Common Good Collective is a collection of local businesses sharing one retail location on Main Street. This continues our mission to encourage community development and support other small businesses.

Market in the Park is a bi-monthly market located in Suhr Park in Uptown Norwalk. Envisioned as a community building event as well as a farmers market, Market in the Park includes local bakers, makers, growers, and small businesses, as well as food and music. Stop by the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 4-7pm. The market runs from May through October.

For Their Future is an eco-friendly & refill business. Our mission is to reduce plastic waste and harmful chemicals in households. To that end, we provide household and personal care products that can be purchased by weight. Customers are encouraged to bring their own containers to refill, though we do have free containers as well as some for purchase. We also have products that are plastic free or "single-waste swaps".

This title has never been more true than now! Three kids will do that to you. Enjoying my time at home with my kids for the time being. Trying to maintain some skills for when I can to get back out there into the working world.

Leader outdoor education classes for kids ages 18 mos to 8 yrs old. Rain, shine or snow we will be out exploring and learning in nature!

Graduated with MA in Sustainable Development

Assisted with administrative tasks for alumni and donor events and board meetings, including database management.

-Processed new employees including entering all personal and work information into internal database-Special Project: notified all employees of current paid-time off, including responding to any inquiries, investigating any discrepancies and explaining the current HR policies

-Entered case/hearing updates into COMET, the nation-wide database for CASA-Filed all case related documents and donor information-Entered donor information into Next Steps-Created documents and spreadsheets for the Office Manager -Filled in for the receptionist, answering phones and general inquiries-Represented CASA at two child-focused events

• Completed eleven-week training in French, cultural assimilation and business in Togo • Consultant for IDH-Microfinance in Siou, Togo with tasks including observing and assisting with day-to-day activities, offering suggestions to increase efficiency and building spreadsheets to track loan payments• Introduced an income-generating activity to a local group of girls

 Full responsibility for management of synthetic CDO portfolio of nearly $200MM; valuation and trade assessment including ratings-based methodology, credit derivatives pricing methodology, Monte-Carlo analysis, and other stochastic and deterministic analyses.  Evaluated eight portfolio managers, including on-site evaluations, RFP review and presentation for approval by an oversight committee. Involved in process re-engineering for structured credit risk taking, including investment analysis, development of a stochastic risk model, portfolio manager approval process and monitoring of existing investments.  Developed and maintained relationships with asset managers, investment bankers and internal clients  Maintained a variety of data for internal team reporting and external reporting. Researched and analyzed data to support the Chief Economist in the development of global currency forecasts for the organization as well as research on US global trading partners. Responsible for creating updates on various global economic indicators, including the Tankan Survery and IFO Survey, for office-wide use..

 Executed and processed derivatives trades, including interest-rate swaps and credit default swaps. Collaborated with middle and back office to resolve trade confirmations and reporting. Served as a back-up trader and liaison between Derivatives and Structured teams in cross-functional investments .