SHIRLEY GIRALDO shirley_giraldo@mail.harvard.edu ⏐C: 347-709-2227

  Education HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA

    Master  of  Education  in  Higher  Education   2013       Urban  Scholar  Fellowship  recipient  for  outstanding  merit  

  SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY       Bachelor  of  Arts  in  Public  Relations  &  Political  Science     2010           Study  Abroad  -­‐  Florence,  Italy  /  Beijing,  China    Fall  2009  /  Fall  2008  

      Professional UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, BERKELEY, CA Experience GRADUATE ASSEMBLY COORDINATOR July 2015 - Present

      •  Manage,  train,  and  develop  employees  of  the  Graduate  Assembly  Business  Office  on  financial             processing,  reconciliation,  allocation,  and  budget  management         •  Create  policies,  and  procedures  related  to  the  Business  Office  and  its  staff         •  Advise  student  government  leadership  on  organizational  development,  conflict  resolution,             event  planning,  fundraising,  officer  transitions,  and  campus  and  community  outreach   UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, CA SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES COORDINATOR (Contract) December 2013 - June 2015

      •  Successfully  co-­‐led  the  inaugural  diversity  focused  Student  Affairs  All  Staff  Institute  for                 400+  professionals  with  a  committee  of  eight  student  affairs  offices         •  Fostered  faculty  and  student  relations  by  coordinating  11  dialogues  with  the  Dean  of                 Students’  office  and  the  Bruin  Resource  Center  on  campus  climate  concerns           •  Increased  11,000+  residents’  social  justice  knowledge  through  23  events,  and  by               creating  two  initiatives  while  working  within  Residential  Life  and  First  Year  Experience             •  Led  a  departmental  committee  to  create  a  social  justice  training  for  500+  student  staff,                 and  a  70+  person  department               •  Co-­‐led  an  eight-­‐year  Participatory  Strategic  Plan  as  a  part  of  the  nine-­‐person  ToP               trained  facilitation  team  

        HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MA LATINO LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ADVISOR (Summer Program) June 2013

        •  Provided  career  development  opportunities  which  resulted  in  students’  ability  to               obtain  internship  offers  within  a  month           •  Personalized  advising  led  to  40%  of  UMass,  Boston  students  applying  to  graduate  school           •  Supervised  and  coached  a  Resident  Advisor  on  professional  development           STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER OF CYPRESS HILLS LDC, BROOKLYN, NY COLLEGE ACCESS COUNSELOR June 2010 - June 2012

        •  Managed  12  student  employees  and  advised  students  from  15+  colleges  in  a  TRiO  office           •  Provided  college  access  counseling  to  1,000+  students  in  collaboration  with  a  small  team               by  working  with  5  high  school  administrations  and  parents           •  Enabled  a  contractual  partnership  by  building  relationships  with  faculty  and  administrators           •  Increased  student  staff  efficiency  by  designing  and  leading  a  7-­‐week  training  curriculum             •  Created  a  college  transition  program  that  tripled  applications  to  residential  colleges

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SHIRLEY GIRALDO    

  Part-Time HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, CAMBRIDGE, MA Experience STUDENT ACTIVITIES INTERN September 2012 - May 2013

          •   Increased  students’  engagement  with  the  Office  of  Student  Affairs  by  establishing  a                 Facebook  presence  

      •  Managed  logistics,  expenditures,  and  outreach  of  eight  social  and  community  service             events  for  900+  graduate  students  including  a  conference  comprised  of  15  presentations          

        •  Evaluated,  and  launched  the  “Faces  of  HGSE”  project  to  build  community  amongst               students,  faculty,  and  staff           •  Advised  student  organizations  on  events  such  as  the  Student  of  Color  Graduation  Breakfast  

              SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY   RESIDENT ADVISOR June - August 2006       •  Used  diplomacy  and  dialogue  to  decrease  animosity  between  a  student  and  administrators               during  conduct  violations           •  Built  community  and  advised  200+  incoming  students  during  a  summer  bridge  program         •  Provided  emergency  response  and  crisis  intervention           •  Assisted  with  move-­‐in  and  check-­‐out  procedures,  and  coordinated  activities               •  Successfully  mediated  student  conflicts  arising  from  space  concerns         •  Helped  students  make  informed  decisions  on  joining  Greek  organizations             Skills   •  Bilingual  (Spanish  and  English)     •  Social  Media  -­‐  Twitter,  Facebook,  and  YouTube             •  Elementary  proficiency  in  Italian   •  Microsoft  Office:  Word,  PowerPoint,  Outlook,  and  Excel         •  Adobe  InDesign  and  Photoshop     •  Windows  and  Apple  OS  (Mac)  proficient         •  Technology  of  Participation   •  Google  Docs,  Apps,  Calendar,  Gmail          Presentations   Giraldo,  S.  (2015,  August).  Diversity  and  Inclusion  101.  PowerPoint  presentation           at  the  UC  Berkeley  Fraternity  and  Sorority  Social  and  Risk  Management  Training,           Berkeley,  CA.             Giraldo,  S.  (2014,  December).  Social  Justice  Training  &  Learning  at  UCLA.  PowerPoint  presentation           at  the  UCLA  Student  Affairs  Executive  Leadership  Program  -­‐  Chinese  Delegation,           Los  Angeles,  CA.         Giraldo,  S.  (2013,  April).  Communication  Misunderstandings.  PowerPoint  presentation  at  the           Harvard  Social  Justice  Workshops  Conference,  Cambridge,  MA.               Giraldo,  S.  (2012,  November).  Making  Connections.  PowerPoint  presentation  at  the  Values             Academy  Multicultural  Greek  Conference,  Syracuse,  NY.      Associations   •  National  Association  of  Student  Personnel  Administrators  (NASPA)  -­‐  Member   2013  -­‐  Present       •  Order  of  Omega  (Greek  Leadership  Honor  Society)  -­‐  Member   2009  -­‐  Present           •  Omega  Phi  Beta  Sorority,  Inc.  (ΩΦΒ)  -­‐  Member  and  Former  Chapter  President   2007  -­‐  Present