Experience
Immigration Law Intern
• Attended meetings with prospective clients to provide analytical and administrative support to potential immigration cases.
• Applied understanding of international law and immigration issues to determine clients' eligibility for various immigration programs, including global investors.
• Translated documents between French and Turkish to ensure they met quality standards for immigration requirements.
Curatorial Assistant
• Learned archival skills and helped organize donations.
• Assisted with the planning and execution of events including a Remembrance Day exhibit and booth.
• Assisted with research, special projects, events, and database management.
• Assisted with the marketing of the space-rental program via the web, print material, etc.
Passport Clerk
• Provided guidance and responded to questions from clients seeking information and services from the Embassy.
• Interacted with clients and Embassy staff to ensure proper triaging of requests
• Organized documentation, including passports, to ensure timely appropriate responses to requests.
• Worked on public relations topics, including research and analysis to inform Embassy staff on key issues.
• At the request of the Ambassador, wrote and gave a speech to over 20 delegates and 100 civilians to honour Turkish veterans in a Turkish Remembrance Day event.
Assistant Wedding Planner
• Planned parts of the event as the date, location, catering, and transportation.
• Reviewed invoices and facilitate payments for clients using excel spreadsheets.
• Ensured that everything went smoothly by quickly addressing and finding solutions to any issues that may arise.
Law Clerk
• Quickly learned and expanded my knowledge on software and databases used.
• Worked under tight timelines while being very detail oriented.
• Drafted and edited formal letters including court letters, letters to clients and letters to opposing council.
• Corresponded with clients as a point of contact.
• Made and requested payments in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Worked as a team player as well individually without supervision.
Virtual Case Manager
• Ensured a smooth proceeding during court matters including mediations, discoveries, and trials.
• Troubleshot technical issues and facilitated the proceeding.
• Managed confidential documents and presented them during court matters.
• Worked under tight timelines while being very detail oriented.
Education
Bachelors in of Arts (Honours) in History
I graduated with a degree in Arts majoring in History. During my time I took a number of law and bioethics classes and completed several internships as well.