Spencer Tierney

Spencer Tierney

Berkeley, California, United States
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Experience

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    San Francisco

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    UC Berkeley

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    Sacramento, California Area

Education

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    University of California, Berkeley

    Activities and Societies: Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal, Cal Running Club

    Graduated with High Honors in English; Minored in Rhetoric.

  • UC Education Abroad Program: UK Immersion - Spring Semester

Volunteer Experience

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    Volunteer

    Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival

    - 3 years 1 month

    Arts and Culture

    For Octobers in 2013 through 2016, I've volunteered for several Litquake events from the opening festival event to the Lit Crawl series of literary readings in various cafes along Valencia and Mission streets.

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    Tax Preparation Volunteer

    Mission Economic Development Agency

    - 3 months

    Economic Empowerment

    I prepared taxes for 61 clients throughout this tax season, many of which were low-income and Spanish-speaking. To take on this role, I took a test to become certified as an IRS tax preparer as part of MEDA's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. I also relearned key Spanish grammar and phrases to better help the Spanish-speaking clients, with help from my supervisors. I was part of an organization that helped 4,000 low-income San Franciscans obtain more than $5 million in total tax…

    I prepared taxes for 61 clients throughout this tax season, many of which were low-income and Spanish-speaking. To take on this role, I took a test to become certified as an IRS tax preparer as part of MEDA's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. I also relearned key Spanish grammar and phrases to better help the Spanish-speaking clients, with help from my supervisors. I was part of an organization that helped 4,000 low-income San Franciscans obtain more than $5 million in total tax refunds.

Projects

  • Comparative Literature Undergraduate Symposium

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    Assisted in the planning of the 2nd Annual Comparative Literature Undergraduate Research Symposium, writing and sending out publicity emails to college advisors and professors, and reading and evaluating possible presenters’ research submissions. On the day of the symposium: helped prepare the food, moderate the sessions, and maintained the timing for the events according to the itinerary.

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Honors & Awards

  • English Undergraduate Research Grant

    UC Berkeley English Department

    The majority of my English honors thesis was focused on Gilbert Sorrentino, a postmodern metafictional author who taught at Stanford for many years. Over this winter break, I had the chance to use the grant by traveling down to Stanford and exploring the Sorrentino Papers archive for a week.

  • Buch Scholarship

    Allan Buch Memorial Scholarship Fund

    For my spring semester abroad (2012) at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, I received a $3,000 grant, opened to students studying abroad to/from UC Berkeley from/to University of East Anglia.

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