Alexis Montgomery
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Hiyah! I'm Alexis, born and raised SoCal kind of girl. I have two stories on the origin of my name so you can just call me Lexi but please not Alex (still can't get used to it). I am fortunate to have a wonderfully dysfuntional family that may not have much but we have each other. I am also very grateful to be attending my dream school, USC (Trojan 4 Life!).
I'm one of 10% in the population to be left-handed (along with my dad and little sister). I get very tongue-tied but I want to improve my Español and learn Français and Nihongo (Japanese). I have high hopes to travel the world and work for the United Nations.
Don't be afraid to ask me any questions you have about USC :)
*Check out my blog for a college student's perspective of life!
Extracurricular
- Group Commander
- Air Force 2006 to 2010
- Great memories with great people. Got to volunteer, compete, and had leadership experience. Examples of volunteering: VA Hospital, Silverado Days Elks Lodge Booth, Pasadena Rose Parade Floats
- National Honor Society 2010 to 2010
- NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.
- Science Club 2008 to 2010
- We discuss all things science-related and visit museums and exhibits.
- Mentoring 2007 to 2008
- Mentored AAA freshmen
- Tutoring 2007 to 2008
- Tutored 1st Year Spanish students
- Volunteer
- Walk For Diabetes 2008 to 2008
- Step Out organization at The Block (Orange)
- Volunteer
- Blood Drive 2009 to 2010
- I donated blood to the American Red Cross.
- AFJROTC Honors Camp 2008 to 2008
- Only a few are nominated and selected to go in the nation.
- Unarmed Drill Team Commander
- Special Teams 2007 to 2010
- Secretary
- California Scholarship Federation 2007 to 2010
- Organization that emphasizes high standards of scholarship and community service for California high school students. I am the secretary.
- Participant
- Delta GEMs Program 2010 to 2010
- Program at UC Irvine promoting sisterhood and community service.
- Intern
- CALPIRG Internship 2011 to Now
- CALPIRG is the California Public Interest Research Group. It is an independent, statewide student organization that works on issues such as environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness.
- Senator Aide
- University Student Government (USG) 2010 to 2011
- I help one of the Commuters Senators.
- Mentor
- Youth Exploring Passions (YEP) 2010 to 2010
- I mentor a pregnant teen at a local high school.
- Tutor
- Joint Educational Project (JEP) 2010 to 2010
- I tutored 1st graders Spanish.
- Health Educator
- Peer Health Exchange 2011 to Now
- I get to teach a comprehensive curriculum to high school students about mental health.
- Student Facilitator-in-Training
- STAND 2011 to Now
- STAND: Students Taking Action in the Name of Diversity is a group whose mission is to serve as an education outreach program that links student development and learning to service and action. The project trains students to present workshops on diversity-related topics in order to promote social change. STAND supports the facilitation of campus-wide interaction and dialogue, and hopes to challenge students with developing new perspectives while fostering an appreciation and understanding of multicultural backgrounds.
Experience
- Employee
- Fashion 123 (Retail)
- 2009 to 2009
- Poll Worker
- Orange County Registrar of Voters (Nonprofit-Social Services)
- 2008 to 2010
- Volunteered to set up the polling site and assisted voters throughout the process.
- Office Assistant
- USC Viterbi School of Engineering - Instructional Support Center (Admin-Clerical)
- 2011 to Now
- I answer phones, emails, print homework assignments, scan documents, shred documents, and do other light clerical work. One of the coolest "boring" jobs I have had so far.
Honors & Awards
Sigma Alpha Lambda Recognition (National Leadership and Honors Organization)
Specialties & Skills
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
December 19, 2011
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
December 27
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Religious:
No affiliation
Background
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Ethnicity:
African-American
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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Fluent Language:
English
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Hometown:
Buena Park, California
Interests
- Business & Economics
- Ecommerce
- Law
- Economics
- Political Science & Government
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- General Business
- International Business
- Management
- International Relations
- Real Estate
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Diversity Council
Favorites
- Movies:
Letters from Iwo Jima
Full Metal Jacket
Aladdin
The Lion King
Forrest Gump
Something New
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Waiting To Exhale
300
Schindler's List
Grease
Little Shop of Horrors (fave musical)
The Producers
40 Days and 40 Nights (Josh Hartnett = Hot)
The Hangover
Future addition: Harry Potter 7 Part 2 (EEK!)
There's more but I can't think right now! - TV Shows:
Family Guy
So You Think You Can Dance?
America's Best Dance Crew
Robot Chicken, hilarious
Death Note, dark and delicious
True Blood
My Life As Liz
Jeopardy!
Glee!
True Life
Futurama
Man vs. Food!
Single Ladies
Real World/Road Rules Challenges
Real World, sometimes
My sister has got me watching Arrested Development...it's FUNNY
Show I'm looking forward to: New Girl - Music:
Pretty eclectic, one day rock, another day hip hop, another day showtunes and then electronica.
I'm the type who hears a jingle from a commercial or a tv show (cough cough SYTYCD) and search for that song.
Guilty pleasure: I am a sucker for Disney songs. - Websites:
OMGPOP for Dinglepop Raging about spammers
Youtube (EVERYDAY)
Cosmopolitan for a blog
SongMeanings cuz I like interpretations and learning lyrics
Wikipedia cuz its Wikipedia
Justin.TV cuz im a gaming junkie
Google cuz yeah
Facebook (Guilty)
Pandora duh
MSN Games (Spades!) - Quotes:
"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get."
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
"It is better to have an education and never use it than to need one and never have one." - Books:
Catcher In The Rye
The Diary of Anne Frank
Harry Potter series
Animal Farm
1984
A Lesson Before Dying
Of Mice and Men
The Da Vinci Code
Hamlet
Locomotion
The Metamorphosis
Lightning
Song of Solomon
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Jane Eyre (need to finish!)
What I plan to read:
1) More Toni Morrison books (!)
2) Divine Comedy by Dante
3) Wuthering Heights
4) I need to read more, period
