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Los Angeles, California, United States

• Supervise and administer one of the largest volunteer programs in Los Angeles at a beloved, conservation-focused Zoo and Botanical Garden.• Recruit, train, schedule, and coordinate over five hundred personnel for essential assignments ranging from education ambassadors to animal food preparation and more.• Utilize proficiency with various software programs to manage and maintain volunteer databases.• Write, edit, and distribute weekly newsletters and other crucial… Show more • Supervise and administer one of the largest volunteer programs in Los Angeles at a beloved, conservation-focused Zoo and Botanical Garden.• Recruit, train, schedule, and coordinate over five hundred personnel for essential assignments ranging from education ambassadors to animal food preparation and more.• Utilize proficiency with various software programs to manage and maintain volunteer databases.• Write, edit, and distribute weekly newsletters and other crucial communications.• Provide creative and scientific input for a wide variety of special events, such as education stations, native garden installations, and member walks.• Serve as a representative on the Zoo's Conservation Committee and Safety Committee.• Develop authentic relationships with diverse stakeholders including volunteers, staff, donors, community partners, and the wider public. Show less

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Served as a leader in education, outreach, and communications at the nation’s top public university.• Revived and reinvigorated all outreach activities including science education, K-12 field trips, public tours, lectures and events, volunteer programs, and garden membership following pandemic-related closures.• Guided all internal and external communications ranging from website/social media to public presentations.• Collaborated with world-renowned scientific researchers to… Show more • Served as a leader in education, outreach, and communications at the nation’s top public university.• Revived and reinvigorated all outreach activities including science education, K-12 field trips, public tours, lectures and events, volunteer programs, and garden membership following pandemic-related closures.• Guided all internal and external communications ranging from website/social media to public presentations.• Collaborated with world-renowned scientific researchers to promote public engagement with plants.• Developed and taught original, engaging science curricula to UCLA students and local community members.• Utilized strong organizational skills to complete high-level projects under budget and under deadline.• Prepared and managed budgets, grant proposals, newsletters, and other technical documents. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

• Examined thousands of herbarium specimens and citizen science records to determine how the flowering behaviors of Southern California’s native desert wildflowers are responding to climate change.• Utilized R and other advanced software to analyze data, create maps/figures, and generate publication-quality reports.• Earned an MS in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation with highest honors.

La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States

• Delivered friendly frontline customer service at a 165-acre living museum of plants.• Executed crucial operations such as daily admissions, guest assistance, new employee trainings, communications, first-aid response, technical support, office administration, and more.• Crafted interpretive materials and assisted with numerous special projects and educational events as needed.

Los Angeles

• Led educational tours through a diverse 7.5-acre garden for mixed audiences including 1st-12th graders, UCLA students, and visiting adults.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed customized lesson plans geared toward K-12 students covering a variety of different subjects including biology, mathematics, and the humanities.• Utilized Socratic and Dialectic teaching styles to target specific problem areas while cultivating critical thinking and organizational skills in young learners.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Collaborated on a multimillion-dollar government project, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, as part of the upcoming Eisenhower Memorial honoring the 34th President of the United States.• Constructed complex metalwork using custom spot-welding machinery alongside a team of skilled artists and engineers.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Worked on a six-month-long joint project in collaboration with the U.S. National Park Service to inform federal conservation practices following the Woolsey Fire.• Responsible for managing a small group of volunteers in establishing a field transect and constructing quadrat sampling stations at a remote site in the Santa Monica Mountains.• Oversaw detailed analyses of fire severity and documented the short-term, post-fire recovery of native and invasive plant species as well as… Show more • Worked on a six-month-long joint project in collaboration with the U.S. National Park Service to inform federal conservation practices following the Woolsey Fire.• Responsible for managing a small group of volunteers in establishing a field transect and constructing quadrat sampling stations at a remote site in the Santa Monica Mountains.• Oversaw detailed analyses of fire severity and documented the short-term, post-fire recovery of native and invasive plant species as well as terrestrial invertebrate populations. Show less

University Of California, Los Angeles

• Utilized perspective as a past facilitator to help current student educators better prepare to lead their own seminar courses at UCLA.

University Of California, Los Angeles

• Undergraduate Student-Initiated Education (USIE) is an innovative program designed to provide a select group of juniors and seniors with the opportunity to develop and teach a lower division seminar course for their peers.

Los Angeles

• Contributed to the work of senior researchers in the lab through experiment set-up and cleanup, organizing reagents, preparing solutions, handling hazardous waste, running western blots and more.• Later, conducted my own experiments on host-pathogen interactions in HIV.• Through this, gained skills in operating equipment such as spectrophotometers, centrifuges, autoclaves, and biological safety cabinets, as well as in practices such as performing DNA digests, tissue culturing… Show more • Contributed to the work of senior researchers in the lab through experiment set-up and cleanup, organizing reagents, preparing solutions, handling hazardous waste, running western blots and more.• Later, conducted my own experiments on host-pathogen interactions in HIV.• Through this, gained skills in operating equipment such as spectrophotometers, centrifuges, autoclaves, and biological safety cabinets, as well as in practices such as performing DNA digests, tissue culturing, bacterial transformation, and DNA extraction. Show less

Northridge, California

• Facilitated field research by collecting and preserving samples of invertebrate and algal populations from intertidal communities along the coasts of Northern California and Oregon.• In the laboratory, prepared specimens for genetic analysis and assisted senior lab members in performing various DNA extraction protocols.

Master Of Science - Ms, Ecology, Evolution, And Conservation

Degree with Distinction

B.S., Biology, General

Honor's Collegium Departmental Honors Latin Honors (Cum Laude) Deans Honors UCLA Achievement Scholar

Intensive Physics Program