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EDUCATION*AND*AWARDS*
Stanford!University!Class!of!2010;!Bachelor!of!Arts!in!Philosophy,!with!Distinction;!4.0!cumulative!GPA!
Awarded!Phi!Beta!Kappa!
Awarded!Proficiency!in!Spanish!by!Stanford!Language!Center!with!Advanced!Medium!(oral)!and!Superior!
(written)!Spanish!according!to!Foreign!Service!Institute!scale!!
Awarded!Presidents!Award!for!Academic!Excellence!in!the!Freshman!Year;!Boothe!Prize!for!Writing!Finalist!
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PROFESSIONAL*EXPERIENCE*
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Admission*Counselor,*Office*of*Undergraduate*Admission,*Stanford*University:*December*2012IJuly*2015**
Territory!Manager!for!Kentucky,!Michigan,!Ohio,!Pennsylvania,!and!West!Virginia!!evaluated!over!2,000!
applications!for!admission!each!cycle;!presented!cases!to!committee!to!advocate!admission!decisions;!
conducted!outreach!to!high!school!students,!parents,!guidance!counselors!and!Stanford!alumni!across!the!
United!States;!present!information!sessions!to!groups!as!large!as!500*
Member!of!Humanities!Task!Force!!conducted!selfbdirected,!quantitative!institutional!research!evaluating!
status!of!humanities!at!Stanford;!developed!strategic!approach!to!increasing!recruitment!and!enrollment!of!
humanities!students!*
Member!of!External!Relations!Team!!used!quantitative!analysis!to!redesign!Faculty!Outreach!initiative!to!
more!effectively!connect!admitted!students!to!Stanford!faculty;!Wrote!and!edited!monthly!Counselor!Update!
newsletter!sent!to!over!9,000!high!school!counselors;!regularly!edited!publications!and!recruitment!
materials!sent!to!tens!of!thousands!of!prospective!applicants*
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Wilderness*Trip*Leader*and*Intern,*Overland*Summers;*Williamstown,*MA;*Summer*2011*and*2012*
Wrote!and!edited!Backcountry!Skills!Manual!for!hiking!trip!leaders;!developed!curriculum!for!multibday!
Leader!Training!Trips;!responsible!for!equipment!selection,!purchasing,!and!organization!for!over!50!hiking,!
bike!touring!and!community!service!programs!enrolling!2,000+!students*
Trip!Leader!responsibilities!included!facilitating!group!dynamics!for!10b12!students;!teaching!wilderness!
living,!backcountry!camping!and!safety!skills;!providing!guidance!and!mentorship!to!group!members;!
managing!all!trip!logistics!including!wilderness!routes,!meals,!group!safety!and!travel*
Cobled!Alaska!Leadership!Course,!a!fourbweek!wilderness!backpacking!program!specifically!focusing!on!
outdoor!leadership!skills!for!students!aged!16b18,!JunebAugust!2012*
Cobled!two!sections!of!threebweek!High!Sierra!Explorer!program!for!students!aged!13b17,!June!!August!2012*
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Outdoor*Education*Instructor,*Stanford*Outdoor*Education;*Stanford,*CA;*September*2011IApril*2012*
As!CobCoordinator!and!Instructor!for!Stanford!Wilderness!Medicine,!worked!as!member!of!a!small!team!to!
design!and!deliver!Wilderness!First!Aid!and!CPR!curriculum!to!Stanford!community!*
Taught!20bhour!Wilderness!First!Aid!courses!to!diverse!student!population;!managed!course!registration!and!
enrollment!systems;!rewrote!50bpage!Wilderness!First!Aid!Course!Reader!*
Rewrote!130bpage!Leader!Manual!for!Stanford!PrebOrientation!Trips,!the!universitys!wilderness!
backpacking!program!for!incoming!freshmen**
Cobtaught!Athletics!405:!Outdoor!Leadership;!designed!and!wrote!curriculum!for!new!course,!Athletics!415:!
Outdoor!Leadership!II*
Event!Coordinator!for!CRAG!(Climbers!Rage!Against!Gravity)!intercollegiate!rock!climbing!competition!*
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Bagpiping*Instructor;*Santiago,*Chile*and*Buenos*Aires,*Argentina;*WinterSpring,*2009*and*Fall,*2010*
Provided!individual!and!group!instruction,!in!Spanish,!to!members!of!the!Andes!Highlanders!Pipe!Band;!
Santiago,!Chile*
Assistant!Piping!Instructor!for!the!Fourth!South!American!Pipe!Band!Gathering!held!in!Buenos!Aires,!
Argentina!(November!2010).!Led!group!workshops!for!adult!bagpiping!students!from!Argentina,!Brazil,!
Chile,!and!Uruguay*
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ADDITIONAL*INTERESTS*
Traditional!Rock!Climbing,!Mountaineering,!and!Backpacking*
Running,*Road!Cycling,!and!Swimming!*
International!travel!and!language!study*
Great!Highland!Bagpiping!as!a!soloist!at!the!highest!amateur!level!and!member!of!twobtime!World!Champion!
Pipe!Band*
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REFERENCES*
Debra!von!Bargen!!Assistant!Dean!of!Admission,!Stanford!University!!dvon@stanford.edu!!
Philip!Lotze!!Senior!Associate!Director!of!Admission,!Stanford!University!!plotze@stanford.edu!!
Jonathan!Igoe!!Director,!Overland!Summers!!jonathan@overlandsummers.com!!
Antja!Jean!Thompson!!Coordinator,!Stanford!Outdoor!Education!!antja@stanford.edu!!!!
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