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• Participated in a service and community-oriented social change leadership program for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
• Attended and co-led a year-round ethical reflection curriculum that included weekly seminars and biannual retreats and events

• Selected for an interdisciplinary program with a dual mission of conducting community-engaged environmental research in Baltimore and increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) in environmental fields
• Gained skills in written and oral communication, community-based research, and the integration of DEIJ into environmental work

• Worked under the mentorship of my advisor Lee Blaney, Ph.D. to investigate the impacts of septic systems on nearby streams
• Employed fluorescent dissolved organic matter characterizations and contaminant concentrations to identify, confirm, and assess the impacts of septic systems in a rural subwatershed in Baltimore County, MD
• Performed a thermal infrared survey of the stream under the mentorship of Emily Majcher, M.S. (USGS Hydrologist and PE) to find preferential groundwater inputs and assess septic effluent transport to surface water via.
• Independently planned and implemented complex field data collection, sampling, and analysis plans
• Partnered with a community stakeholder (Barbara Johnson, Water Quality Scientist at Blue Water Baltimore) to determine best practices for sharing my findings with community members and policymakers

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Assisted with critical repairs including replacing roofs and upgrading decks for low-income homeowners in my hometown of Durham, NC
• Practiced safe, effective, and efficient construction techniques within a close-knit team
• Learned firsthand about the affordable housing crisis and worked to keep current residents safely in their homes

Ghana

• Taught Mathematics, Science, and Information and Communication Technology to junior high school students
• Used innovative pedagogical methods in a flexible and culturally-responsive way
• Collaborated with a coworker to establish and run a pair of district-wide teacher development workshops focused on hands-on science teaching techniques and classroom management strategies
• Created additional programs outside of school based on community need and interest, including extra math classes, typing classes, and a pen pals program
• Learned to independently navigate new and uncomfortable environments and to connect across cultural divides

Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

• Completed a 900-hour term of AmeriCorps service doing environmental conservation work throughout Arizona
• Worked hard and effectively within a small crew despite intense and difficult working conditions

• Worked with David Graham, Ph.D. on the Next-Generation Ecosystems Experiments Arctic Project
• Used a mixed-enzyme saccharification method to quantify rapidly decomposable organic matter in Arctic soil samples
• Compared soil decomposability in a variety of samples to carbon dioxide production to improve model predictions of the effect of future thawing permafrost on climate change
• Presented my initial findings at a poster presentation at the University of Tennessee Women in STEM Symposium

• Helped Roger Kisner, Ph.D. and Nance Ericson, Ph.D. improve the performance of printed organic semiconductor devices
• Selected suitable organic molecules and learned to prepare and print organic inks using a materials printer

• Worked with Jeff Cornwell, Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
• Completed an extensive and innovative project on carbonate chemistry that ultimately became my Senior Thesis
• Responsible for collecting water samples during an ex-situ incubation and running total alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon analysis to determine the effects of varying quantities of oyster reef material on.
• Presented my initial findings at the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation Conference in Portland, OR (Fall 2015)

Master'S Degree, Environmental Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: St. Mary's Collge Nitze Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Robert H. Goldsmith Award for Excellence in Chemistry Award.