Anna Leonie von Bibra Nelson alvbnelson@gmail.com - anlnelso@ucsc.edu - 510.367.2910

EDUCATION B.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, June 2016 Areas of Specialization: Social Psychology, Education, Journalism and Interpersonal Communication

RELEVANT COURSEWORK - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ Social Psychology: Family and Society — Social Psychology — Social Change and Global Economics

Urban Sociology — Social Psychology of Death and Dying — Introduction to Teaching — Introduction to Education

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS • Mentorship and networking in professional, personal and academic development • Customer service, money handling, banking, scheduling and shift assignment • Develop workshop curricula and plan events • Proficiency in Wordpress, Google drive and docs, social media marketing • Editing and academic development in essay and journalistic styles of writing

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Volunteer Writing Assistant, Young Writers Project, Santa Cruz, CA January 2016 to June 2016 • Assist students ages 10 - 18 in writing projects throughout Santa Cruz English & Mathematics Volunteer-Teacher, International Volunteer HQ, Bir, Tibetan Colony, India. July 2015 - August 2015 • Teach English and mathematics to a group of ten boys ages 5-10 living in Monastery • Travel with students and teachers from the Sakya Monastery for weeklong Buddhist pilgrimage through the Himalayas Santa Cruz Homeless Services Center, Front Desk Assistant, Rebele Family Shelter, Santa Cruz, CA September 2014 - February 2015 • Answer phones, connect residents to services on HSC campus and if the services unprovided on campus connect callers

and residents to services and entities off the HSC campus

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Marketing Assistant and Writer, Beyond Blues, San Francisco Bay Area, CA January 2013 to June 2014 • Compile information to fit an easily digestible MailChimp email. Create Facebook events and manage business pages to

reach wider audience and encourage attendance at biweekly events. Front of House Manager, Bartender, Art Curator, Au Coquette Cafe and Restaurant Berkeley, CA, September 2011 to April 2013

EXTRACURRICULAR Freelance Journalist, Stand Up Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA February 2016 - June 2016 News Editor & Reporter, City on a Hill Press, Santa Cruz, CA January 2014 to March 2016 • Collaboration with editorial board to produce weekly online and print content in student-run paper at UC Santa Cruz • Edit content, report news, mentor reporters in writing and interview processes, assign stories, write editorials

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND INTERESTS Reading, Journalism, Volunteer Work, Educational Workshops, Running, Yoga, Housing and Urban Development, Social Justice, Interpersonal Communication • Passionate about human rights, growth and success • Open minded, encouraging, and insatiably curious

REFERENCES Mariah Goncharoff, Volunteer Coordinator, Young Writers Program, Santa Cruz - mariah@santacruzwrites.org 831.466.5829 Cory Fong, Coeditor, City on a Hill Press at UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz - corymfong@gmail.com, 916.215.1233 Leah Marie Sparrow, Coworker, HSC Rebele Family Shelter, Santa Cruz - leah.sparrowe@gmail.com 408.406.6042