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United States

Develop and update education programs; supervise part time staff, interns, and volunteers; create evaluation tools to measure program effectiveness; develop advocacy campaigns and e-newsletters; work with Head Curator to develop education ambassador animal programs and ensure ambassador programs meet welfare standards; collaborate with researchers to examine conservation impact of programs

Battle Ground, Indiana, United States

Provided hundreds of public education programs; updated and facilitated established programs like seminars and camps; created new programs like specialty tours and workshops; developed educational signs and displays; developed and supervised a team of youth program staff; trained and supervised education volunteers/interns; managed online booking systems, website, e-newsletters, and Instagram

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Organize fundraisers, educational events, and presentations across western North Carolina to elevate awareness and support for red wolf conservation; collaborate with Wolf Park and other conservation organizations to provide virtual red wolf education programs and advance youth advocacy opportunities

Kigoma, Tanzania

Led a project on the feeding ecology of red-tailed monkeys in which I utilized 15-minute scan samples; collected plant samples; learned plant species; collaborated with a botanist to ID unknown samples; trained research assistants; used radio telemetry to locate study subjects.Worked as a research assistant and collected behavioral data on chimpanzees, yellow baboons, and red-tailed monkeys; assisted in radio collaring three red-tailed monkeys; created ODK data collection forms; assisted in termite mound data collection; assisted in camera trap maintenance

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Project: Evaluating Spatial Distributions of Scent-marks in Free-ranging Groups of Lemur catta. Collected over 200 hours of behavioral data; utilized offset GPS data collection to record scent mark locations; used GPS to map enclosures; collected over 200 hours of behavioral data; utilized offset GPS data collection to record scent mark locations; used GPS to map enclosures

Remote internship. Wrote blogs for Jane Goodall’s Good For All News; updated and organized Gombe research publication spreadsheets; summarized Gombe Stream Research Centre reports; assisted in editing and adding content to the JGI chimpanzee wiki

Provided primary care for red and gray foxes including training and enrichment; used BORIS to develop an ethogram for red and gray foxes; assisted in advanced training with wolves; created an enrichment handbook; led sponsor visits with fox ambassadors; wrote sponsor updates

Kianjavato, Madagascar

Collected behavioral ecology data on black and white ruffed lemurs; recorded plant phenology data; used GPS to tag trees; composed project reports; collaborated with international and local researchers

Battle Ground, Indiana, United States

Assisted in the training and socialization of five wolf pups; prepared food; fed, medicated, trained, and provided enrichment for wolves, coyotes, foxes, and bison; led public tours and species-specific educational talks

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Trained service dogs; recorded training sessions and behavioral observations; served as a camp counselor for kids with and without disabilities; provided overnight care for sixteen dogs; assisted in educational presentations and demonstrations

Certificate In Fund Raising Management

Master'S Degree

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology And Psychology