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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 Arbor
05.2028

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
Mira Baba