{"id":2083,"date":"2018-10-17T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:21:38","slug":"meet-the-new-2018-2019-mpa-student-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/meet-the-new-2018-2019-mpa-student-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the new 2018-2019 MPA Student Ambassadors!<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Anna (Staff) Rhoads October 17, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPA hired three student ambassadors for the 2018 – 2019 academic year. Student ambassadors share their experiences in the MPA program with prospective students.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The Ambassadors\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Domenica Clark – 1st year student, Public & Nonprofit Administration concentration\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

My name is Domenica Clark and I am proud to serve as an ambassador for the Master of Public <\/span> \u200bAdministration program. I grew up in several different parts of the U.S. I have lived near Chicago, in South Florida, and for the last twenty years I have lived in the Puget Sound area. Immediately after high school, I went to Evergreen to study creative writing and literature. During my undergraduate degree, I began volunteering at the Olympia Film Society and KAOS Community Radio, and quickly discovered I had a passion for supporting non-profits, especially when it came to administration and leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

After I completed my undergraduate degree I moved to Seattle, where I further developed my administrative skills in supporting non-profit organizations such as Hollow Earth Radio, where I served on the board of directors, and as volunteer coordinator. I was also involved with the Grand Illusion Cinema and The Vera Project as a volunteer.<\/span><\/p>\n

I became involved with Seattle non-profit Ventures, which helps low-income individuals start their own small businesses – first as a client, and later as an employee of their retail store. While there, I also helped oversee the volunteer and intern program. It was around this time I became more interested in local political issues like the fight for a $15 minimum wage and housing affordability in Seattle area. I also started to take interest in environmental issues and worked for a while for a waste management company where I helped educate the public on their waste diversion program.<\/span><\/p>\n

I decided to apply to the MPA program because I love the public sector and civic engagement and am dedicated to helping organizations that I care deeply for flourish. I wanted to combine the experience I gained during my years of volunteering with my burgeoning interest in public policy and work towards a career in the public sector. While not in the MPA program, I am a DJ, dedicated cinephile and bookworm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yen Huynh – 2nd year student, Public Policy concentration<\/b><\/h4>\n

Yen brings her enthusiasm for advocacy, range of service experiences, and a strong determination\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to change the political status quo to the MPA program. Attracted to the interdisciplinary format, she also\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

earned her undergraduate degree at Evergreen. During this time she honed her job juggling skills, worked as an\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Education Advocate for former and current incarcerated youth in the Southwest region of the state, and served as an Academic Coach to at-risk youth for GED obtainment and college access. Her multicultural upbringing has resulted in a deep passion for equity, diversity, and inclusion work. Outside of MPA, she works with the Office of Minority and Women\u2019s Business Enterprises, assisting with their supplier diversity efforts and is a Result\u2019s Real Change Organizing and Advocacy fellow, engaging with congressional representatives to fight anti-poverty legislation both locally and in their DC offices. In her down time, Yen enjoys cooking, crafting, and exploring different neighborhoods.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Anna (Staff) Rhoads October 17, 2018 MPA hired three student ambassadors for the 2018 – 2019 academic year. Student ambassadors share their experiences in the MPA program with prospective students.\u00a0 The Ambassadors\u00a0 Domenica Clark – 1st year student, Public… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9454,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}