Dante Velez

• Greeted and registered blood drive donors for their appointments. Also registered walk-in donors.
• Provided information about the blood drive and food/beverages.
• Monitored the health and wellness of donors after their donations.

• Creating an internal report analyzing the relationship between patient racial status, patient outcome, and hospital treatment. This involves using both SQL and machine learning algorithms in python.
• Joining a project that analyzes the relationship between altered mental status and the development of sepsis.

• Assists patients with Meta Quest VR meditation and game sessions. This includes managing software updates and finding VR activities that best fit the patients.
• Served both patients and staff a wide variety of beverages
• Served patients and their families during holiday banquets
• Assisted hospital receptionists in organizing patient information and delivering it to nurses

• Worked with other students at the University of California, Irvine, to build a database on the changing geographies of deportability and sanctuary, dedicated to understanding the increasing risks of undocumented status
• Coding interviews that recorded the lived experiences of undocumented immigrants including social alienation, economic instability, and limited mobility
• Analyzing sociological research papers on the topic of federal, state, and local policies related to immigration enforcement
• Constructed a state profile on access to education, healthcare, DACA eligibilities, driving privileges, and employment opportunities available to undocumented individuals residing in the state of Massachusetts

• Washed, cleaned and readied pizza dough trays to be used throughout entire chain of Pizza Port Restaurants
• Worked with staff to create more efficient washing, drying and dough scrape techniques
• Helped maintain cleanliness of kitchen and brewery facilities

Volunteered to support economically disadvantaged communities by:

• Assisting in packaging and distributing food at Someone Care's Soup Kitchen
• Installing fire safety alarms and educating families on emergency planning in low-income housing
• Helped to care and maintain crops for the farm to food bank program on a agricultural site at Westminster High School
• Was recognized as being within the top 5 most active volunteer members within the club during the spring quarter of 2023

• Was part of the Leadership in Training program at YMCA
• Trained in physical safety, how to conduct camp activities and what to do in event of major conflict among child campers
• Assistant to camp counselors, completing trained duties and mentored campers when skill set was deemed appropriate
• Completed over 140 hours and 150 hours of community service during summer 2014 and 2015 sessions, respectively