Catherina Gioino

Catherina Gioino

New York City Metropolitan Area
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About

I’ve always been a curious person, and I realized pretty early on that the people you…

Experience

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York, United States

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    New York, United States

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    Queens, New York, United States

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    Cajamarca, Peru

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    New York, New York, United States

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

Education

  • Columbia University in the City of New York

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    Activities and Societies: Academic Success Program (ASP) full scholarship award recipient. Need-blind and merit-based scholarship awarded to First Generation Americans/college students and Low-Income (FGLI) individuals. Jester: Editor-in-Chief LateNite Theater: Writer and Director Varsity Show: Video publicist CU No Budget Sketch Show: Writer, Director, Cinematographer

    • First Gen Low Income (FGLI) student and award recipient. Multicultural Award recipient.

    • One of three Columbia University undergraduates accepted into the MPA program at SIPA as part of Columbia’s five-year dual BA/MA program

    • Teaching Assistant for American Urban Politics (POLS 3213); chosen by the professor after having taken class junior year. Duties include assigning work to 86 students, grading tests, holding office hours, and designing and leading two lectures. Spring…

    • First Gen Low Income (FGLI) student and award recipient. Multicultural Award recipient.

    • One of three Columbia University undergraduates accepted into the MPA program at SIPA as part of Columbia’s five-year dual BA/MA program

    • Teaching Assistant for American Urban Politics (POLS 3213); chosen by the professor after having taken class junior year. Duties include assigning work to 86 students, grading tests, holding office hours, and designing and leading two lectures. Spring 2019.

    • Study abroad at Queen Mary University for Fall 2017 under Columbia-QMUL English Department program. Taught by Columbia University English Professor Jean Howard in immersive British trends on English literature

    • Interviewed by the Washington Post for Jester’s joint collaboration with Harvard University’s Datamatch romantic campus matching

    • Mentored Academic Success Program (ASP) students after having graduated from the program the summer before beginning undergraduate studies

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteer

    Astoria Mutual Aid Network

    - Present 6 years 8 months

    • Remain on-call for any tasks neighbors in Astoria need during the pandemic and its aftermath, not limited to grocery shopping, picking up medication, picking up and dropping off laundry, helping mobility-challenged people with certain tasks, and more

    • Later trained as a dispatcher to receive incoming calls for help from the community and direct other volunteers living nearby to help those neighbors

  • Greeter

    Big Apple Greeter

    - 2 years 3 months

    Education

    • Greet tourists visiting New York City while promoting local businesses and bringing them around the city
    • Create tours and share fun city information and history for speakers of multiple languages

  • Beginner Coder

    Girls Who Code

    - 6 months

    Attended weekly classes at Twitter HQ and learned basic coding like building apps and designing games and websites

  • Student Filmmaker

    The Jewish Museum

    - 4 months

    Learned basics of filmmaking like attaining camera angles and lighting and created a film

Publications

  • Colombia and Peru: Securing Community Acceptance in Natural Resource Rich Areas, Government of Peru, Spring 2020 SIPA Capstone Workshop Consultancy

    Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

    SIPA Capstone Workshop Consultancy

    Under the supervision of faculty advisor Jenik Radon, served on a team of graduate policy and law student consultants to:
    • Assess the risk profiles of indigenous communities in resource-rich areas under poorly-contracted mining excavation agreements and analyze the fiscal implications of renewing contracts under a social license
    • Establish an analytical and legal framework gauging the impact of mining trends on communities and establish a…

    SIPA Capstone Workshop Consultancy

    Under the supervision of faculty advisor Jenik Radon, served on a team of graduate policy and law student consultants to:
    • Assess the risk profiles of indigenous communities in resource-rich areas under poorly-contracted mining excavation agreements and analyze the fiscal implications of renewing contracts under a social license
    • Establish an analytical and legal framework gauging the impact of mining trends on communities and establish a written document for a social license of land use
    • Provide policy recommendations to mitigate the social challenges this legal shift will create
    • Research on community partnerships and social license implementation in the mining industry

    https://sipa.campusgroups.com/pcg/past-teams/

    See publication

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Italian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Portuguese

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Columbia Bartending Agency

    Bartender

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    TIPS certified, and have a bartending license from the agency, bartended gigs in the city

  • Queens County Young Dems

    Student Caucus Chair

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    Member of the club before leading a college and then student caucus geared towards politically active high school and college students. Planned events, sent out job and scholarship opportunities, recruited individuals and canvassed for campaigns

  • Princeton Summer Journalism Program

    Summer Journalism Student

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    Selected as one of 25 high school seniors to attend an intensive journalism program on Princeton’s Campus. Courses taught by journalists from the National Journal Magazine, New York Magazine, and the New York Times, and more. Wrote pieces on timely political debates and entertainment reporting

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