Denise Barranco Durán

Recruited new supporters and donors to fund Amnesty's fight for immigration rights and injustices through door-to-door and street canvassing Engaged with and educated strangers in conversations about human rights violations and Amnesty International campaigns Demonstrated strong interpersonal and persuasion skills through face-to-face advocacy

Canvasser (Gig) at Amnesty International Public Outreach (2026-05 – 2026-05)

• Recruited new supporters and donors to fund Amnesty's fight for immigration rights and injustices through door-to-door and street canvassing
• Engaged with and educated strangers in conversations about human rights violations and Amnesty International campaigns
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and persuasion skills through face-to-face advocacy

Undergraduate Research Assistant, X-Ray Crystallography Lab (Professor Tanski) at Vassar College (2026-01 – Present)

• Investigated pharmaceutical compounds lacking reported 3D crystal structures in the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) database
• Performed tasks such as running recrystallization tests and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis using a Bruker APEX2 DUO diffractometer
• Selected and prepared candidate compounds for single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) analysis
• Currently contributing to preparing a manuscript for publication reporting newly solved structure(s)

Bachelor's in Chemistry Major with Education Correlate – Vassar College (2028-05)

Certificate in Phlebotomy Technician Training – New Age Training (2026-08)

High School Diploma – Flushing High School (2024-06)