Agazi Desta
- Agazi Desta
Email Me adesta@usc.edu
School: University of Southern California
Year: Junior
Major: English Literature; Narrative Studies
Minor: Screenwriting (undeclared)
Other Organizations: USC Program Board-Speakers’ Committee, S.O.L.I.D. (Students Organizing for Literacy, Inclusion, & Diversity, USC Volunteer Center, Community Outreach Council
Birthday: August 26, 1993
Hometown: Boston, MA
Hobbies: Hanging out with close friends, family, writing, listening to music, playing/watching sports
Position:
Why I Joined:
I want to have a brotherhood, “a home away from home,” so that I may become something larger than myself; I would also love to further grow the chapter’s presence by effectively strengthening the Alpha programs on campus
Chapter Goals:
Special Alpha Events Attended:
AGAZI H. DESTA
adesta@usc.edu
EDUCATION
University of Southern California – Dana & David Dornsife College of Arts & Letters
Los Angeles, California
Class of 2015; Major(s): BA English Literature, Narrative Studies
Deans List Recipient Fall 2012
Belmont Hill School, Belmont, Massachusetts
Class of 2011; High School Diploma
Magna Cum Laude; Edward M. Burt Community Service Award; National Latin Exam Gold Medal (9th-12)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE _______
College Department of English- Dornsife College of Arts & Letters
Personal Research Assistant; (Fall 2011- Fall 2013)
Supervisor: David Roman, Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies, (213) 740-2821
Tasks: Prepared administrative procedures for professional work and reimbursement forms (traveling/non-traveling expense reports); Organized/Hosted events for the selection of potential professors; Delegated responsibilities of coordinating class schedules, flight arrangements, and research event planning
The Steppingstone Foundation, Boston, MA 02110
Teaching Assistant; Intern (Summer, June 2010 – August 2010)
Supervisor: Nina Sheff, 617-423-6300
Tasks: Assigned to Teacher Mentor, Assumed 40% of teaching responsibilities; Administrative duties; Engaged in seminars concerning issues that surround Education for the youth of Boston
VOLUNTEER/ACTIVITIES
Community Outreach Council, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2013
Co-Founder/Event Planning Director Executive Board Member
Chartered the organization; Chaired the events for the interaction and engagement of the mentoring and tutoring services for the students; Referred administrative directors to other community service groups at USC; Visited local schools programs to help restructure the curriculum plans of schools
Speakers Committee-USC Program Board, Los Angeles, CA Spring 2013
Executive Board Member/Administrative Director
Promoted the events largely hosted by Program Board to the USC community; Helped to establish networks between committee and agents of potential speakers
Community Service Committee- Alternative Spring Break, San Francisco, CA Spring 2013
Volunteer Center Participant
Advocated for the improvement of student scholarship; promoted the community’s efforts in the reformative procedures of juvenile justice;
Amnesty International, Belmont, Massachusetts Spring of 2011-Summer of 2012
Chapter President
Participated on Board of AI’s nonprofit initiative to generate one of the first student-led movements for the discussion of the current state of global equality; Led national campaign for the disproval of domestic violence in Syria,
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH____________________________________________________________
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Los Angeles, CA
-Committed to independent study of Director David Roman’s research on American Theatre
-Analyzed financial disbursements for independent account within English Department
Independent Projects Screenplay & Playwrights, Boston MA
-Submitted propels to local advisors on the platform of a promotional narrative
-On route to completing five year project concerning the screen edits for a motion picture
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