Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Communication And Public Speaking
Additional Activities
Community Involvement
Leadership
Languages
Timeline
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Hajira Syed

Lexington

Summary

Goal-driven strategic leader and decisive business professional brings track record of success in start-up companies. Outstanding background managing multiple products from ideation to market launch and profitable monetization. Strong entrepreneurial spirit, open mind, and willingness to take on new challenges that require patience and perseverance.

Work History

Founder and President

LeadHER Club
  • Founded a student organization focused on empowering young women through leadership and service
  • Communicates with businesses and professionals of various fields to coordinate guest speaker events in school
  • Organized fundraisers rooted in group participation (ex: bracelets fundraiser where club members make bracelets and sell them for profits benefiting local women's shelters)
  • Coordinated and hosted a civic engagement event featuring the city mayor as a guest speaker

Junior Class Secretary

  • Elected student leader responsible for planning large-scale school events, including prom, for over 2500 students
  • Collaborate with administration and peers to coordinate logistics and student engagement

Student Council Representative

  • Organized fundraising initiatives, including DanceBlue, supporting pediatric cancer patients

Official Volunteer

American Red Cross
Lexington
  • Assist with community outreach/tabling events throughout Lexington
  • Support community education on emergency preparedness and home fire safety
  • Blood donor affiliated with Red Cross

Weekly Volunteer

SHARE Center
  • Support local community members through resource distribution
  • Provides financial advising to those who are financially struggling
  • Hands out food to homeless people three times a day

TEDx Speaker

  • Selected among 10 students to present a 15-minute talk affiliated with the TED Corporation
  • Developed and delivered a professional presentation on environmentally safe mosquito control
  • Gained experience in public speaking and conveying complex scientific ideas to a general audience. Talk published on the official TEDx YouTube channel.

Speech and Debate Participant

  • Participated in the Kentucky speech and debate tournament, showcasing knowledge in current events, academic areas, and public speaking

Community Speaker

  • Deliver speeches to diverse audiences, fostering community connection and engagement

Governor's School for the Arts
  • Competitively selected (15% acceptance rate) for a three-week summer residency for advanced high school musicians
  • Program strengthened musicianship, teamwork, communication, and leadership skills

Education

11th Grade - Pre-Engineering Program

Lafayette Senior High School
Lexington, KY
05-2027

Skills

  • Public speaking
  • Community outreach
  • Event planning
  • Critical thinking
  • Team collaboration
  • Project management

Communication And Public Speaking

  • TEDx Speaker, Selected among 10 students to present a 15-minute talk affiliated with the TED Corporation, Developed and delivered a professional presentation on environmentally safe mosquito control, Gained experience in public speaking and conveying complex scientific ideas to a general audience. Talk published on the official TEDx YouTube channel.
  • Speech and Debate - State Level, Participated in the Kentucky speech and debate tournament, showcasing knowledge in current events, academic areas, and public speaking
  • Community Speaker - Local Mosque, Deliver speeches to diverse audiences, fostering community connection and engagement

Additional Activities

Governor's School for the Arts, Competitively selected (15% acceptance rate) for a three-week summer residency for advanced high school musicians. Program strengthened musicianship, teamwork, communication, and leadership skills.

Community Involvement

  • American Red Cross Official Volunteer, Assist with community outreach/tabling events throughout Lexington, Support community education on emergency preparedness and home fire safety, Blood donor affiliated with Red Cross
  • SHARE Center Weekly Volunteer, Support local community members through resource distribution, Provides financial advising to those who are financially struggling, Hands out food to homeless people three times a day

Leadership

  • Founder and President - LeadHER Club, Founded a student organization focused on empowering young women through leadership and service, Communicates with businesses and professionals of various fields to coordinate guest speaker events in school, Organized fundraisers rooted in group participation (ex: bracelets fundraiser where club members make bracelets and sell them for profits benefiting local women's shelters), Coordinated and hosted a civic engagement event featuring the city mayor as a guest speaker
  • Junior Class Secretary, Elected student leader responsible for planning large-scale school events, including prom, for over 2500 students, Collaborate with administration and peers to coordinate logistics and student engagement
  • Student Council Representative, Organized fundraising initiatives, including DanceBlue, supporting pediatric cancer patients

Languages

Urdu
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Limited
Arabic
Elementary
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Founder and President

LeadHER Club

Junior Class Secretary

Student Council Representative

Official Volunteer

American Red Cross

Weekly Volunteer

SHARE Center

TEDx Speaker

Speech and Debate Participant

Community Speaker

Governor's School for the Arts

11th Grade - Pre-Engineering Program

Lafayette Senior High School
Hajira Syed