Participating in Cohort 6 of the Climatebase Fellowship, the climate career accelerator.

Secure funding for nonprofits & startups in the climate, social impact, or community development industries, both globally and locally in the US.

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Participant in the Clover Cohort of The Greenhouse, an innovation program for women starting new ventures in climate.

Rhode Island Regional Lead at SeaAhead, driving bluetech startup utilization, IP spin-outs from institutions like the University of Rhode Island, and attracting global bluetech companies to the state. With a role spanning financial bookkeeping, HR, intern program management, grant and account management, and marketing, Beck's diverse skills support SeaAhead's ecosystem. Managing a community platform for 100+ bluetech startups, Beck enhances SeaAhead’s blue economy presence worldwide. SeaAhead is a Benefit Corporation with the mission of supporting new venture development at the intersection of innovation + sustainability + the oceans.

The Nature Conservancy's ocean mariculture work funds and supports Belizean seaweed farmers. One such group is the Belize Women’s Seaweed Farmers Association (BWSFA), which aims to restore ocean habitats and create economic value through the cultivation and sale of Caribbean seaweeds. In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, our consulting project strengthened and refined the governance structure of the BWSFA through capacity-building workshops, strategic development, and the provision of resources and digital tools.

Business and communications intern for local Arlington, MA startup @Recirclable . Recirclable creates reusable zero waste bowls and containers for food takeout and delivery.

Private, online English tutor for Chinese students ages 3-15 with interactive lessons in grammar, reading, and vocabulary.

Peace Corps is a governmental volunteer organization created to promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling three goals: help interested countries meet their need for trained men and women, promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served, and promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. Beck served in a rural farming community in Boaco, Nicaragua as an environmental education volunteer.Job Duties:• Co-taught natural science classes to children in the 3rd to 6th grade in rural Nicaragua, introducing student-based learning techniques and better classroom management• Made sustainable change by meeting the country’s need for trained men and women, providing knowledge and resources to counterparts • Built community gardens, tree nurseries, improved stoves and ovens, and promoted general environmental practices through fairs, murals, recyclable crafts, summer camps, and trash cleanups• Led national health and wellness retreat for HIV positive women; collaborated with NGO Courts4Kids to build a basketball court• Co-chair of the STAR (Sexuality Awareness Training & Response) committee, an organization built to serve the LGBTQIA+ Peace Corps community and provide trainings for staff, host families, and taxi drivers

Founded in 1983, HESS International Educational Group is the largest and most recognized private language school in Taiwan. HESS employs more than 600 native English-speaking teachers in 180+ HESS schools across Asia.Job Duties:• Teach English as a Foreign Language to children ages 3-15• Collaborate with co-teachers, who offer support whenever needed • Create new games, build daily lesson plans, grade homework, participate in open houses, meet with parents, organize performances, and write some curriculum

Bridge International Academies is the world’s largest education innovation company serving the 700 million families who live on less than $2 USD per day. Bridge strives to provide the highest quality education product to the more than 100,000 students who attend Bridge’s more than 400 nursery and primary schools across emerging markets in Africa and (soon to open) in Asia.Job Duties:• Write and edit curriculum for Bridge Kenya• Manage a small team of writers working remotely from India to create and edit scripts for Kenyan teachers

The Certification for Sustainable Transportation (CST) offers training and awareness programs in an attempt to reduce greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions, increase energy efficiency, and utilize alternative fuels and new technologies. Job Duties:- Promotes Certification for Sustainable Transportation (CST) via social media platforms- Researches latest in sustainable living practices- Writes up reports, press releases and proposals for company startup

UVM Conference and Event Services provides an array of event management services both regionally and nationally. Job Duties: - Schedule events held at the University of Vermont through r25 scheduling system - Help build new EMS software to cater to UVM needs through data entry- Utilize EMS software to create and schedule events across campus including orientation, commencement and various meetings

Job Duties:- Assist Production Manager with scheduling by researching, testing, and implementing employeescheduling software Nimble Schedule- Work in the field to physically build out events at the University of Vermont- Learn valuable skills by setting up stages, sound, tech, tables and chairs for large and small events including orientation and commencement

Job Duties:- Front desk staff for residential building (one year) and University of Vermont executive offices (one year)- Assist Office of the President staff with various projects and tasks - Answer telephone, log packages, collect and distribute mail, lend out equipment and keys and clean lobby area- Offer friendly customer service to students and staff

Answered telephone, logged packages, lent out equipment, sorted mail, loaned keys, cleaned lobby area, and offered friendly customer service to students and staff.

NextUp is an annual publication sponsored by Vermont Business Magazine and the State of Vermont. Issued to high school juniors and seniors in Vermont, it includes articles about work, play, living and learning.Job Duties:- Devise story ideas and compose 12 articles for publication (Summer project)- Interview famous and/or innovative local Vermonters, like Bernie Sanders, about how to succeed in the state- Take photos and videos for website

Vermont Business Magazine is an multi-media publication which has more than 6,000 monthly print subscribers. It's the only statewide business magazine in Vermont.Job Duties:- Write weekly business and health related articles- Organize and submit weekly e-health emails to subscribers- Add content online

The Vermont Cynic is the University of Vermont's weekly student newspaper recognized as one of the best college newspapers in the country by the 2011 Associated Press Pacemaker Award.Job Duties:- Write and edit in-depth investigative articles- Assign stories for and edit with three senior staff enterprise writers- Train staff members in journalism ethics and enterprise procedures

Job Duties:- Facilitate weekly meetings with a staff of 19 students in the news sections and three advanced enterprise writers- Find story ideas and assign beat writers to cover the environment, health, crime, student life, construction, administration, and town/gown relations- Edit with writers and give weekly lessons in AP Style, lede writing, interviewing tips, reporting guidelines, common mistakes and Cynic policy

Join only 22 other summer correspondents for one of the nation’s premier journalism opportunities for undergraduate students.Job Duties:- Pitch, research and write weekly stories that appear across all USA TODAY and Gannett platforms- Receive professional training and advice from seasoned journalists through conference calls and emails- Interview national organizations such as Accounting Principals