and criminal justice reform organizations
  • Composed a factsheet with peer reviewed articles about cocaine use during pregnancy and its effects on baby vs preconceived myths about this issue- then gathered a list of legal, harm reduction and social services organizations in NY to send to.

Syringe Exchange Volunteer

Alliance for Positive Change
12.2020
  • Syringe exchange and reception at a harm reduction center
  • Creating Naxolone kits, harm reduction kits, and informational material
  • Referring clients to services, such as housing and HIV/Hep C testing
  • Participating in Narcan trainings, community outreach.

Social Therapeutics Intern

The East Side Institute
09.2020 - 12.2020
  • Helped facilitate group therapy in a social therapeutics-based setting
  • Helped organize annual fundraiser
  • Presented projects in social therapeutics study group.

Refugee Resettlement Intern

International Rescue Committee
06.2019 - 09.2019
  • Helped newly settled refugees apply for Social Security cards, SNAP/EBT, and utilities
  • Organized, filed, and built cases and casework both in physical files and on a database (IRIS, ETO, USCIS)
  • Provided interpretation for refugees from Spanish-speaking countries.

Education

BA in Sociology -

CUNY Baruch College
05.2024

Skills

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Literature Review
  • Thematic Data Analysis
  • Research Design
  • Public Speaking
  • Ethnographic Research Methods

Accomplishments

Organized panel at the American Anthropological Association's 2022 conference ("Risky, Fading and Composite Spaces") and presented ethnographic research

Languages

Spanish (Native speaker)
English (Native speaker)

Personal Information

Title: Student and Researcher

References

Al Ostapek, Alliance for Positive Change, al@alliance.nyc Elizabeth Reid, BOOM! Health, ereid@boomhealth.org

Extracurricular Activities

Secretary and Founding Member, Baruch College Philosophy Club

Hobbies and Interests

  • Acting
  • Creative writing

Timeline

Research Intern

NYU Langone Hospital
10.2023 - Current

Research Intern/Support Agent

The Fortune Society
08.2023

Peer Navigator

BOOM! Health
05.2023 - 08.2023

Community Technician

Bowery Resident's Committee
09.2022 - 12.2022

Research Intern

Pregnancy Justice
09.2021 - 12.2021

Syringe Exchange Volunteer

Alliance for Positive Change
12.2020

Social Therapeutics Intern

The East Side Institute
09.2020 - 12.2020

Refugee Resettlement Intern

International Rescue Committee
06.2019 - 09.2019

BA in Sociology -

CUNY Baruch College
Krizia Zehr-Olmo