Alexis Gosselin Escamilla

Communications Professional & Scholar

United States

With a passion for advocacy, strategic messaging, and social change, I have led youth advocacy efforts and strengthened internal and external communications for nonprofits. In my scholarship, I blend personal narratives with social theories to examine social movements and political discourse. My goal is to create research-driven communication strategies that amplify underrepresented voices and drive meaningful social impact.

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Portfolio

Non-Profit Communications

Student Government
A.S. Advocacy Hub

During my leadership at the Associated Students of Santa Monica College, I created this online hub to involve students in our advocacy efforts.

Student Government
Civic Engagement Website

Led Santa Monica College's digital campaign to register students to vote. The campaign helped the college capture the #1 spot for the largest number of students registered to vote in the CCC category.

Santa Monica College
#FirstGen Campaign

Created a series of Instagram Posts, Stories, and Online Events to celebrate First Generation students.

Campaign Design & Strategy

USC Annenberg
04/01/2023
"Don't Push Out Our Children!" Campaign

Co-authored a campaign strategy titled 'Don't Push Our Children Out of School,' aimed at addressing the high push-out rates of Black and Latine youth in LAUSD. The campaign builds a network of parent advocates to combat racial discrimination within the district.

USC Annenberg
01/01/2023
"Bienestar Para Todes" Campaign Plan

Conducted a Campaign Plan & Media Kit for Bienestar, a community-based organization that serves LGBTQ+ Latines in Los Angeles, that highlighted the ethnic and racial diversity within their target audience.

Academic Research & Writing

USC Scribe
10/22/2023
Uncategorized Shades of Brown

Exploring the origins of “mestizaje” – the view that Mexicans are mestizo – and deconstructing its functions, I view mestizaje as a political tool used to push Mexicans closer to whiteness and further away from any non-white roots. Discussing the myth of the “mestizo” identity, I will defend that creating and promoting an all-in-one identity has led the Mexican national collective to adopt an empty racial identity.

USC
I'm Tired, a Manifesto

Critiqued the underfunding of higher education, emphasizing how it benefits the most privileged and overworked students.

USC Annenberg
Non-Profit Analysis: "Inner-City Struggle"

Analyzed InnerCity Struggle’s approach to addressing educational injustice, focusing on their community-driven theory of change, systemic framing of educational inequities, and youth empowerment.