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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States

• Promoted public health through education, surveillance, consultation, inspection, and enforcement of federal, state, and local environmental health policies related to wells, wastewater, food establishments, child.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Senior Capstone Research Project
• Collaborated with five-member Capstone Team to research wetland degradation and effects on water quality in Carteret County, NC, for designated partner organization over the course of final undergraduate semester.
• Served as Team Leader through the roles of Organizer and Process Facilitator, which requires monitoring of team performance and dynamics, scheduling and managing team meetings, facilitating team meetings with partner.
• Conducted extensive reviews of scientific literature, municipal resources, a wide array of government documents, county ordinances, and federal and state-level legislations.
• Facilitated inter-agency cooperation through effective communication with federal, state, and local actors of expertise and authority.
• Contributed to comprehensive reports for partner organization pertaining to research of various facets of wetland degradation and water quality indicators.

Selected to join the Class of 2023 Cohort for the North Carolina Fellowship, a three-year program designed to build community leaders through meaningful dialogue, support, understanding of human and cultural differences, and self-discovery

Athens, Attiki, Greece

• Conducted an internal review of mobile screening units and their effectiveness within the Roma population for the project entitled ‘Improving the Health of Roma Women in Greece: A Comprehensive Health promotion and.
• Assisted with the piloting of the RIVER-EU (Reducing Inequalities in Vaccine uptake in the European Region – Engaging Underserved communities) project, where I conducted preliminary research regarding reflective.
• Gained familiarity with public health challenges afflicting both Greece and Europe more broadly, particularly within marginalized populations.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Conducted rigorous research pertaining to the use of psychopharmaceuticals within the U.S. military, including literature reviews, compilations of newspaper articles, examinations of US Department of Defense and.
• Organized and maintained an extensive resource of all analyzed documents, articles, reports, etc. and collected data, which would eventually become publicized for other researchers to access.
• Co-organized a two-day military-related workshop entitled “Engaging Military Communities Within and Beyond the Academy: Possibilities and Challenges” (Dec. 2022) alongside Dr. Jocelyn Chua and Dr. Hilary Lithgow.
• Assisted in the selection of leading practitioners, researchers, students, and advocates from diverse backgrounds to create a space to reflect together on the opportunities and challenges to working with.
• Co-presented research with Dr. Jocelyn Chua regarding the use of psychiatric medications by U.S. military personnel during overseas deployments in post-9/11 conflicts and their lived experiences / consequences.

• Conducted rigorous research pertaining to the use of psychopharmaceuticals within the U.S. military, including literature reviews, compilations of newspaper articles, examinations of US Department of Defense and.
• Thoroughly analyzed and organized data related to the medicolegal implications of psychiatric medication within 2,200+ pages of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents and court cases

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States

• Organized and lead study regarding the prevalence of PFAS in Orange County private well water, which included the analysis of GIS parcels, the distribution of mail surveys, the collection of water samples, and the.
• Assisted with the implementation of COVID community outreach and informational programs, and managed the vaccination enrollment effort of Chapel Hill essential employees.
• Provided opportunities to assist with variety of environmental health monitoring, including conducting water quality tests on local apartment complex / public swimming pools and attending restaurant inspections.
• Gained in-depth understanding of county-level public health governance and domains
• Digitalized wide array of historical department records

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Assisted with the research of antibiotic-resistant E. coli present in samples of rural North Carolina groundwater and private wells, as well as other contaminants. Responsibilities include but are not limited to sample.

Denton, Texas, United States

Assisted multiple Biology professors and grad students with research of the cytomegalovirus and its expression within C. elegans. Responsibilities included but were not limited to ligation of DNA, growth of bacteria, cell plate creation, creation of fluorescent DNA strands, insertion of DNA, and documentation of data.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Medical Anthropology & Public Policy, Distinction, 3.725 Gpa

Activities and Societies: UNC Club Quidditch Team, UNC Society of Undergraduate Anthropologists, Undergraduate Research, North Carolina.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Intern at the Prolepsis Institute, weekly participation in local marble carving groupMember of Spring 2023 CYA.

Education record

Activities and Societies: AFJROTC, National Honors Society, Latin Club