2. Me in a nutshell
My name is Shirley Giraldo, and I’m a Society Changer.
I strive to change society everyday by discovering ways to
increase relations amongst different groups and achieve
social justice.
I have a thirst for helping students succeed in college and
develop into leaders with social awareness of people that
differ from themselves. I envision a world where these
college graduates will go on to change society through
actions based on diverse and inclusive perspectives.
3. Table of
Contents
The Past...
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Scholar
My educational history
Student Success Center
Personal and Leadership
Development 101
Leading Others
My leadership roles
Impacting Others
My commitment to helping
communities and changing lives
The Present...
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Shirley’s Purpose
My 8 Cylinders of Success
Personal Assets
My passions, strengths, & skills
Harvard University
Faces of HGSE
Cultural Explorer
My global journeys while living in
different countries
The Future…
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Future Goals
What I aim to do in the near future
Career and Life Vision
Goals, ideas and actions to achieve
Contact Shirley
My e-mail and phone number
The purpose of this:
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TO MEET YOU SOON
to learn more about your organization and opportunities where I may be able to
add extreme value using my passions to further diversify students’ experiences
5. Scholar
Harvard University
Urban Scholars Fellowship recipient and Higher
Education, Ed.M. graduate
OPTIONS CAPDI Certified
Professionally trained in counseling high school
students through the college admissions process
Syracuse University
Graduated cum laude with a B.A. in both Public
Relations and Political Science
Queens Gateway to Health
Sciences Secondary School
7. Student Success Center
Personal and Leadership Development 101
The Course
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Life Lessons 101 mimics a
college course in terms of a
syllabus and teaches valuable
personal skills, prepares seniors
to apply and transition to
college, in addition to
normalizing the dorming
experience for students who are
unfamiliar with dorming.
Outcomes
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All 13 students
applied to residential
colleges. Students at
residential colleges-
3. Students at local
colleges- 6. Students
who did not graduate-
3. Students who
graduated and are
not in college- 1.
The Students
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13 graduating
low-income high school
seniors who are the first
in their recently
immigrated families to
attend college, and the
only ones from their
graduating class
applying to colleges
away from home.
8. Impacting Others
Syracuse, N.Y.
National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
Raised funds and made blankets with
inspirational messages for victims of
domestic abuse
The American Red Cross
Organized a blood drive through the
Multicultural Living Learning Community
Locks of Love
Donated 12 inches of hair so children
with cancer could have wigs made
Washington, D.C.
CHCI Community Event
Organized a Health and Education Fair
for local residents along with
thirty-three fellow interns
Boston, M.A.
Greater Boston Food Bank
Sorted donations to feed a family
for a year
Cambridge, M.A.
Food Drive
Led food drive for local food pantry
Jamaica, N.Y.
Caribbean Club Clothing Drive
Spearheaded a clothing drive for
hurricane victims in Grenada
New York, N.Y.
AIDS Walk New York
Raised funds for AIDS research
and marched in the walk at Central
Park
10. Shirley’s Purpose
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1. Principles » My Dashboard
By the end of my life I hope to
change society by implementing
college programming that will create
such meaningful understanding
amongst all types of people that
prejudices and injustices will be
abolished.
2. Passions » My Keys
Changing Society, developing
meaningful relationships,
problem solving and ending inequity
3. Problems » My Fuel
Negative prejudice in any sense,
abuse, and lack of equal
opportunities
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4. People » My Motor
College students
5. Positioning » My Lane
Be the best Society Changer I can
6. Pioneers » My Pace Cars
Martin Luther King Jr. and Ximena
Zúñiga
7. Picture » My Road Map
Create leaders who have an
awareness of their bias, and make
decisions from an awareness
perspective.
8. Possibility » My Momentum
A society where everyone has an
understanding of others, people feel
equal, and where they will be able to
attain their definition of educational
and career success.
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Purpose » My GPS
My purpose is to increase mutual
understanding in a diverse nation
and intergroup relations. This in
turn will lead to abolished
prejudices, and positive societal
change as a whole.
11. Personal
Assets
Passions
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Changing Society
Increasing understanding and
relations amongst different groups
Problem Solving
Thinking critically to figure out the
best way to improve current
situations
Developing Relationships
Helping others and giving advice
Skills
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Facilitation and Connectedness
Managing group dialogue, linking
people to one another and creating
understanding amongst others
Ideation
Creating innovative programs or
systems that will make work more
efficient or beneficial to others
Compassionate Listening
Being empathetic while conversing
with someone one-on-one
Public Speaking
Getting information across in a
clear and confident manner
Strengths
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Command
Taking charge to create order and
structure for excellence
Analytical Thinking
Considering all of the factors that
might affect a situation, especially
long-term
Organization
Keeping information and materials
available and accessible
Winning Others Over
Making people feel comfortable and
at ease when they’re new to situations
and locations
Developing
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Skills: Motivational speaking, counseling students through traumatic situations
12. Harvard University
Faces of HGSE
The Project
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Faces of HGSE aims to increase
understanding amongst HGSE
students and reduce prejudice
by highlighting common
assumptions that students
receive as well as aspects of
themselves that others do not
usually expect of them.
2013 Goal
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Students will readily
be able to recognize
their biases.
The Students
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Graduate students at the
Harvard Graduate School
of Education.
15. Future
Goals
1. Have my former students graduate from a 4-year college
2. Develop a university-wide program to a increase
intergroup understanding and relations amongst college
students
3. Visit a new country or state each year
16. Career and Life Vision
Goals, ideas and actions I will strive for throughout my life
