Elise Hernke

Los Angeles, California, United States
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Masters degree in Specialized Journalism of Arts & Culture from USC, focused on film and…

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  • Valor Recovery

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Volunteer Experience

  • Network For a Cause Organizer

    Room to Read

    - 1 month

    Education

    I raised funds for this organization by helping put together our company's annual charity event.
    Room to Read helps empower young women and children around the world to get an education, and especially to learn to read, because education is power and women should be empowered to contribute to the world.

  • Network For A Cause Organizer

    Baal Dan Charities

    - 1 month

    Children

    Responsible for sponsor outreach, as well as planning and coordination.

  • Family Mentor/ESL Teacher/Administrative Support

    International Rescue Committee

    - 11 months

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

    Worked with a family from Baghdad: taught English and helped with miscellaneous adjustment needs, such as helping to communicate with employers or schedule community college classes. Worked weekly at the front desk of the office performing administrative duties.

  • Community Volunteer

    NPR

    - 5 months

    Arts and Culture

    Worked voluntarily at National Public Radio with miscellaneous jobs when needed such as helping to run community forums to executing a PBS documentary screening.

  • International Volunteer

    Young Life

    - 2 years 1 month

    Social Services

    - Mentored high school students (10 hours per week for 2 years) as well as summer & winter camps.
    - Volunteer at summer camp in Mali Lošinj, Croatia for 1 month with students from Stuttgart, Germany. Visited a Reconciliation (ROM) Conference in Fuzine, Croatia interacting with people from Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Romania discussing the residual aftermath of the Bosnian War.

  • International Volunteer

    YWAM

    - 2 years 1 month

    Poverty Alleviation

    Week long trip to Los Angeles, California: Worked with day care organization in Watts; served at several homeless shelters and day care organizations.
    Week long trip to Las Vegas, Nevada: Served at homeless shelters.
    Week long trip to Antigua, Guatemala: Painted mural; helped teach English class for week; spent time with families of community

  • International Volunteer

    Students International

    - 1 month

    Poverty Alleviation

    Worked with impoverished community in San Jose, Costa Rica: Refurbished buildings; played with neighborhood children; brought supplies.

  • Volunteer

    Youth Farm

    - 1 month

    Poverty Alleviation

    Learned urban farming and helped seed the ground which grows clean and organic fruits and vegetables to be given to the refugee community.

Projects

  • Ampersand LA

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Honors & Awards

  • College of Humanities Study Abroad Scholarship

    Professor Donna Swaim

    In May-June 2014, I planned to study abroad in Orvieto, Italy, where I would live in a homestay with an Italian family in order to work on learning the language better (after two years of classes).
    Due to the fact that I would be voluntarily working at a camp in August, Donna Swaim awarded this scholarship to me to financially help make it possible to have both of these experiences and spend the summer in Europe.

Languages

  • Italian

    Elementary proficiency

  • Spanish

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