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Portrait of Akira Stephens

Honor Society® member

Akira Stephens

Executive Director at TAJA Co

  • B.A. Communications
  • Class of 2026
  • San Leandro, CA

Member since May 2025

About

Akira Stephens is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Communication at Southern New Hampshire University with a cumulative GPA of 4.0 and placement on the President’s List for Spring 2025. With a strong academic foundation, Akira has completed 106 total credits, including recent coursework in public speaking, research and persuasion, communication with diverse audiences, and visual communication and design. In addition to their bachelor’s studies, Akira is concurrently completing an Associate of Science in Broadcast, Film, Television, and Electronic Media at City College of San Francisco, as well as an Associate of Science in Mathematics and Data Science at Laney College. Their transcript reflects a diverse and interdisciplinary background with coursework spanning communication, accounting, mathematics, Spanish, sociology, political science, and logic, demonstrating both academic excellence and a commitment to broad-based, applied learning across fields.

Education

  • Southern New Hampshire University

    communications

    2025 – 2026

  • Laney College

    Data Science

    2025 – 2026

  • Laney College

    mathematics

    2022 – 2026

  • City College of San Francisco

    A.S. Broadcast, Film, Television, and Electronic Media

    2016 – 2025

Honors and awards

  • president's list

    4.0 GPA

  • dean's list

    4.0 GPA

  • honor roll

    4.0 GPA

Goals and interests

Career goal

Economist

Graduate school interests

M.S in Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University

Outside the classroom

Songwriting, singing, playing piano, music composition and scoring

Experience

  • Executive Director

    TAJA Co

    Aug 2016 – Jun 2025

  • Project Coordinator/Site Supervisor/Clinical Research Assistant

    University of California San Francisco

    Mar 2015 – Jan 2022

Volunteering

  • LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee

    Human Rights Commission San Francisco

    Jun 2022 – Jun 2025

  • Review Panelist

    San francisco Film Festival

    Jun 2017 – Aug 2022

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Intermediate
  • French (Canada) Beginner
  • German Beginner

Additional information