Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to have had great role models, mentors, and influences to help shape my career path. I worked on a ton of projects throughout my time at UC Riverside as well as held many leadership positions, whether it was for student government or the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA).
I have held the following leadership positions:
- Elected CHASS Senator for the Associated Students of UC Riverside (ASUCR), Student Government
- Director of Professional Development for the ALPFA UC Riverside
- Director of Finance for UCR’s School of Business
- Ambassador on the Board of Directors for ALPFA Orange County Professional Chapter
- Social Media Content Creator for ALPFA Nationals
- Nationals Ambassador Lead for ALPFA Nationals
Through these positions, I worked on different projects and workshops that helped impact students, whether it was regarding LinkedIn or career development.
After college, I wanted to do my best to pay it forward and help students and job-seekers be successful in their careers. To this day, I have lead about 22 workshops at different universities including UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, Cal State Dominguez Hills, and Biola University. I helped start the webinar series called “Digital Career Conversations” in collaboration with UC Riverside, which has professionals at different companies go over topics that can help UCR alumni learn more about desired fields. Through my workshops, I developed a personal brand which has helped me not only network but inspire others to reach their own dreams and aspirations. I also was recognized by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner in one of my workshops I did at Concordia Irvine University and have helped over 1,000 students/job-seekers with their own careers, which I hope to continue doing in the near future.
My workshops/panels have included the following:
2017
- LinkedIn Your Way to Success at ALPFA PND: UC Riverside
- ALPFA Professional Networking Dinner: UC Riverside
- ALPFA Pre-Convention Workshop: Cal State Los Angeles
- LinkedIn Workshop: Concordia Irvine University (Recognized by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner)
- How to Prepare for your Career: Bus 109 UC Riverside
2018
- January 9th: Digital Career Conversation: Steps to Getting in the Door at Your Company of Choice
- January 27th, Career Exploration Conference for Business: University of California, Riverside
- January 31st, How to Get into the Tech Industry in a Non-Tech Role: ALPFA UC Riverside
- February 12th, Career Expo Prep Night: Biola University
- February 26th, LinkedIn Your Way to Successs at ALPFA Symposium: California State University-Dominguez Hills
- March 3rd, California State University, Fullerton
- May 7th, LinkedIn Your Way to a Job Before the End of School Year: University of California, Riverside
- July 25th, Talks at Google: Joel de la Fuente
- September 11th-12th, Mena ICT Forum: Jordan, Israel
- September 27th, LinkedIn Bizops Talent Solutions Offsite
- October 20th, ALPFA San Francisco Symposium
- October 30th, UC Berkeley HAAS
- November 9th, LinkedIn Workshop for LBSA at Google
- November 16th, ALPFA University of Texas at Arlington
- November 19th, University of Redlands – Delta Sigma Pi
- November 23rd: Cal Poly San Luis Obsipo – Alpha Kappa Psi
2019
- January 24, Alpha Kappa Psi UC Riverside
- January 31, ALPFA UC Riverside
- February 2, Impact Mentality SF
- February 3, Phi Kappa Psi UC Riverside
- February 7: Phi Chi Theta UC Riverside
- February 14, San Jose State
- February 21, ALPFA San Francisco State
- February 27, FBLA UC Riverside
- February 28, UC Berkeley
- March 11, California State-Dominguez Hills
- TBD: University of San Francisco
California State-East Bay
University of La Verne
Cal Poly Pomona
Western Michigan University
Cal State Long Beach
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