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Juneau, Alaska, United States

Consulted our 165 local government members on strategies to address the unique housing challenges faced by Alaska communities, most of whom have fewer than 1000 residents, are located off the road system, and subject to extreme environmental conditions.

Galway, County Galway, Ireland

I earned an LLM focused on housing policy and human rights at the University of Galway School of Law.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

- Provided free prehospital patient care and emergency transportation to the Brown community as a nationally certified emergency medical technician licensed to practice in the state of Rhode Island.- Managed logistics for the Brown Emergency Response Team (BERT) which handles mass casualty events including inclement weather, concerts, commencement, sporting events, and all COVID-19 quarantine operations. For over 15 months, I helped coordinate the everyday tasks necessary to ensure the wellbeing of the students quarantined across the 3 dormitories maintained for isolation housing during the COVID-19 pandemic, often supporting the wellbeing of upwards of one hundred students at a time during campus outbreaks.- Drove our ambulance, a licensed Level A1-A transport vehicle, with skill and responsibility in high intensity situations.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

- Coordinated 50+ students working to provide for the immediate needs of the unhoused community in Rhode Island through street outreach, housing assistance, and community organizing while fighting to dismantle the structural causes of housing poverty- Operated the largest street outreach program in the state of Rhode Island, supporting four key areas around metropolitan Providence five nights a week- Collaborated regularly with our community partner organizations, such as House of Hope CDC and the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project, to coordinate undergraduate student support for their housing justice efforts

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

- Trained undergraduates at Brown to support unhoused and housing insecure individuals across Rhode Island navigate the affordable housing system by helping to gather vital documents, fill out applications for public developments, and locate emergency housing funds in weekly clinics. - Contributed to research for a public report concerning the efficacy of Rhode Island’s Homeless Bill of Rights and the continuing criminalization of homelessness in Rhode Island.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

- Spearheaded a public outreach effort in partnership with the Rhode Island Center for Justice to inform tenants of their rights under the CDC eviction moratorium. - Supported the work of supervising attorneys by conducting intakes with new clients, following up with current clients, filling out paperwork, and organizing evidence related to landlord-tenant dispute cases. - Lead an effort to update and re-organize the RI Landlord-Tenant Handbook to make it more accessible to tenants.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Built and maintained a public index of state-level emergency eviction protections issued due to COVID-19, providing nuanced explanations of how executive, legislative, and judicial interventions were operating in every U.S. state- Supported weekly working groups led by the NLIHC to guide practitioners and advocates across the nation in implementing the 2020 CARES Act and other emergency measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Master Of Laws - Llm, Housing Law And Social Policy, 1St Class Honors; 2023 George J. Mitchell Scholar

Dissertation: “Eviction Law in Ireland: Examining Security of Tenure, Tenancy Termination, and Repossession for Low-Income Renters.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Policy; American Studies

GPA 4.0, Phi Beta Kappa, Academic Excellence in Public Policy Departmental Honors in American Studies - Thesis Title: “400 Years.

High School Diploma