• Focus areas: Park, recreation, neighborhood, and affordable housing planning and public policy.• Design, facilitate, and support equity-driven community involvement processes.• Conduct interviews, focus groups, surveys, pop-up engagement, community events, and advisory group meetings.• Analyze and synthesize quantitative and qualitative data such as demographic trends, land use code requirements, and public input from diverse methods and perspectives.• Draft and edit reports… Show more • Focus areas: Park, recreation, neighborhood, and affordable housing planning and public policy.• Design, facilitate, and support equity-driven community involvement processes.• Conduct interviews, focus groups, surveys, pop-up engagement, community events, and advisory group meetings.• Analyze and synthesize quantitative and qualitative data such as demographic trends, land use code requirements, and public input from diverse methods and perspectives.• Draft and edit reports, presentations, surveys, land use applications, maps, charts, graphics, and other materials that incorporate research, data analysis, and community input.• Assist with Spanish translations and firm communications and marketing. Show less

Managed a team of four graduate students on a downtown revitalization project for Oregon Heritage. The team assessed financial, regulatory, and other barriers to increasing use of downtown building upper stories (for housing and other needs) in smaller communities statewide, conducted an upper-story inventory with a pilot community, and developed recommendations for different stakeholders that incorporate an equity and justice lens.This project received the 2022 Student Achievement… Show more Managed a team of four graduate students on a downtown revitalization project for Oregon Heritage. The team assessed financial, regulatory, and other barriers to increasing use of downtown building upper stories (for housing and other needs) in smaller communities statewide, conducted an upper-story inventory with a pilot community, and developed recommendations for different stakeholders that incorporate an equity and justice lens.This project received the 2022 Student Achievement Award from the Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association. Show less

• Co-produced a mapping and data visualization tool to better understand local food insecurity and social service gaps and opportunities for nonprofit client Food for Lane County.• Identified and analyzed social, economic, and environmental assets around Coos Bay, Oregon, threatened by climate change and coastal hazards. Assessed climate vulnerability as part of a larger adaptation strategy project funded by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a local multi-stakeholder… Show more • Co-produced a mapping and data visualization tool to better understand local food insecurity and social service gaps and opportunities for nonprofit client Food for Lane County.• Identified and analyzed social, economic, and environmental assets around Coos Bay, Oregon, threatened by climate change and coastal hazards. Assessed climate vulnerability as part of a larger adaptation strategy project funded by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a local multi-stakeholder collaborative.• Provided recommendations to the City of Troutdale for a downtown affordable housing project with an emphasis on addressing climate adaptation, mitigation, and justice at the local level. Led team of six graduate students collaborating remotely and synthesizing and presenting recommendations for city staff.• Developed economic development recommendations in a three-person team for the City of Troutdale's comprehensive plan.• Analyzed parks funding strategies and produced recommendations for Lane County. Show less

• Led discussion sections, graded writing assignments, helped prepare exams, and assisted undergraduate students taking PPPM 205: Introduction to City Planning, taught by Marc Schlossberg, and GLBL 446: Development & Social Change in Latin America, taught by Derrick Hindery.

The Keystone Policy Center inspires leaders to rise above entrenched positions to reach common higher ground. The non-advocacy nonprofit was founded in 1975 to drive inclusive decision-making and actionable solutions on contentious issues and wicked problems. I worked with multi-stakeholder groups using collaboration and public engagement to move toward sustainable solutions. I worked at the international, regional, and local scale on public policy issues including pollinator health, public… Show more The Keystone Policy Center inspires leaders to rise above entrenched positions to reach common higher ground. The non-advocacy nonprofit was founded in 1975 to drive inclusive decision-making and actionable solutions on contentious issues and wicked problems. I worked with multi-stakeholder groups using collaboration and public engagement to move toward sustainable solutions. I worked at the international, regional, and local scale on public policy issues including pollinator health, public land use, abandoned mine reclamation, energy policy, and the social dimensions of gene editing.My projects included CRISPRcon, the Honey Bee Health Coalition, the Snake River Watershed Task Force, the Keystone Energy Board, the High Country Workforce Sustainability Regional Collaborative, the Routt Recreation Roundtable, and Eldorado State Park Management Plan public engagement.• Assisted with facilitation and coordination of international conferences, coalition meetings, workgroup calls, roundtable sessions, focus groups, public engagement, and other multi-stakeholder dialogues and processes ranging from 25 to 500 participants.• Recruited participants from marginalized communities to speak on panels and lead breakout discussions.• Facilitated a strategic planning session for an environmental justice group.• Developed and executed project communication plans.• Wrote, designed, and edited project materials including best practice guides, case studies, profiles, final reports, meeting summaries, social media, press releases, newsletters, surveys, website content, and correspondence.• Researched policy issues.• Completed Keystone's Common Higher Ground collaborative decision-making training. Show less

