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Portrait of Alexis Smith

Honor Society® member

Alexis Smith

Intern at The Office of Comptroller of the Currency

  • Northeastern Illinois University
  • communications
  • Class of 2022
  • chicago, Illinois

Member since May 2020

About

I am a very inquisitive person who is always ready to learn something new.

Education

  • northeastern illinois university

    communications/Journalism

    2019 – 2022

Honors and awards

  • dean's list

    I was on the Dean's List for the Fall 2019

  • Tale Blazer Award

    Tellin' Tales Theatre awarded me with this title for 2020 for all the disability advocacy work I continue to do in my community.

Goals and interests

Career goal

I am specifically interested in the communications internship because my dream job is to be a
public relations specialist within the healthcare field at a hospital or homemaker agency.

Graduate school interests

I would like to go to graduate school to learn ASL to become an interpreter,

Outside the classroom

Adoptive Sports, Acting/improvising, Modeling, Dancing, Script writing, Writing poetry, and Spending time with friends and family

Experience

  • Intern

    The Office of Comptroller of the Currency

    Jun 2020 – Aug 2020

  • Student participant

    Common purpose -Chicago 200

    Mar 2020 – Sep 2020

  • clerical assistant

    Ucan-Ashley's Quality

    Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

  • clerical assistant

    Ucan office

    Jul 2018 – Aug 2018

  • Student Fellow

    Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

    May 2018 – Dec 2018

  • clerical assistant

    Ucan office

    Jul 2017 – Aug 2017

  • clerical assistant

    Ucan-Sunrise Baptist Church

    Jul 2016 – Aug 2016

  • clerical assistant

    Ucan-Sunrise Baptist Church

    Jul 2015 – Aug 2015

  • Student intern

    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

    Apr 2015 – May 2015

  • Student intern

    Global Girl Media Chicago

    Jul 2014 – Aug 2014

  • summer camp counselor

    UIC-Gen-Tech

    Jun 2013 – Aug 2013

  • Participant -paid

    Global Girl Media Chicago

    Jul 2012 – Aug 2012

Volunteering

  • Student Participant

    Common Purpose-Chicago 200

    Mar 2020 – Jul 2020

  • Mentor

    Rollettes Los Angels Wheelchair dance team

    Jan 2020 – May 2020

  • Volunteer

    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

    Oct 2017 – Jan 2018

  • Student Mentor

    Access Living/Disability Justice Mentoring Collective

    Apr 2017 – Dec 2018

  • Volunteer

    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

    Jan 2017 – Aug 2017

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced