Roseline Tutuaa Oppong
ROSELINE TUTUAA
OPPONG
Experience
2014–2016
Client Support Volunteer • The Genesis Project
• Distributed hygiene products, food, water, and clothes among sex-trafficked victims in its drop-in center
• Performed custodial tasks such as vacuuming rooms where they reside in temporarily, cleaning the restrooms, and doing laundry
• Organized paperwork and documents given to new volunteers once they complete the mandatory training
• Organized clothing donations
2015–2016
College Access Now Pop Mentor• The College Access Now
• Led a community activity that seeks to promote junior high school students towards the awareness and the preparation of college
• Tutored low-income, minority students that struggled with homework and coursework such as precalculus
• Aided CAN students with resume building and college personal statements
• Public speaking of motivating and convincing minority, future, first-generational college students to obtain a bachelor degree regardless of systemic barriers they face
DEC 2016–DEC 2017
Member Service Representative• Non-profit Volunteer • WASHPIRG (Washington Public Interest Group) UW CHAPTER
• Campaigned in this non-partisan, student run and funded organization of the awareness of homeless overpopulation in Seattle
• Aided in performing food and clothing drives for Mary’s Place, that serves poor women and children in Seattle
• Performed Spare Change drives for Mary’s Place through publicly speak to UW undergraduate students about investing some money to improve those in the margins
JAN2016–JUNE 2016
Tutor • The East African Community Services
• Tutored first-generational East African K-8 students, of a gentrified low-income neighborhood with math, writing, reading, and science
MAR 2018–JUN 2018
Legal intern • The Budigan Law Firm
• Answered phone calls from Bill Budigan’s clients involving court cases and recording clients name, phone number, and how long the conversation took place
• Calling Budigan’s clients, other lawyers, and companies in order for Budigan to better counsel his clients and at the same time problem solve issues between his client and the Prosecutor
• Recording conversations and crucial information between Budigan’s clients and himself on a notepad
• Printing and copying legal documents, and creating PDF files of legal cases; creating Word document files
• Organizing legal case files alphabetically
• Writing checks to companies and recording checks on the checkbook for his private accountant
SEPT 2018-PRESENT
Student Leader • The Street Youth Ministries
• Organizing events and dates to serve homeless individuals, who reside around here at the University Presbyterian church, with meal preparation
• Completing training sessions of understanding and being educated of the subculture of homeless individuals living in the U-district and their systemic situations
• Performing food and clothing drives and asking the INN church members for financial support and jacket drives
Oct 31st 2018- Present
Vice President of Legislative Advocacy Agenda • The IGNITE of Seattle Regional College Counsel
• Publicly speaking to young women of color to consider becoming a politician in the near future as a plausible career regardless of their political affiliation
• Forming and building allies or coalition, partnerships, and mobilizations of Washington legislators, organizations such as the ACLU, researchers and experts, and community members of promoting Ignite’s nonpartisan policy priorities (Women’s right, voting rights, and civil education)
• Planning and scheduling meetings with present legislators and institutions regarding policies and gaining better understanding and knowledge of the importance of a bill
• Presenting the IGNITE awareness and its three priorities in college campuses, classrooms, and other public spaces
Education
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bachelor of Art-Law, Societies, and Justice and American Ethnic Studies, Expected June 2020
• Minor: Labor Studies
• Cumulative GPA: 3.38; LSJ GPA: 3.5
• Dean’s list: 3 quarters
• Study Abroad: The U.S. & South Africa: Comparative Criminal Justice on July 2018-August 2018
- A four-week experience between the U.S. and South Africa to compare and contrast the criminal justice systems, their youth violence, and non-profit organizations to help at risk youth
• Awarded GO! Scholarship for studying abroad
Professional Work Experiences
• Caregiver, A&B Homecare and Staffing, Inc (07/16/17-09/20/17; 06/2018-07/2018): fed, bathe, clothed, dressed, and exercised Andrew Ward, a disabled boy, from Monday until Saturday full time; recorded and submitted my task on the task sheets with his father’s signature.