High Country Conversation Center is a nonprofit that focuses on waste reduction, energy efficiency and clean energy, water conservation, local food production, and climate change mitigation and resiliency planning in Summit County, Colorado.• Helped facilitate the Grow to Share program, a partnership with the local WIC office that offers families in need produce from the community gardens along with preparation tips.• Assisted with community garden improvements, record keeping, and… Show more High Country Conversation Center is a nonprofit that focuses on waste reduction, energy efficiency and clean energy, water conservation, local food production, and climate change mitigation and resiliency planning in Summit County, Colorado.• Helped facilitate the Grow to Share program, a partnership with the local WIC office that offers families in need produce from the community gardens along with preparation tips.• Assisted with community garden improvements, record keeping, and communications.• Recruited, coordinated, trained, and supervised volunteers during garden work days and zero-waste community events; recorded volunteer data for grant reports; translated a waiver into Spanish.• Conducted outreach to local businesses about recycling policy changes and available resources.• Recruited donors for annual fundraising and networking event.• Contributed pieces for the "Ask Eartha Steward" column in the local newspaper. Show less

• Taught 20 to 30 one-on-one English as a Second Language (ESL) lessons per week with children ages 4 to 13 in China through an online platform.• Engaged students with high energy, fun props, music, technology, total physical response (TPR), and positive correction techniques; adapted lessons to suit each child's learning styles, strengths, and interests; encouraged and inspired a love of learning.• Used my TEFL training (CELTA) to help students improve their vocabulary, grammar… Show more • Taught 20 to 30 one-on-one English as a Second Language (ESL) lessons per week with children ages 4 to 13 in China through an online platform.• Engaged students with high energy, fun props, music, technology, total physical response (TPR), and positive correction techniques; adapted lessons to suit each child's learning styles, strengths, and interests; encouraged and inspired a love of learning.• Used my TEFL training (CELTA) to help students improve their vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.• Assessed students’ understanding and evaluated progression in the curriculum, which is based on U.S. Common Core standards and incorporates math, science, geography, history, and culture.• Submitted prompt feedback for students, parents, and company staff.• Delighted in getting to know regular students and watch them grow. Show less

In Australia, I worked on two farms: one of the country's oldest certified organic blueberry farms in Victoria and a newly off-grid property converting former sugar cane fields into bamboo in Queensland. I learned invaluable life lessons from both the labor and the farmers, who shared their visions for the future and their insights on economic and environmental sustainability. Meanwhile, I learned more about Aboriginal rights issues, navigated migrant labor laws, bonded with a 31-year-old… Show more In Australia, I worked on two farms: one of the country's oldest certified organic blueberry farms in Victoria and a newly off-grid property converting former sugar cane fields into bamboo in Queensland. I learned invaluable life lessons from both the labor and the farmers, who shared their visions for the future and their insights on economic and environmental sustainability. Meanwhile, I learned more about Aboriginal rights issues, navigated migrant labor laws, bonded with a 31-year-old camper van, stumbled upon wildlife like echidnas and pademelons, and volunteered at a weeklong international folk festival. Then I spent three months in Southeast Asia. I experienced the many contrasts of Hindu Bali and Muslim Lombok in Indonesia and hiked to a quiet Buddhist temple at sunrise in Thailand. I got drenched during the region’s New Year water festival, learned to motorbike on death-defying roads in Vietnam, saw how Chinese dam construction was impacting people in Laos, and talked with locals about the ongoing impacts of the American War. I returned to the U.S. with a more intimate understanding of the struggles and similarities of people around the world and a renewed focus on global and local sustainability, equity, and justice efforts. Show less

The Summit Daily News serves Summit County, Colorado, and the towns of Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne and Dillon. The area's full-time year-round population of 30,000 swells during peak seasons as second-home owners, seasonal workers, and tourists flock to enjoy four world-class ski areas and renowned public lands.• Covered the environment/public lands, outdoor recreation, education, health, and county government beats.• For both the environment and education beats, crafted a… Show more The Summit Daily News serves Summit County, Colorado, and the towns of Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne and Dillon. The area's full-time year-round population of 30,000 swells during peak seasons as second-home owners, seasonal workers, and tourists flock to enjoy four world-class ski areas and renowned public lands.• Covered the environment/public lands, outdoor recreation, education, health, and county government beats.• For both the environment and education beats, crafted a weekly feature or in-depth story and a package of local and regional news briefs.• Wrote roughly two stories a day, including several front-page stories each week, and often helped cover other beats.• Pitched, researched, reported, wrote, shot photos and gathered visuals for almost all my stories and created photo galleries for local events.• Reintroduced newspaper-moderated candidate forums and organized the first one in the community in several years.• Won three Colorado Press Association awards. Show less

