Alejandra Gracia Canela

Mental Performance Consultant Intern | Suffolk University & MIT, Boston, MA

09/2023 - Current

• Worked actively with two Division III and a Division I varsity sports teams
• Assessed clients’ needs and abilities while observing sport performance
• Met individually with athletes and conducted team workshops to work on mental skills
• Attended practices, games, and coaches’ meetings regularly

Research Assistant | Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

01/2022 - 04/2022

• Provided assistance on literature reviews for a study focused on reducing anti-transgender bias
• Read, examined, gathered information, and reflected on scholarly articles about anxiety and confidence during interracial interactions

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Player | Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

07/2019 - 11/2022 

• Dedicated approximately 20 hours a week to collective and individual training, traveling, competitions, meetings, and film sessions
• Demonstrated communication abilities, accountability, work ethic, responsibility, resilience, and discipline

Psychology Capstone Course | Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

08/2022 - 11/2022 

• Collaborated with Design V course to present design-based recommendations to an Autism clinic
• Performed literature review grounded in psychological and environmental research to provide the most welcoming and comfortable space for the autistic children at the clinic

Foundations of Exercise and Sport Psychology | Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

08/2022 - 12/2022 

• Developed an understanding of how psychological factors influence sport performance and how performance can impact one's mental well-being
• Learned performance-enhancement psychological skills that can be applied to both sports and other areas
• Identified sport psychology topics in the media and related them to theories learned in the course

Community Service | Statesboro, GA

• Raised money in athletic events for the American Cancer Association and the Statesboro food bank
• Assisted in the Kiwanis Fair, athletic competitions, campus clean-up, haunted houses, and trick-or-treating in the Statesboro community

Service Learning | Boys and Girls Club, Statesboro, GA

• Planned and implemented a developmentally appropriate soccer activity for children in Grade 5
• Reflected on the children's behaviors and interactions with me, each other, and the program staff
• Analyzed the staff's behavior management techniques and the overall quality of the after-school program

• Dean's List, Fall 2019
• President's List Spring 2020 – Spring 2023
• Athletic Scholarship
• Academic Scholarship

• Spanish
• Catalan
• English