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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Supports public sector clients in policy development, human-centered community engagement, and climate action and sustainability planning processes.• Supports community-centered projects for a diverse array of public and private sector clients.• Leads timely, on-budget projects for climate action and sustainability planning projects on behalf of Lotus's clients.• Crafts climate policies based in nationally recognized best practice and leading research including electrification and energy efficiency building codes, water efficiency strategies, resiliency, and more.• Develops engaging and participatory meeting materials and activities, weaving in research, data, and findings from Lotus’ extensive portfolio of projects and expertise.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Cultivated and maintained relationships with national AAPI Clearinghouse member organizationsDeveloped strategic plan to build out the AAPI Clearinghouse and recruit new member organizationsWrote regular blog posts profiling member organization and 2020 presidential candidate AAPI outreach plansCreated agendas for and facilitated board meetings, two election cycle retrospective summits, and monthly AAPI Clearinghouse calls

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Water resources planning work, including water quality data analysis, GIS, report writing, client communications, and policy analysisConstruction site inspections and development permit reviews

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Assist in project managing several tracks of direct political mail to completion. Liaise between clients and internal staff and design team to create mailers that reflect the candidate's core message and personality. Draw on polling data to write and edit mail pieces aimed at persuading target voting blocks.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Prepared background information and generated Congressmen’s questions for Committee hearingsInterviewed experts, researched policy memos sent to Subcommittee staff leadership, and crafted aCommittee hearing proposal on public health and climate changeDeveloped a detailed memo on Department of Homeland Security facial recognition technologyresearch, based on analyses of budget proposals, government documents, and a site visit

Chicago

Researched operations and maintenance of green infrastructure.Designed green infrastructure O&M manuals for landowners and grant program application cut sheets.Developed training and reference materials for rollout of new project management tool.

Evanston, Illinois

Developed index for scoring Tanzanian women’s empowerment in agriculture, adapted from a preexisting methodEvaluated index results collected from a sustainable development intervention program in rural Tanzania and examined relationship between women’s empowerment and practice of sustainable agriculture techniquesConducted systematic literature review on perceptions of urban green infrastructure, and designed an associated conceptual framework for understanding the results of past research

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Researched large-scale stormwater harvesting systems feasibility for municipal implementationAssessed local stormwater quality from various municipalities around Cape Town and regulatory and political environment

Cincinnati, Oh

Lab and Research intern at Drinking Water Division of the Office of Research and Development

Evanston, Il

Assist Cook County Field Organizer with running petition collection, phone banking, and canvassing events.

Greater Chicago Area

Co-leader of the design team for Northwestern's Department of Energy Solar Decathlon team. Leads the interior research and design process, working on bringing in sustainable flooring, interior walls, and other materials to furnish and make presentable the house.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked with Owlized Business Development team to identify list of 100 target sites based on a coding scheme. Presented methods and results to company, and produced detailed report for the company, its partners and investors.

Supported Program Officers in facilitating events, including researching speaker biographies and relevant infographics for display. Arrived in the midst of a transition period moving to a new event space and helped the programs team work through this transition.

Greater Chicago Area

Co-lead engineer for the development of a moving mechanical system in a fashion art show pieceFinal design to be featured at the 150th anniversary gala for the SAIC

Evanston, Il

Researching water conflicts in Chilé and Flint, Michigan under the guidance of a post-doctoral sociologist. Work includes geocoding areas of local water conflicts in various Chilean communities and creating a news article database documenting the Flint water crisis.

Building and managing social media presence

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Global Health Engineering concentration, with a public health design project in South Africa.

Bachelors, Enve - Environmental Engineering, Freshman

Activities and Societies: Philharmonia, Spoon University, Stitch Fashion, North by Northwestern1 year study of German. Participant.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Animal Assisted Happiness, National Honor Society, Cross CountryVice President of National Honor Society, 2013..