Yana Schaefer

Passionate and creative student with strong commitment to social justice issues. Aiming to apply communication and writing skills to contribute to deeply vital immigrant work in New York City.

• Extensive experience with Canva in formatting presentations, social media posts, logos, sticker designs.
• Proficient in and able to speak and write conversational Spanish (Spanish III Honors Student)

Trinity Discourse: 09/2023 - Present

• Wrote several articles and opinion pieces featured in the digital and paper versions of the magazine.
• Headlined one of the editions with an opinion piece about the impacts of "Wokeness" in 2024.
• Experience in writing and editing articles surrounding local and national elections, climate issues, racism, and more.

President of Feminists of Trinity: 05/2023 - Present

• Organizing and chairing group meetings, conversations, and presentations, Preparing overview slideshows in order to lead focused group discussions, Identifying and researching topics and present information using a variety of digital formats including Canva, Google Drawings, and Google Slides

Green Team: 09/2023 - Present

• Designed and contributed to the implementation of the logo and the club's signature stickers, Developed and implemented a marketing tool through the use of Canva, Co-created and designed the website currently being utilized to represent the organization, Formatted and edited Instagram posts.

Alumni Relations Club: 01/2023 - Present

• Assisting with Alumni work at major annual fundraisers at Trinity School

Reading Team Math: Harlem, NY, 01/2024- Present

• Tutoring and providing extra help to elementary school students struggling with math in an after school program at a charter school in Harlem.

Girls X Math: 09/2022 - Present

• Tutoring 3rd through 5th grade girls in math to provide assistance and encouragement to remain engaged in STEM as girls and women.

God's Love We Deliver: New York, NY, 

• Packaged food to deliver to the sick in New York City.

Advent Church Food Pantry: 

• Helped move, serve, and package food for local families.