Kevin-Ryan I.

Alvarez
Permanent Residence: 4146 N. Mason Ave. Chicago, IL 60634 (773) 725-3850 Email: alvare18@uic.edu or kevinryana@gmail.com Present Residence: 4146 N. Mason Ave. Chicago, IL 60634 (773) 725-3850

EDUCATION
Northside College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL Class of 2010 Overall GPA: 4.4 Curriculum highlights: Advanced Placement English Literature, Advanced Placement Psychology, Advanced Placement Biology, Advanced Placement Environmental Science, Honors Chemistry, Honors Physics, Honors American Literature, Honors U.S. History

EMPLOYMENT
Mayor Daleys Kidstart , Chicago, IL (Summer 2008) Standard Employee Did various jobs around the halls of Northside College Preparatory High School, including, but not limited to, interacting with the staff, assisting incoming students, and cleaning the classrooms. Performed community service with co-workers by addressing and dealing with pollution and litter around the school campus. Mayor Daleys Youth Ready Program, Chicago, IL (Summer 2009) Drummer/Youth Employee Participated in various workshops at the Korean Resource and Cultural Center dealing with a myriad of issues, ranging from topics such as the immigration debate to handling credit cards. Communicated frequently with adults and public speakers. Learned how to play the Korean style of drumming, known as Poongmul, and performed at the 2009 Korean Festival. After School Matters, Chicago, IL (Summer 2010) Office Assistant and Concession Stand Server Responsibilities included creating fliers through Microsoft Word/ Publisher, distributing said fliers, and interacting with the community in the Humboldt Park area. Dealt mostly with office matters, Block Club Federation paper work, and sending out emails to various community service organizations. Participated in

various community service events and helping the community interact with one another. Served food and drinks at a Little League concession stand on weekends. Seaton Corporation/SMX: Staffmanagement, Chicago, IL (Fall 2012) Centralized Services Representative Worked on application processing for potential employees with partnered companies, performed background checks on associates, and answered phone calls regarding the application process. Most responsibilities involved paper work and online services, which all took place within an office setting. Communication with associates and coworkers were all essential to understanding the protocols and rules of the office.

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Salvation Army, Chicago, IL Volunteer Served food to the less fortunate at a church. Interacted with staff and the less fortunate. Increased communication skills with a new community. Northside College Preparatory Key Club, Chicago, IL Member and Community Service Worker Worked with the Key Club in order to explore community service opportunities. Volunteered with Key Club for various walks, such as the Millenium Park Breast Cancer Walk, to distribute water and refreshments, as well as offer encouragement and the Walk and Roll of Chicago, in which individuals walked to raise awareness for cancer.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Chicago, IL Member/Brother Worked with the fraternity on various volunteer service projects, ranging from assisting children to setting up charity marathons/walks. Also helped with the various events set up by the fraternity around the college campus. The fraternity is dedicated to the betterment of community through service and leadership. The duties of a general member is to uphold the strong beliefs of the fraternity and to live a life of service. Filipinos in Alliance Organization at UIC, Chicago, IL Social Coordinator 2012-2013 Responsible for maintaining contact with the general members as well as organizing various social events involving said members. These social events were designed as outlets for individuals to associate with one another and possibly grow closer as friends and peers. These organized events included bowling, ice cream socials, ice skating with other student organizations, and our formal event.

SPECIAL SKILLS
Fluent in English and Tagalog (Filipino) Conversational in Spanish Ability to read and comprehend basic Japanese characters General knowledge of Microsoft Word Adequate time management skills Good social communication abilities Limited but improving knowledge of music theory

REFERENCES
Magdalena Martinez Founder/President of the Block Club Federation 4000 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639 maggie@blockclubfederation.org 1(773)-870-0297 http://blockclubfederation.org/ Karn Saetang Former Youth Organizer at the Korean-American Resource and Cultural Center 2701A W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60659 karnsaetang@gmail.com 1(773)-691-6187 http://www.chicagokrcc.org/ Eusebio Islas Centralized Services Manager of Seaton Corporation: Staffmanagement Branch 860 W. Evergreen Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 eislas@staffmanagement.com Office: 312-397-3486 Cell: 312-404-0583 http://www.staffmanagement.com/

Why is MAFA important to you? The Midwest Association of Filipino-Americans is very important to me because of what the organizations goal is: to unite Filipino-Americans and other Asian-Americans in the Midwest region of the United States and to help them grow much more familiar with their own cultures. As someone who was not in sync with his culture in the past, the MAFA conferences had helped me understand who I am as a Filipino-American member in our current society. Not everyone knows the history of their cultures and MAFA is there not only to provide that, but to also show them that they can become leaders in their colleges or communities with that culture. MAFA helps to empower individuals by promoting their conferences, which include many leadership and Filipino history workshops. MAFA is a great organization and with such a diverse amount of schools as a part of it, it helps us to grow stronger as individuals and be proud to be raised with the culture that we were born in.

How would you define innovation and creativity? In what ways would you use innovation and creativity towards your position as Media Relations Chair? To me, innovation is the ability to think of or bring something new to the table. It essentially represents new ideas or new strategies for preconceived goals. Creativity is what goes along with that and is the physical representation of an individuals innovative ideas. Being creative can either involve usage of tools in ways that were never thought of before or can even involve a lot of imagination. Innovation and creativity could be used in the Media Relations position by providing different media sources for everyone to get involved with. Were all (mostly) familiar with Twitter and Facebook as social media outlets and advertisement pools, but weve all seemed to have forgotten the joys of a simple cell phone. Nowadays, a huge majority of individuals have upgraded to smart phones, allowing them access to a plethora of applications. If not that, most individuals are familiar with the act of texting. Not only is texting a huge deal in the Philippines, it is also utilized very much here in America. My innovation is to involve more usage of the cell phone by providing either a text message listserv or suggesting an application (such as GroupMe) that most people with or without smart phones can utilize in order to chat with various individuals within the MAFA organization. I also plan to incorporate videos, such as the previous Media Relations Chair did, with different styles of advertising and relaying information.

One of the most difficult tasks as Media Relations Chair is balancing the use of social media outlets and making sure the information you are sending out is informative and consistent. How would you use each social media outlet and how would you work with the other members on board to properly balance tasks and relay information?

The Social Media Chair is but one position out of several within the MAFA board. Acting purely on impulse and relaying irrelevant information is something that should be taken into account by all of the members. I plan to contact a majority of the MAFA board before I relay different pieces of information to the MAFA general members. This is not to say that all of my ideas and social media reliance will be dependent on the responses of everyone else, but I really feel as if everyone should have a say in the matter. Its also a great way to get some constructive criticism and feedback in order to make sure Im doing everything correctly. Balancing tasks within the board can also be efficient with proper communication. If individuals in the board are willing to cooperate with one another, I would have no problem asking them with favors for certain MAFA-related tasks, and vice versa. Balancing social media outlets can also be done by moderating all of the social media sites and making sure that everything is updated at the same time. One social media outlet should not be favored over the other. Once again, feedback would also help to maintain the balance. If any board member- or general member- notices that one social media outlet is being utilized more than the other, then contacting me or anyone on the board to make changes will be a great method of keeping everything on point and organized.