The Pulitzer Center supports reporting projects that focus on topics of global importance, with an emphasis on issues that have gone under-reported in the mainstream American media. My multimedia reporting focuses on mosquito-borne illness prevention in Louisiana and around the world.

Teaching assistant for undergraduate and graduate level courses in the college of communication. Responsibilities include leading discussion sections for groups of 35; grading and editing assignments and journalistic stories for AP style, grammar, and structure; meeting with students one-on-one and conducting office hours; organizing logistics for deadlines, conferences, and assignments; and facilitating remote classes for lecturers and guests via Zoom. Fall 2020: The Human Storyteller (COM 101), Journalism Principles/Techniques (JO 721)Spring 2021: Data Journalism (JO 521 B1, C1), Law and Ethics of Journalism (JO 350), Race and Gender in Media (JO 505), Feature Writing (JO 309)Fall 2021: Law and Ethics of Journalism (JO 350), Media Law and Ethics (JO 725), Feature Writing (JO 309)

Welcoming members, guests and the general public for the nation's oldest community boating club including children 11-17 in the junior program and adults with cognitive or physical impairments in the Universal Access Program. • As event coordination intern, I work with professional staff to coordinate more than five summer events celebrating CBI's 75th anniversary. Initiated and implemented creative marketing ideas like an interactive online timeline punctuated with oral histories from members and visuals like different iterations of the CBI logo; new merchandise including nostalgic tee shirts and stickers using retro designs from the 1950s and 1990s; brokered new local vendor partnerships for food and beverage donations; curated media contact lists and created and tailored press releases and media advisories; and graphic design of flyers and social media posts. • Front Office responsibilities include answering questions, interfacing with clover pos systems and a custom membership database, handling money, managing inventory, and bringing cheerful energy to sailors of all ages.

The mission of the CoCurricular Programs Office ("The CoCo") is to engage students in the themes of College Nine (International and Global Perspectives) and College Ten (Social Justice and Community) in a way that lets undergraduate students explore their passions while building leadership and 21st century skills. As the Programs Assistant and College Programs Coordinator, I work closely with student leaders and professional staff to create events such as lectures, film screenings, pop-ups, retreats, and other programs to get students at all levels of leadership engaged with the themes. My tasks and responsibilities vary. Daily I work on managing student staff daily tasks, project management, budgeting and financial tracking, creating publicity (posters, flyers, social media graphics), maintaining our web and social media presence, producing weekly newsletters, managing supplies, creating quarterly reports, creating or updating maps and brochures, and supporting creative ways to keep our work space tidy in this fast-paced environment, all while helping students build skills and encouraging deeper engagement with their passions.

A contract research assistant position with Principal Investigators Jen Maresh and Lisa Schwarz at the Long Marine Lab, with Dan Costa's supervision. In addition to the research (detailed below), this position also included lab manager functions, including scheduling office hours, tracking and scheduling equipment use, and supply maintenance. This experiment was designed to understand the metabolic needs of grey whales and elephant seals, and how their diet and foraging patterns would likely change as their prey migrated in response to rising ocean temperatures due to climate change. Alongside one other research laboratory technician, I precisely homogenized and freeze dried a variety of collected prey samples, then weighed, measured, and pressed homogenate into 1 gram pellets. I then measured the average caloric value of these samples using a bomb calorimeter. Using this data, I used the average calories per gram to determine the caloric value of each prey type. This data was used to predict how many individuals of each species a grey whale or elephant seal would need to eat to meet their daily metabolic needs, which was used to predict how their predation behavior might change as migration patterns change.

Working as the personal assistant to Marc Shargel, my duties vary daily. While in the office, I work on bookkeeping, filing, species identification, matting and framing photos, text editing, handling tax documents, editing and processing digital images, and general website management. Out of the office, I aid in small construction jobs; staging and preparing galleries, showings, and events; marketing, networking, and publicity distribution; and other tasks.

In this position I coordinated programs to increase student engagement with environmental sustainability issues (such as supporting composting, reducing water waste, etc) and connect students with effective and practical solutions. We were able to support students through both education and facilitation of projects. Our college team ran the compost collection program for four of the ten colleges, facilitated "Multibin" recycling for the entire campus, conducted an audit of the flow rate for faucets and shower-heads on campus, and implemented several events and challenges to support student awareness, including the Water Conversation Carnival.

In one-on-one tutoring sessions, I worked with first year students in need of support to complete their first year writing course ("Core course"). Through a variety of techniques and teaching strategies, I supported these students in recognizing and implementing the basic concepts of reading comprehension, essay structure, and argumentative writing. Together we practiced skills including drafting essay structure, close reading, peer editing, paraphrasing, quoting and citing. Students also needed to demonstrate an understanding of topics related to College Nine's theme (International and Global Perspectives) such as cosmopolitanism, resource extraction, social justice, identity, cross-culture communication, and the economic and social impacts of globalization.

Working at the first point of contact for the aquarium, my main goal was to create an environment that encouraged curiosity, wonder, and joy while processing tickets, handling money, navigating different point of sale systems, greeting guests, and answering questions. Because of my experience in marine biology and extroverted nature, I was often asked to support other roles including taking pictures, working with birthday parties, daycares and school groups, and occasionally substituting for other positions throughout the aquarium. In this position I consistently received high performances reviews and was awarded many times, including 3 "Star of the Week" awards (August 2013, July 2015, November 2015), and "Admissions Super Hero" (August 2013).

As the College Nine Resident Aide (RA) for the Summer Start program I helped to set, maintain, advocate for, and enforce community standards for 35 first-year international undergraduate students. This included community outreach through nightly "rounds" and regular community events, managing the RA on-call phone once a week, and helping students with lock outs and other resident-hall-related issues. as well as duties specific to the students in the Summer Start program. The Summer Start program was designed to help the increasing number of international matriculating students adjust to the American collegiate culture by providing them with classes, community, and resources the summer before their first year on campus. With this goal in mind, my responsibilities included orienting students to the campus, organizing helpful events and workshops, providing resources, and building community on the floor and with the other summer session UCSC students. This position helped me practice cross-culture communication, gave me a strong understanding of the resources available to students, and a deeper grasp of the specific needs related to international students.