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1. SHIRLEY GIRALDO
shirley_giraldo@mail.harvard.edu ⏐C: 347-709-2227
Education HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA
Master
of
Education
in
Higher
Education
2013
Urban
Scholar
Fellowship
recipient
for
outstanding
merit
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
Public
Relations
&
Political
Science
2010
Study
Abroad
-­‐
Florence,
Italy
/
Beijing,
China
Fall
2009
/
Fall
2008
Professional UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, BERKELEY, CA
Experience GRADUATE ASSEMBLY COORDINATOR July 2015 - Present
•
Manage,
train,
and
develop
employees
of
the
Graduate
Assembly
Business
Office
on
financial
processing,
reconciliation,
allocation,
and
budget
management
•
Create
policies,
and
procedures
related
to
the
Business
Office
and
its
staff
•
Advise
student
government
leadership
on
organizational
development,
conflict
resolution,
event
planning,
fundraising,
officer
transitions,
and
campus
and
community
outreach
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, CA
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES COORDINATOR (Contract) December 2013 - June 2015
•
Successfully
co-­‐led
the
inaugural
diversity
focused
Student
Affairs
All
Staff
Institute
for
400+
professionals
with
a
committee
of
eight
student
affairs
offices
•
Fostered
faculty
and
student
relations
by
coordinating
11
dialogues
with
the
Dean
of
Students’
office
and
the
Bruin
Resource
Center
on
campus
climate
concerns
•
Increased
11,000+
residents’
social
justice
knowledge
through
23
events,
and
by
creating
two
initiatives
while
working
within
Residential
Life
and
First
Year
Experience
•
Led
a
departmental
committee
to
create
a
social
justice
training
for
500+
student
staff,
and
a
70+
person
department
•
Co-­‐led
an
eight-­‐year
Participatory
Strategic
Plan
as
a
part
of
the
nine-­‐person
ToP
trained
facilitation
team
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MA
LATINO LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ADVISOR (Summer Program) June 2013
•
Provided
career
development
opportunities
which
resulted
in
students’
ability
to
obtain
internship
offers
within
a
month
•
Personalized
advising
led
to
40%
of
UMass,
Boston
students
applying
to
graduate
school
•
Supervised
and
coached
a
Resident
Advisor
on
professional
development
STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER OF CYPRESS HILLS LDC, BROOKLYN, NY
COLLEGE ACCESS COUNSELOR June 2010 - June 2012
•
Managed
12
student
employees
and
advised
students
from
15+
colleges
in
a
TRiO
office
•
Provided
college
access
counseling
to
1,000+
students
in
collaboration
with
a
small
team
by
working
with
5
high
school
administrations
and
parents
•
Enabled
a
contractual
partnership
by
building
relationships
with
faculty
and
administrators
•
Increased
student
staff
efficiency
by
designing
and
leading
a
7-­‐week
training
curriculum
•
Created
a
college
transition
program
that
tripled
applications
to
residential
colleges

2. 2
SHIRLEY GIRALDO
Part-Time HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, CAMBRIDGE, MA
Experience STUDENT ACTIVITIES INTERN September 2012 - May 2013
•
Increased
students’
engagement
with
the
Office
of
Student
Affairs
by
establishing
a
Facebook
presence
•
Managed
logistics,
expenditures,
and
outreach
of
eight
social
and
community
service
events
for
900+
graduate
students
including
a
conference
comprised
of
15
presentations
•
Evaluated,
and
launched
the
“Faces
of
HGSE”
project
to
build
community
amongst
students,
faculty,
and
staff
•
Advised
student
organizations
on
events
such
as
the
Student
of
Color
Graduation
Breakfast
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY
RESIDENT ADVISOR June - August 2006
•
Used
diplomacy
and
dialogue
to
decrease
animosity
between
a
student
and
administrators
during
conduct
violations
•
Built
community
and
advised
200+
incoming
students
during
a
summer
bridge
program
•
Provided
emergency
response
and
crisis
intervention
•
Assisted
with
move-­‐in
and
check-­‐out
procedures,
and
coordinated
activities
•
Successfully
mediated
student
conflicts
arising
from
space
concerns
•
Helped
students
make
informed
decisions
on
joining
Greek
organizations
Skills
•
Bilingual
(Spanish
and
English)
•
Social
Media
-­‐
Twitter,
Facebook,
and
YouTube
•
Elementary
proficiency
in
Italian
•
Microsoft
Office:
Word,
PowerPoint,
Outlook,
and
Excel
•
Adobe
InDesign
and
Photoshop
•
Windows
and
Apple
OS
(Mac)
proficient
•
Technology
of
Participation
•
Google
Docs,
Apps,
Calendar,
Gmail
Presentations
Giraldo,
S.
(2015,
August).
Diversity
and
Inclusion
101.
PowerPoint
presentation
at
the
UC
Berkeley
Fraternity
and
Sorority
Social
and
Risk
Management
Training,
Berkeley,
CA.
Giraldo,
S.
(2014,
December).
Social
Justice
Training
&
Learning
at
UCLA.
PowerPoint
presentation
at
the
UCLA
Student
Affairs
Executive
Leadership
Program
-­‐
Chinese
Delegation,
Los
Angeles,
CA.
Giraldo,
S.
(2013,
April).
Communication
Misunderstandings.
PowerPoint
presentation
at
the
Harvard
Social
Justice
Workshops
Conference,
Cambridge,
MA.
Giraldo,
S.
(2012,
November).
Making
Connections.
PowerPoint
presentation
at
the
Values
Academy
Multicultural
Greek
Conference,
Syracuse,
NY.
Associations
•
National
Association
of
Student
Personnel
Administrators
(NASPA)
-­‐
Member
2013
-­‐
Present
•
Order
of
Omega
(Greek
Leadership
Honor
Society)
-­‐
Member
2009
-­‐
Present
•
Omega
Phi
Beta
Sorority,
Inc.
(ΩΦΒ)
-­‐
Member
and
Former
Chapter
President
2007
-­‐
Present