Outreach and Advocacy
Service
SDSU/UCSD JDP Student Council Representative , 2021 - present
JDP Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee Member, 2020 - 2022
Part of the Recruitment, Retention, and Mentorship subcommittee
Helped develop Peer Mentorship Program initiative to pair earlier students in the JDP with more advanced students for mentorship on professional and identity-related topics
Helped organize a virtual information day for prospective applicants to get information about the program and inquire about the program's commitment to diversity
Black in Neuro Mini-Conference abstract reviewer and judge, 2020
University of California San Diego Graduate Student Association Representative, 2020 - 2022
SDSU/UCSD JDP Selection Committee Member, 2021 & 2024
Brain Health Advocacy
Research Fights Alzheimer’s Founder, 2021 - present
Creating and maintaining a wesbite to provide accessible, understandable, and evidence-based information on Alzheimer’s disease to the public
Meedk Founding Team Member, 2021 - present
Creating content that promotes brain health education and awareness in the Armenian community
Designing and maintaining website
Mental Health Advocacy
San Diego State University Mental Health and Wellness team member, 2021 - 2022
Created content and resources on graduate student mental health
PhD Balance Team Member, 2020 - 2021
Website team leader
Managing of team members, website design and maintenance, content creation
Stronger Together team member
Creating content and curating resources for monthly modules dedicated to mental health and general graduate school topics
Speaking team member
Providing paid, invited talks related to graduate student well-being
Created standardized responses to people in crisis who reach out to our organization
Science Communication
Science Connected Volunteer, 2020 – present
Translate peer-reviewed research into an accessible and digestible format for the general public
Wrote an expert discussion piece titled Alzheimer's Disease, Medications, and You
ComSciCon San Diego Attendee, 2020
Practiced skills such as devising and verbally delivering a research elevator pitch understandable to a general audience, listening to and verbally reproducing information about others’ research, and writing and workshopping a written lay piece about my research based on feedback from others