• Team Leader, Jumpstart, (Oct 2018-Jan 2019): as a work-study job, my teammates and I tutor low-income, minority preschoolers at Tiny Totes. This company seeks to support low-income family with economic and social resources in their gentrified community; we also plan social events with preschoolers’ family member to be more inclusive towards diverse, cultural familial relations, attend training sessions throughout the week for two-four hours, carrying out duties demanded by preschool teachers, organizing the preschool supplies,etc.
Affiliations & Activities
• Phi Alpha Delta UW Chapter (Current), full membership of this prelaw society that grants me the benefit of having like-minded individuals aspiring law school, having numerous law school’s representatives and lawyer panelists giving us advices regarding law school preparation; reduce prices on LSAT prep books, free LSAT prep classes, networking with lawyers, etc.
• Law, Societies, and Justice Special Offender’s Unit book club (Current): on the first Saturday of each month, I and 5-7 fellow LSJ students engage in a book discussion with prisoners as a yearlong service learning commitment under LSJ 478: Experience of Incarceration
• Prelaw Black Law Students Association (BLSA)UW Chapter(2017-current): I am part of this organization that grants black prelaw students or aspiring future black lawyers opportunities such as LSAT scholarship prep classes, black lawyers in the community, black UW law students panels so that we are granted advices on how to prepare for law school
• Black Campus Ministries (Sept 2016- Jun2018): associated with black UW students who share the same Christian beliefs at UW, having soul food events for black and African students regardless of their religious or other intersectional preferences, having Bible studies and prayers, and having retreats outside of UW with other black students
• African Student Association (Sept 2016-April 2017; Sept 2018-Current): part of an African community at UW that seeks to have representation on Campus through conversations and discussions of what it means to be African, having social events to promote the awareness of African students and their pride at UW, and attending/participating at the annual African Performance called, the Afro-Caribbean Night, where every African UW student performs an African dance pertaining to their country and culture.
ROSELINE TUTUAA
OPPONG
Experience
2014–2016
Client Support Volunteer • The Genesis Project
• Distributed hygiene products, food, water, and clothes among sex-trafficked victims in its drop-in center
• Performed custodial tasks such as vacuuming rooms where they reside in temporarily, cleaning the restrooms, and doing laundry
• Organized paperwork and documents given to new volunteers once they complete the mandatory training
• Organized clothing donations
2015–2016
College Access Now Pop Mentor• The College Access Now
• Led a community activity that seeks to promote junior high school students towards the awareness and the preparation of college
• Tutored low-income, minority students that struggled with homework and coursework such as precalculus
• Aided CAN students with resume building and college personal statements
• Public speaking of motivating and convincing minority, future, first-generational college students to obtain a bachelor degree regardless of systemic barriers they face
DEC 2016–DEC 2017
Member Service Representative• Non-profit Volunteer • WASHPIRG (Washington Public Interest Group) UW CHAPTER
• Campaigned in this non-partisan, student run and funded organization of the awareness of homeless overpopulation in Seattle
• Aided in performing food and clothing drives for Mary’s Place, that serves poor women and children in Seattle
• Performed Spare Change drives for Mary’s Place through publicly speak to UW undergraduate students about investing some money to improve those in the margins
JAN2016–JUNE 2016
Tutor • The East African Community Services
• Tutored first-generational East African K-8 students, of a gentrified low-income neighborhood with math, writing, reading, and science
MAR 2018–JUN 2018
Legal intern • The Budigan Law Firm
• Answered phone calls from Bill Budigan’s clients involving court cases and recording clients name, phone number, and how long the conversation took place
• Calling Budigan’s clients, other lawyers, and companies in order for Budigan to better counsel his clients and at the same time problem solve issues between his client and the Prosecutor
• Recording conversations and crucial information between Budigan’s clients and himself on a notepad
• Printing and copying legal documents, and creating PDF files of legal cases; creating Word document files
