Mira Baba
Ann Arbor,MI
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Crisis Counselor Volunteer
Crisis Textline
, Remote
06.2025 - Current
- Completed 15-hour certified training in active listening and crisis de-escalation, incorporating roleplays and safety planning.
- Volunteered over 200 hours supporting individuals in mental health crises via text, guiding toward actionable coping strategies.
- Enhanced emotional intelligence and decision-making skills in high-pressure situations, applicable to legal client service roles.
Student Intern
Lex Fellowship
Boston, MA
07.2025 - 07.2025
- Attended over 10 courthouse hearings, drafting case summaries and analyzing trial strategies.
- Conducted visits to more than 12 law firms, examining real attorney-led cases and presenting legal arguments.
- Completed mock trials and over 15 case evaluations, enhancing skills in legal analysis and oral advocacy.
Research Assistant
Center for Political Studies
Ann Arbor, Michigan
08.2024 - 05.2025
- Standardized constituency-level election results into Excel templates for global policy repository.
- Coordinated multi-stage quality control with faculty and students to ensure data integrity.
- Scraped, cleaned, and reformatted over 500 pages of international election data, resolving inconsistencies through multilingual verification.
Teacher Assistant
Asian Debate League
Taipei City, Taiwan
08.2020 - 08.2024
- Judged over 100 debate rounds, providing detailed oral and written feedback to students and parents.
- Developed quizzes and informative slides to improve student assessment methods.
- Authored comprehensive research briefs of over 50 pages for each debate topic.
- Created over 50 presentations on debate, rhetoric, and public speaking skills for elementary and middle school students.
- Spearheaded seminars addressing parental concerns regarding debate class enrollment, encouraging student participation.
Student Intern
Legalist Law Firm
Remote
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Interpreted and summarized legal cases related to commercial lease disputes for client review.
- Selected relevant cases, ensuring precision and attention to detail.
- Drafted deal structures while presenting comprehensive positions on litigation funding.
- Proposed risk mitigation strategies to reduce potential legal exposure.
Education
BA - Political Science And Sociology (pre-social Work)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor05.2028
Skills
- Fluent in Chinese & Japanese
- Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
- Data analysis
- Documentation and reporting
- Presentation development
Timeline
Student Intern
Lex Fellowship
07.2025 - 07.2025
Crisis Counselor Volunteer
Crisis Textline
06.2025 - Current
Research Assistant
Center for Political Studies
08.2024 - 05.2025
Student Intern
Legalist Law Firm
06.2023 - 08.2023
Teacher Assistant
Asian Debate League
08.2020 - 08.2024
BA - Political Science And Sociology (pre-social Work)
University of Michigan