Assistant Policy Intern

Assistant Policy Intern — Vanguard Policy Institute

Washington, D.C. | June 2025 – Present

• Conducted legislative tracking for 42 active policy bills across 5 federal committees, generating weekly summary reports that briefed 18 senior policy advocates.
• Performed quantitative analysis of municipal energy datasets using R, compiling a 30-page research brief that supported a regional clean energy advocacy campaign.
• Coordinated stakeholder mapping for a national education initiative, identifying and cataloging 150+ advocacy groups to streamline coalition building efforts by 25%.
• Drafted 8 formal policy memos and fact sheets distributed to Congressional staff, resulting in 4 invitations to present policy recommendations to subcommittees.

Policy Research Intern — Beacon Public Affairs

Arlington, VA | September 2024 – May 2025

• Analyzed 12 regional public health programs using Stata, identifying key cost-saving measures that projected a 14% reduction in local administrative overhead.
• Synthesized 200+ pages of federal regulatory guidelines into concise 2-page executive briefs, saving senior analysts an average of 6 hours of review time per week.
• Assisted in writing a federal grant proposal for a community infrastructure project, contributing data sections that secured $450,000 in municipal funding.
• Monitored state-level legislative sessions, preparing real-time updates on 15 active bills that informed the organization's policy positioning strategies.

Policy analysis, Legislative tracking, Quantitative research, Qualitative data analysis, Program evaluation, Policy brief drafting, Stakeholder mapping, R, Stata, GIS, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Canva, PowerPoint

Clean Energy Legislative Assessment

Role: Lead Research Intern

Tools: R, GIS, Microsoft Excel

Analyzed 18 state-level clean energy bills, producing a spatial GIS map of legislative districts that increased outreach target precision by 35%.

Municipal Public Health Impact Study

Role: Data Analyst Intern

Tools: Stata, Tableau, PowerPoint

Processed public health registry data for 5 major counties, creating interactive Tableau dashboards that reduced policy review cycle times by 20%.

• Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate (2025)
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) (2024)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Professional Working)
• Volunteer Work: Policy advisor for local voter registration campaigns (2024-present)
• Availability: Immediate