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Uplift communities fighting for their rights in environmental justice causes. Support communities along the Southern Oregon coast in their transition away from fossil fuels. Organize youth in the climate justice movement.

Qualitatively coded data for a project assessing Willamette farmer's needs and uses for climate data to create more accessible and usable climate data tools for agricultural decision-making.

Graduate student researching power dynamics in the process of creating marine protected areas.

Assistant teacher for Environmental Justice and Sustainability courses for undergraduate students at OSU

Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Assisting in data collection, dissection and identification of organisms living on mangrove roots, specifically to identify how climate change impacts are stressing mangrove systems.Aiding in the organization and implementation of coral health experiments including complex experimental setups using PVC and coral fragmentation techniques in situ.Side.

Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Carefully photographed different species of catfish at multiple angles for 3D landmarking
• Assessed the biodiversity of catfish species by performing phylogenetic analyses on populations spanning from 80 years ago until present
• Completed data collection, landmarked species in R, and compared differences in catfish shapes overtime

• First Year Campus Acquittance Rape Education (FYCARE), Advanced Campus Acquittance Rape Education (AdvCARE), and Healthy Relationships Facilitator 10 hours/week
• Completed a 4-month course to learn how to discuss topics such as sexual assault, survivor support, diversity and gender-inclusion with non-informed citizens
• Provided workshops for student groups and college departments on bystander intervention and observing the signs of unhealthy and abusive relationships

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Analyzed videos of aviary experiments conducted with Hawaiian bird species
• Identified native and non-native Hawaiian bird species
• Determined and recorded species that visited two critically endangered fruiting plant species

Koh Phangan, Thailand

• Conducted dive surveys for 35-50 hours/week
• Aided in organization of beach cleanup projects with local NGO, Trash Hero
• Performed reef fish identification and photo-identification of live, dead, and bleached corals
• Successfully performed surveys assessing the sedimentation, health, and avid predators of local reefs
• Designed a map of boat crash located in a major port using GPS locations and ArcGIS
• Mapped coral reef system using ArcGIS and 3D Modeling applications

Master Of Science - Ms, Marine Resource Management

Thesis: Power and Participation in Ocean Governance: A Case of the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Exploration of how.

Bachelor’S Degree, Earth, Society, Environmental Sustainability

Bachelor’S Degree, Spanish Language