• Organizing legal case files alphabetically
• Writing checks to companies and recording checks on the checkbook for his private accountant
SEPT 2018-PRESENT
Student Leader • The Street Youth Ministries
• Organizing events and dates to serve homeless individuals, who reside around here at the University Presbyterian church, with meal preparation
• Completing training sessions of understanding and being educated of the subculture of homeless individuals living in the U-district and their systemic situations
• Performing food and clothing drives and asking the INN church members for financial support and jacket drives
Oct 31st 2018- Present
Vice President of Legislative Advocacy Agenda • The IGNITE of Seattle Regional College Counsel
• Publicly speaking to young women of color to consider becoming a politician in the near future as a plausible career regardless of their political affiliation
• Forming and building allies or coalition, partnerships, and mobilizations of Washington legislators, organizations such as the ACLU, researchers and experts, and community members of promoting Ignite’s nonpartisan policy priorities (Women’s right, voting rights, and civil education)
• Planning and scheduling meetings with present legislators and institutions regarding policies and gaining better understanding and knowledge of the importance of a bill
• Presenting the IGNITE awareness and its three priorities in college campuses, classrooms, and other public spaces
Education
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bachelor of Art-Law, Societies, and Justice and American Ethnic Studies, Expected June 2020
• Minor: Labor Studies
• Cumulative GPA: 3.38; LSJ GPA: 3.5
• Dean’s list: 3 quarters
• Study Abroad: The U.S. & South Africa: Comparative Criminal Justice on July 2018-August 2018
- A four-week experience between the U.S. and South Africa to compare and contrast the criminal justice systems, their youth violence, and non-profit organizations to help at risk youth
• Awarded GO! Scholarship for studying abroad
Professional Work Experiences
• Caregiver, A&B Homecare and Staffing, Inc (07/16/17-09/20/17; 06/2018-07/2018): fed, bathe, clothed, dressed, and exercised Andrew Ward, a disabled boy, from Monday until Saturday full time; recorded and submitted my task on the task sheets with his father’s signature.
• Team Leader, Jumpstart, (Oct 2018-Jan 2019): as a work-study job, my teammates and I tutor low-income, minority preschoolers at Tiny Totes. This company seeks to support low-income family with economic and social resources in their gentrified community; we also plan social events with preschoolers’ family member to be more inclusive towards diverse, cultural familial relations, attend training sessions throughout the week for two-four hours, carrying out duties demanded by preschool teachers, organizing the preschool supplies,etc.
Affiliations & Activities
• Phi Alpha Delta UW Chapter (Current), full membership of this prelaw society that grants me the benefit of having like-minded individuals aspiring law school, having numerous law school’s representatives and lawyer panelists giving us advices regarding law school preparation; reduce prices on LSAT prep books, free LSAT prep classes, networking with lawyers, etc.
• Law, Societies, and Justice Special Offender’s Unit book club (Current): on the first Saturday of each month, I and 5-7 fellow LSJ students engage in a book discussion with prisoners as a yearlong service learning commitment under LSJ 478: Experience of Incarceration
• Prelaw Black Law Students Association (BLSA)UW Chapter(2017-current): I am part of this organization that grants black prelaw students or aspiring future black lawyers opportunities such as LSAT scholarship prep classes, black lawyers in the community, black UW law students panels so that we are granted advices on how to prepare for law school
• Black Campus Ministries (Sept 2016- Jun2018): associated with black UW students who share the same Christian beliefs at UW, having soul food events for black and African students regardless of their religious or other intersectional preferences, having Bible studies and prayers, and having retreats outside of UW with other black students
• African Student Association (Sept 2016-April 2017; Sept 2018-Current): part of an African community at UW that seeks to have representation on Campus through conversations and discussions of what it means to be African, having social events to promote the awareness of African students and their pride at UW, and attending/participating at the annual African Performance called, the Afro-Caribbean Night, where every African UW student performs an African dance pertaining to their country and culture.