Kathleen Mitchell 1288 Millbrook Rd. Corona CA, 92882

(951)-847-4571 kmmitche15911@gmail.com

Education

Majors: Urban Studies and Planning; Political Science – Public Policy, June 2016

UC San Diego, La Jolla CA

GPA: 3.78

Relevant Course Work

Analyzing Politics

California Government and Politics

Social Movements and Social Protest

Social Inequality and Public Policy

Advanced Topics in Urban Politics

Sustainable Planning

Policy Analysis

Green Political Thought

Skill and Qualifications

Skilled at completing tasks assigned in a timely manner that is within or above expectations while

remaining organized and efficient when there is more than one task at hand to be accomplished

Strong background in understanding the creation and enforcement of policy through participation in

legal workshops, leadership positions, and course work

Excellent experience in successfully collaborating with a variety of leadership styles to plan and execute

large-scale events

Effective at collaborating within a team, heading committees in a co-chair leadership position, and

working independently with minimal supervision

Proven leadership, social skills, and public speaking abilities through widespread involvement and work

experience

Proficient in writing, oral communication, legal research, social media mediums, Excel, Power Point,

Raiser’s Edge, and Foundation Center Online

Relevant Experience

Muir Judicial Board Member, Muir College Student Affairs, UC San Diego, CA (September 2013 – present)

Serve as a non-biased jury member that ensures all students are fairly heard and respected

Interpret Muir College student code of conduct and collaborate with fellow board members to determine

how/if we should hold students accountable for breaking student policies

Work collaboratively with fellow judicial board members to come to a collective decision and serve to

maintain both academic and social integrity on campus

Student Legal Services Research Intern, Student Legal Services, UC San Diego, CA (September 2014 – June

2015)

Assisted my superiors in researching legal questions that they required more information on by utilizing

a variety of research mediums

Extensively examined a research topic of my choice and coherently organized an informational brochure

that will be used to clarify the rights of students on campus

Served as an impartial ear and as a source of information, support, and positivity

Undergraduate Intern in the Communications and Development Department, Lawyers’ Committee for

Civil Rights, Washington, DC (June 2015 – August 2015)

Responsible for helping research organizations that would be potential donors to the organization’s

public policy programs using a variety of systems, such as Foundation Center’s Foundation Directory

Online

Maintained the organization’s social media and constituent directory utilizing a variety of mediums like

Raiser’s Edge, Microsoft Excel, Facebook, and Twitter

Updated the organization’s website with their latest news and press releases from the back end

Participated in various projects, such as the Restoring the Voting Rights Act movement, by searching for

grant-makers, keeping the social media up to date/leading Twitter storms, and helping to write Op-Eds

related to the projects

Programs Capacity Intern, Feeding America, San Diego, San Diego, CA (September 2015 – March 2016)

Help to build a strong distribution partner network to disseminate healthy and nutritious foods to the

food insecure of San Diego County

Complete monthly and quarterly reports utilizing a variety of mediums, such as Excel and Survey

Monkey

Maintain connections with partner agencies through direct contact, assessment of the surveys provided

to them, and utilizing mapping data to help ensure that they are functioning at their highest capacity of

food distribution

Assist with the capacity building process and agency capacity activities with special projects, such as

researching food insecurity, creating a mapping system to guide agency activities, and reaching out to

our partner agencies and grocers/retailers for information

Leadership Experience

Muir College Freshmen Orientation Leader, Muir College Academic Advising, UC San Diego, CA (March

2013 – June 2013; March 2014 - June 2014)

Coordinated productively with my fellow orientation leaders by being a team player and adapting to the

different ways each individual demonstrated their leadership

Educated new students on the transition into college, such as choosing one’s degree path and following

student conduct, by making information clear and concise

Excellent interpersonal skills, which allowed me to interact with students easily and make them feel

comfortable and confident in their understanding of the information I was providing

Senior Parent Orientation Assistant, Muir College Academic Advising, UC San Diego, October 2013 – June

2014)

Helped facilitate the orientation of the parents whose students were incoming freshmen by serving as a

student perspective that answered any questions, comments, or fears the parents had

Lead parents to various presentations and helped facilitate informational sessions about the university

and how they could help their child transition into college life

Utilized my interpersonal skills to interact with the parents so that they felt comfortable, informed, and

connected to the other parents and the UCSD faculty

Muir College House/Residential Advisor, Muir College House Advisor, UC San Diego, CA (September 2014

– present)

Represented the university by following and enforcing student conduct, handling various administrative

tasks, and being timely with the tasks I was assigned

Guided my freshmen residents to success by being a friend, a positive support source, and ensuring their

safety by implementing policy

Managed large budgets throughout the year in order to coordinate both large and small-scale programs

for residents with fellow house advisors that were educational, fun, and aided in developing our Muir

community

Undergraduate Student Representative, Academic Integrity Review Board (AIRB), UC San Diego, CA

(September 2014 – June 2015)

Served as Muir college’s one appointed student representative for the duration of the school year acting

on the AIRB

Assisted in reviewing disputed facts of an integrity violation allegation to find responsibility during 3

hour cases involving listening to both the faculty and student’s claims/defenses, and then discussing

with the panel of 5 voting members (3 faculty, 1 undergraduate, and 1 graduate student) what sanctions

should be enforced

Played a role in reinforcing the campus’ efforts to promote honesty and integrity among the students at

UCSD

Organizations and Honors

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, UC San Diego, (inducted January 2012)

NSCS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1994 on the campus of The George Washington

University in Washington, D.C that invites first- and second-year college students who have a GPA of

3.4 or higher to join. Members of this organization are in the top 20% of students nationally.

UCDC Alumni, University of California UCDC Program (March 2015 – August 2015)

UCDC is an academic program that provides students of all majors an opportunity to continue their

studies while interning in Washington, DC. Internships, relevant to each major, form the backbone of

this program. Only 20 to 25 students from each University of California campus are selected to attend

and stay in the UC Washington Center in DC for 2 to 3 months

UC San Diego Membership and Activities

Discover the Law Participant (Winter Quarter 2013, 2014, 2015)

Triton Day Committee Co-Chair (Winter Quarter 2012-2013; Winter Quarter 2013-2014)

New Leaders Conference Committee Member (Fall Quarter 2014-2015)