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Columbia University, School of General Studies – B.A. expected 2005, Literature/Writing
- New Media Chair, General Studies Student Council (GSSC)
- Features Editor, The Observer; poems and photography
- Volunteer Coordinator, Community Impact's College Road program
- Ivy Council, GSSC and IvyCORPS representative
- Program for Academic Leadership and Service
- Fellow, Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
- William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholar
- de Lara Foundation Scholar
- Creative writing coursework: poems, short stories, drama, non-fiction
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Photoshop skills
Pagemaker
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Non-Profit; New York, NY Administrative Assistant to Program Director - July 2002 to October 2003 |
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Non-Profit Community Center; New York, NY Executive Assistant to Executive Director/VP, Operations - June 2001 to April 2002 |
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New York University – Spring 2003, GPA 3.55
- NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies Scholarship – Spring 2003, 2003-04
- Backer’s Scholarship, Spring 2003
- Courses in U.S. foreign policy, psychology and creative writing
- Produced 50 page portfolio of poetry and short stories
- Term paper: Content analysis/psychology of language of the 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy
City College of San Francisco - 1996-98
- Organized writer's groups for autobiography and short story courses
- Courses in autobiography, short story and novel/playwriting
San Francisco State University - 1995-96
- Coursework in Political Science and Journalism
California State University Fullerton,
- Political Science Major, Women's Studies Minor
- Women's Center, Presenter - "Biracial I-Dentity: Biracial Women as a Bridge in Women's Studies" (1994)
Riverside Community College - A.A., 1992; 2000: coursework in graphic design
- Dean's List
- Arthur Knopf Journalism Scholarship, 1990
- Student of Distinction, Journalism, 1990
- Staff
Writer, Features Editor, Editor-in-Chief
- Viewpoints (official campus paper)
- Alternatives (political science club newspaper)
- Interviewed administrators, staff and students
- Wrote and edited newspaper articles
- Assigned beats and stories; supervised reporters
- Coordinated newspaper production
- Layout
using PageMaker and other desktop publishing software
- The Journey, with Carolyn Myss, "Creativity." Oxygen Network, originally aired January 2002
- SoapBoxGirls. "Women Zinesters Survey," November 2000
- Letter to the Editor: "News Article Ignored GS Students’ Curricular Needs in Writing Program," Columbia Spectator, October 6, 2004
- "New GS Web Site Reaches out to the CU Community," Columbia Spectator, February 25, 2005 (Although I redesigned the web site and conceived of the initiatives mentioned, the reported failed to contact me for the story or mention me by name, but the article is about my work and initiatives as GSSC New Media Chair).
- "Outspoken and Overtly Political, GS Student Council President Ariel Beery Led by Example," Columbia Spectator, April 19, 2005