I flew to Central America with no return ticket and two goals in mind: speak Spanish and test my limits. For the next seven months, I traveled solo through 13 countries and territories, guided treks and hitchhiked around the volcanoes of Nicaragua and Guatemala, planted vegetables and sifted horse manure on a small organic farm, studied nonviolent communication, interpreted for locals and foreigners, shed and sold most of my belongings, found joy in salsa dancing, surfed beautiful breaks along… Show more I flew to Central America with no return ticket and two goals in mind: speak Spanish and test my limits. For the next seven months, I traveled solo through 13 countries and territories, guided treks and hitchhiked around the volcanoes of Nicaragua and Guatemala, planted vegetables and sifted horse manure on a small organic farm, studied nonviolent communication, interpreted for locals and foreigners, shed and sold most of my belongings, found joy in salsa dancing, surfed beautiful breaks along the Pacific, learned to scuba dive around reefs and wrecks in Honduras, climbed 12,533 feet to summit the tallest peak in Costa Rica, and crewed a sailboat more than 1,500 nautical miles through the Caribbean. I navigated new (to me) traditions, perspectives, cities, villages, transportation systems, bureaucracies, and borders. I made lasting friendships and strengthened my communication skills through communal living and countless conversations on bumpy bus rides. I learned to expect the unexpected, adapt quickly, and trust my instincts. Ultimately, I gained a greater sense of humility, curiosity, and self-reliance as well as a better understanding of humanity's shared values and interdependence. Show less

• Designed, budgeted, coordinated, and guided outdoor excursions for groups of 10-12 university students.• Led weekend backpacking trips in the Appalachian Mountains, canoeing and surfing day and overnight trips in Florida, and a nine-day trail maintenance and backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in California.• Managed risk and safety and prepared for emergency medical scenarios with Wilderness First Responder (WFR) training.• Educated participants about outdoor… Show more • Designed, budgeted, coordinated, and guided outdoor excursions for groups of 10-12 university students.• Led weekend backpacking trips in the Appalachian Mountains, canoeing and surfing day and overnight trips in Florida, and a nine-day trail maintenance and backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in California.• Managed risk and safety and prepared for emergency medical scenarios with Wilderness First Responder (WFR) training.• Educated participants about outdoor recreation, sustainability issues, and the principles of Leave No Trace (LNT); facilitated individual personal growth, managed group dynamics, created community, and fostered appreciation and respect for nature.• Mentored another guide through her four-month training process. Show less

• Regularly contributed features and news reporting for local publications including WUFT, The Gainesville Sun, The Independent Florida Alligator, and The Fine Print.• Standout work includes an explainer about finding and supporting locally produced food, a profile of a hazardous waste recycling facility leader, and an in-depth piece about a community resource center striving to bridge inequality and rebuild trust.• Shot and edited photos to accompany articles; some stories included… Show more • Regularly contributed features and news reporting for local publications including WUFT, The Gainesville Sun, The Independent Florida Alligator, and The Fine Print.• Standout work includes an explainer about finding and supporting locally produced food, a profile of a hazardous waste recycling facility leader, and an in-depth piece about a community resource center striving to bridge inequality and rebuild trust.• Shot and edited photos to accompany articles; some stories included self-produced audio and multimedia. Show less

• Covered general assignment news on the St. Petersburg metro desk for the largest daily newspaper from Miami to Washington, D.C.• Wrote features and helped cover the local government, education, crime, and breaking news beats. Filed roughly one story a day.• Stories include a profile of a local diver headed to the Olympics, a feature about parents who earned back custody of their kids, and an investigative piece about two failing charter schools.

Founded in 1970, Mother Earth News is a national sustainable living magazine focused on delivering practical knowledge and stories about organic gardening, food preparation, natural health, renewable energy, self-sufficiency, and DIY projects.• Assisted senior editors by fact-checking and copy-editing articles for upcoming issues.• Wrote blogs, updated social media, and contributed opinions during editorial meetings.• Applied search engine optimization (SEO) to archive content… Show more Founded in 1970, Mother Earth News is a national sustainable living magazine focused on delivering practical knowledge and stories about organic gardening, food preparation, natural health, renewable energy, self-sufficiency, and DIY projects.• Assisted senior editors by fact-checking and copy-editing articles for upcoming issues.• Wrote blogs, updated social media, and contributed opinions during editorial meetings.• Applied search engine optimization (SEO) to archive content from the previous 40 years.I lived in 10-person housing co-op during this internship, which was an equally foundational experience that made me passionate about community building and collaborative decision-making. Show less

The North Florida Herald was an award-winning newspaper that covered five towns and three counties in rural North Central Florida and was published from 1952 to 2011. In its final year, it had a weekly print circulation of 3,300 and an average of 2,000 unique daily visitors to its website.• Wrote news briefs and feature stories and shot photos.• Covered the Alachua City Commission and the one-stoplight town of Fort White.