Hello, my name is Taylor Villanueva, and I am a Freshman at NYU. I hope that through my encounters with immigrants and first-hand witnessing my own father's deportation, I can further enhance the work I have done and gain more experience to become an immigration lawyer and support immigrant families in need through Pro-bono work and one day opening my law firm.

• Advocacy
• Politics
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Tennis

  Varsity · 1 award

  2019 – 2023

  Awards:

  Most Valubale Player

• Student

  PAYS · Animal Sciences

  2022 – 2022

  Research topic:

  BioAcoustics

• Global Equity Fellow

  Volunteering · NYU Global Equity Fellowship

  2024 – Present

  Mission:

  Selective semester-long fellowship in which I helped to promote Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity throughout NYU's Florence campus -Helped to host events that support first-years and upperclassmen to give them a chance to find community and flourish

• Member

  Volunteering · NYU Project Outreach

  2023 – 2023

  Mission:

  A week full of civic engagement, community service, and educational outings in attempts to better serve the community of New York City. It allows incoming freshmen to create an inclusive community, participate, and contribute to non-profit organizations.

• Service Ambassador

  Volunteering · GO Project

  2023 – 2024

  Mission:

  Year-long civic engagement program that works with organizations/non-profits to promote awareness of social issues Collaborated with team members as well as served the non-profit Go Project by helping translate Spanish as well as helping the kids in the classroom as a teacher assistant, and assisting with fundraising for the program

• Teen Fontana Princess

  Volunteering · Miss Fontana Scholarship Pageant

  2022 – Present

  Mission:

  I won the title of Teen Fontana Princess for the City of Fontana. Through this internship, I attended and volunteered at events such as NASCAR race weekend, The Fontana Day Parade, and mayor and chamber of commerce luncheons.

• Owner

  Volunteering · COVID-19 Relief for Migrant Farm Workers

  2020 – 2021

  Mission:

  I sewed face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic for undocumented migrant farm workers.

• Teaching Assistant

  Volunteering · Water Of Life Teaching Assistant

  2018 – Present

  Mission:

  I served as a Teaching Assistant at my local church, Water Of Life. I worked with three-year-olds as I helped to expand their knowledge of Christ through skills of compassion and generosity. I also set up lesson plans and activities as well as checked children in and out of classrooms.

• Owner

  Volunteering · Taylor Stitches

  2020 – Present

  Mission:

  I started my own business as an entrepreneur for a headwear brand. As I spent countless hours packaging and shipping orders. I used the money I received from my business to help fund masks I sewed for undocumented migrant farm workers.

• Juror member

  Advocacy · Youth Court

  2021 – 2022

  Mission:

  I served as a Juror in multiple mock trials for individuals under the juvenile court system. As I worked with a group of peers in order to find alternatives to have a better influence on the juvenile justice system and end the cycle of recidivism.

• Youth Council

  Volunteering · Second District Youth Council

  2021 – 2022

  Mission:

  I served under the advisor board of Janice Rutherford, the Second District Supervisor, in order to help address youth-related issues within San Bernardino County.

• Group member

  Volunteering · Healthy Rancho Cucamonga Youth Leaders

  2018 – Present

  Mission:

  I focused on the mental health of the youth in the San Bernardino area by being a leading voice for my community. I helped set up resource fairs for low-income minorities at Los Amigos and Cucamonga Elementary, presented various research projects on Equity to the Rancho Cucamonga Mayor, and served as a facilitator for the 2022 Rancho Cucamonga Teen Summit.