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Burlington, Vermont, United States

Burlington, Vermont, United States

- Provided customer service by helping customers select jewelry that makes them feel confident and beautiful.- Ran the cash register and handled money.- Organized and tagged new jewelry.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

- Assisted students with laboratory and field activities including water sampling, conductivity/pH/turbidity testing, and extraction of heavy metals in soil. - Graded lab reports and gave feedback to students.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

- Participated in a variety of tasks supporting water resources monitoring and research.- Field data collection: Collecting GPS points/surveying, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE), UAS flight visual observer, soils characterization & infiltration testing, verifying impervious surfaces, roads assessments. - Data processing and analysis: Georeferencing data in ArcGIS Pro, digitizing stormwater infrastructure. - GIS land use analysis and cartographic design: Creating map layouts.

Burlington, Vermont, United States

I was part of the manual corrections team where I analyzed and corrected land cover datasets by comparing them to geospatial data/aerial imagery such as LiDAR on a variety of projects, including tree canopy change and impervious surfaces.

Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States

- Assisted in the protection of two listed shorebird species (piping plover and least tern) as a part of the Endangered Species Program (a subset of the Coastal Ecology Program). - Located, identified, and monitored unfledged piping plover chicks and broods daily.- Collected piping plover behavioral and geographical data at set time intervals throughout the day, entering all data into the NestStory data system. - Assisted in temporary beach roadway closures to facilitate brood crossings between bayside and oceanside foraging habitats.- Educated beachgoers about shorebirds and enforced beach rules and regulations.

I contributed to a NASA R3 project by segmenting images according to land use/land cover, and these labels will be used to train an image classification algorithm.

I contributed to a NASA R3 project by classifying images according to land use/land cover, and these labels will be used to train an image classification algorithm.

Mendon, Massachusetts, United States

- Cared for various animals (goats, pigs, chickens, alpacas, guinea pigs, rabbits, turkeys, doves, pigeons)- Educated the public about the animals and provided customer service- Collaborated with a team to complete tasks

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States

I contributed to MassWildlife’s Buzzards Bay Tern Restoration Project by monitoring nests of roseate and common terns (recording clutch size, signs of egg hatching, egg weight and temperature), weighing and banding chicks, collecting fecal samples, recording data in field notebooks, and installing fencing.

Upton, Massachusetts, United States

- Supervised and led children ages 5-14 in activities such as nature walks, fishing, outdoor games, and team-building exercises- Exercised problem-solving and conflict resolution skills- Collaborated with a team to complete tasks

Environmental Sciences B.S., Conservation Biology And Biodiversity Concentration, Wildlife Biology/Geospatial Technologies Minors

Activities and Societies: Club Softball (Captain & Treasurer), Society of American Foresters (Forestry Club), Ski & Snowboard Club.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Italian Honor Society, Portrait of a Graduate Scholar, STEM Scholar, Varsity Softball.