Overview
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Education
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MAHA MEGHANI

Chicago

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

PR Intern and Talent Scout

Global Encounters
11.2023 - 07.2025

- Coordinated all media coverage for Climate on the Catwalk leading up to and during the festival

- Created interview scripts for talent and designers to promote visibility of the show throughout the festival week
- Wrote and edited press materials daily for general managers, featured talent, and festival events and publicity campaigns
- led a publicity campaign for the fashion show interacting with over 100 Gen Z fashion and sustainability influencers around the globe

- Scouted models from over 30 countries to represent featured sustainable brands in the fashion show

- Drafted beauty award submissions and targeted media responses to elevate brand narratives for SAMARA and Juma Studios

- Maintained press lists and contributed to monthly reports that drove earned media strategy and informed client deliverables


https://the.ismaili/af/fa/globalencounters/festival/climate-catwalk

Financial Director of Student Org

The Vault: Business Behind Fashion
01.2024 - Current

Responsible for overseeing all financial operations and implementing strategic financial plans for the organization.

- Creating and managing the club's budget
- Presenting financial reports to the club's executive board and members

- Overseeing fundraising activities to ensure the club has sufficient funds

- Keeping track of club expenses and ensuring they are within budget
- Securing sponsorships and grants
- Ensuring the club complies with financial regulations and reporting requirements


https://linktr.ee/thevaultuwmadison?fbclid=PAAabH95sTB35oyWOFJR9WeP9zIyMbOqEQkWnWyCWv8PYas7kGWwQagZB6zVk

Apprentice

Photography for After School Matters
05.2023 - 09.2023

- Developed and coordinated schedule for team field visits across Chicago neighborhoods to study impacts of gentrification.


- Served as lead organizer for a gallery showcase, guiding audiences through research findings on Chicago’s urban culture


- Managed the Instagram account, curating and promoting content that highlighted diverse photography styles.

Student Ambassador

Remake World
01.2023 - 08.2023

Non-profit that organizes and engages a growing coalition of garment workers, experienced labor rights groups, NGOs, and fashion activists worldwide to reshape the $2.5 trillion clothing industry.

Circulation Assistant

UW-Madison Libraries
02.2024 - 05.2025
  • Managed front desk operations across 3 Science and Engineering libraries on campus, ensuring organization and resource-related assistance to students.

Dental Assistant

Andrea R Lederman, DDS
05.2024 - 09.2024
  • Assisted dentist on procedures including fillings, extractions, frenectomies. Proficient in organizing, preparing, and handing instruments and materials for a wide range of procedures.
  • Prepared dental impressions for crowns and retainers.
  • Took bitewing and panoramic X-rays
  • Sterilized instruments and prepared all dental trays and rooms.
  • Managed patient check-in, answered insurance-related inquiries, processed payments, and scheduled appointments when working at the front desk. Updated all patient records and chart information.
  • Coordinated with dental supply vendors to ensure office remained fully stocked with equipment.

ESL Teacher

FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance
04.2023 - 12.2025

- Worked to find host families, job opportunities, and transportation for newly-arrived Central Asian refugees in the Chicagoland area. Organized community events and programs to help families acclimate.

- Lead ESL (English as a Second Language) classes to aforementioned students, ages 14-22 to build self sufficiency and increase academic performance in school.

- Enhanced students' speaking skills through regular practice and focused feedback during conversation sessions.

- Held weekly tutoring sessions for homework, standardized tests, and other professional and academic help.

Presidential Intern

Council for Global Health Scholars
03.2024 - Current

- Founded and lead the first CGHS chapter on campus, mobilizing students around global health innovation.


- Leading organization in the development of biomedical technologies and solutions to address healthcare disparities in under-served nations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Neurobiology, Health Policy

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
05.2027

High School Diploma - undefined

Northside College Prep
05.2023

Skills

  • Social Media Outreach
  • Scouting
  • Human Rights Activity
  • Brand Marketing
  • Corporate Branding
  • Press Releases
  • Public Relations
  • Earned Media
  • Strategic Public Relations Planning
  • Language: Urdu, Gujarati, Swahili

Accomplishments

Global Healthcare Fellowship: The Council for Global Health Scholars

https://www.virtualbadge.io/certificate-validator?credential=8dcea90e-a367-49f3-b98c-59436b8f8a08

LANGUAGES

English
Urdu
Swahili

Timeline

Dental Assistant

Andrea R Lederman, DDS
05.2024 - 09.2024

Presidential Intern

Council for Global Health Scholars
03.2024 - Current

Circulation Assistant

UW-Madison Libraries
02.2024 - 05.2025

Financial Director of Student Org

The Vault: Business Behind Fashion
01.2024 - Current

PR Intern and Talent Scout

Global Encounters
11.2023 - 07.2025

Apprentice

Photography for After School Matters
05.2023 - 09.2023

ESL Teacher

FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance
04.2023 - 12.2025

Student Ambassador

Remake World
01.2023 - 08.2023

High School Diploma - undefined

Northside College Prep

Bachelor of Science - Neurobiology, Health Policy

University of Wisconsin-Madison

INTERNSHIPS

  • Research Assistant, Crawford Lab - University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Crawford lab uses a comparative neuroscience approach to understand how the sense of touch and pain dysfunction in the face of disease.
  • Created new grading paradigms to study mice behavior in the face of a variant of allodynic stimuli post induced cystitis.
  • Completed behavior analysis on Von Frey pain test experiments on mice and recorded all data.
  • Presented research progress and literature in weekly lab meetings
  • Presidential Intern, Council for Global Health Scholars
  • Founded and lead the first CGHS chapter on campus, mobilizing students around global health innovation.
  • Leading organization in the development of biomedical technologies and solutions to address healthcare disparities in under-served nations.
  • Research Assistant, UIC Department of Psychiatry
  • Worked alongside Dr. Amynah Pradhan, studying mechanisms of migraines.
  • Collected and analyzed fluorescent data from digital images of mouse brain tissue incubated with delta opioid receptor antigens.
  • Used primary and secondary antibodies to visualize and confirm antigen localization to GFAP proteins via fluorescence microscopy
  • Recorded and documented cell counts for approximately 200 tissue samples
  • Explored coding applications related to image analysis and scientific data interpretation
MAHA MEGHANI