Last Updated on 3rd October 2017

Evan Flores
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evan.flores16@gmail.com | 210.380.2479

CERTIFICATION
D.O.D SECRET LEVEL CLEARANCE | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UNITED STATES ARMY
March 2017 – Present
• Cleared by the Department of Defense, sponsored by the U.S. Army to see limited classified materials across U.S. agencies.
• Status Completed Date: March 31, 2017.

EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY CENTER AND SPECIAL EVENTS | EVENT COORDINATOR STUDENT ASSISTANT
September 2014 – Present | College Station, Texas
• Coordinated with over two-thousand student groups and five hundred companies in reserving space on Texas A&M campus.
• Managed and oversaw the daily usage of over thirty-thousand square feet by thousands of students, as well as the handling
of equipment totaling one-million dollars.

THE BATTALION | STUDENT NEWS REPORTER

April 2015 – February 2016 | College Station, TX
• Independently researched through open source mediums to gather information on current events for daily reports to a
newspaper circulating cities in Brazos county.
• Conducted personal interviews with human sources to better analyze story topics in a comprehensive format.
• Communicated through multiple social media outlets to an audience of over sixty-thousand students, informing them of
news topics similar, but not limited to, National Security.

CVS/PHARMACY | SHIFT SUPERVISOR

June 2013 - February 2014 | Austin, TX
• Led a team of over fifty personnel in operating a CVS store that saw more than three- thousand customers a day.
• Calculated and assumed responsibility for the budgeting of daily profits totaling over five-thousand dollars and a store
budget of ten-thousand dollars.
• Supervised the collection of thousands of dollars of funds by CVS sent to multiple charities such as the American Red Cross.

RESEARCH
HUDSON INSTITUTE | NON-RESIDENT RESEARCH INTERN
September 2017 – Present | Washington D.C.
Conducted research under the supervision of Dr. Richard Weitz regarding Chinese military capabilities and other topics related
to East Asian Security by producing comprehensive reports on policy papers to aid Hudson Institute in current projects.

OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA | CHINESE CULTURAL EXCHANGE STUDENT

May 2015 – August 2015 | Qingdao, Shandong, China
Resided in Qingdao, China in order to better understand and analyze the facets of Chinese culture and improve preexisting
language skills through university classes and independent surveying of city and rural populations.

EDUCATION
THE GEORGE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE | MIA - NATIONAL SECURITY
Expected May 2018 | College Station, TX • Cum. GPA: 3.3

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | BA - INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Conc. in Communication and Chinese Studies, College of Liberal Arts | College Station, TX | Cum. GPA: 3.29
Dean’s List: 2013, 2014, 2015 • Graduated May 2016
COURSEWORK
INTELLIGENCE/DEFENSE POLICY CHINESE REGIONAL FOCUS
U.S. MILITARY POWER CHINESE DOMESTIC POLITICS
U.S. Military capabilities and their deployment from WWI - OIF 1&2. In-depth study of historical and
TERRORISM IN TODAY’S WORLD contemporary Chinese political system.
Analysis of contemporary insurgency tactics and threat assessment. CHINESE MILITARY POWER
TECHNICAL COLLECTIONS Comprehensive study of Chinese military
Intermediary studies on SIGINT utilization in Counterintelligence. capabilities and deployment.

EXTRACURRICULARS
ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY | OUTREACH COMMITTEE DIRECTOR
September 2016 – Present | The Bush School of Public Service
• Served on the executive board of the nationally recognized organization at The Bush School, bringing distinguished
speakers to discuss topics related to National Security.
• Utilized different modes of communication to advertise AHS events to eighty different academic departments and over
fifty-thousand students on Texas A&M campus.

TEXAS A&M ARMY ROTC | ASSISTANT S2/OFFICER CANDIDATE TRAINING MENTOR

September 2015 – Present | College Station, Texas
• Oversaw the training and evaluation of Officer Candidate Cadets at Texas A&M through rigorous developmental exercises
in preparation for commissioning into the U.S. Army.
• Utilized local resources to plan extended training missions with a team of over one hundred people focused on operational,
strategic and tactical skills testing.

MSC STUDENT CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL AFFAIRS | PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR

October 2013 – May 2015 | Texas A&M University
• Led a committee of thirty plus people in managing a thirty-thousand dollar budget used to host a week long conference
bringing students from around the country.
• Partnered with the U.S. Army War College to perform crisis simulations involving distinguished professors and Army
colonels focused on public policy development.

TEXAS A&M CORPS OF CADETS | EXECUTIVE OFFICER/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

August 2012 - May 2016
• Commanded a unit of sixty personnel in maximizing professional development and discipline among cadets, while
promoting A&M’s core values of Integrity and Selfless Service.
• Supervised the logistical efficiency of twelve committees within the unit and training of personnel through bi-weekly
evaluations and working Standard Operating Procedures.

LANGUAGES
COMPUTER WRITTEN & SPOKEN
Java Native/Heritage
Self-study, utilized in making simple web tools or prompts. English and Spanish.
Python Limited Working Proficiency
Beginner level self-study, utilized in larger and more complex projects. Chinese: ACTFL - Intermediate Low.

HONORS
UNITED STATES ARMY 2-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UNITED STATES ARMY
September 2016 – Present
• Secured a commission into the U.S. Army, upon graduation will be given the formal rank of Second Lieutenant.

BENJAMIN A. GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ALUMNUS | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

May 2015
• Received funding based upon interest in Public Service after college and internationally focused studies to study abroad in
China the summer of 2015.

WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS RECOGNITION | WHO’S WHO AMONG COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
May 2016
• Recognized nationally by Who’s Who as a prominent student at Texas A&M for public service and community involvement.