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Sacramento, California, United States

Joining a relatively new program within California State Parks, though my personal preference is "State-Wide Disaster Scientist"In reality:Assisting with advancing the process of procuring FEMA assistance in pursuit of recovering and rebuilding after damage to our State Parks by natural disastersResponding to fires, floods, mudslides, oil spills, and whatever other natural disasters befall our State Parks throughout CaliforniaAnd I'll let you know the rest when I figure it out.

Calabasas, California, United States

I am employed as an Environmental Scientist by the California State Parks.Based out of the Angeles District office in Calabasas, California, my primary focus is the planning and implementation of restoration projects targeting areas damaged by illegal cannabis cultivation operations on State Parks lands throughout Southern California.

Westlake Village, California

Restoration Ecologist / Staff Biologist.Responsibilities include:Biological investigations Jurisdictional delineationsRestoration/mitigation planning and implementationTrustee Resource Agency permittingCompliance monitoring/reporting, and Client/agency coordination.

Ventura, California

Training of new employees / biologistsVolunteer coordinatingPermittingRestoration planningEcological restoration, including (non-exhaustively):Removal of invasive plants by manual, mechanical, and chemical meansPropagation of native plants, including seed collecting, cultivating, and plantingOperation of specialized equipment, such as chain saws, weed-whips, and ATVsHAZWOPER certificationBiological monitoringCEQA document preparation and reviewArcGIS, weed information management systems, mappingWorking in inclement weather and difficult physically demanding situations

Ventura And Santa Barbara Counties, Ca

Ecological restoration, including (non-exhaustively):Removal of invasive plants by manual, mechanical, and chemical meansPropagation of native plants, including seed collecting, cultivating, and plantingOperation of specialized equipment, such as chain saws, weed-whips, and ATVsHAZWOPER certificationBiological monitoringCEQA document preparation and reviewArcGIS, weed information management systems, mappingWorking in inclement weather and difficult physically demanding situations

Ventura, Ca

Inside Ventura's Surf Brewery is a comprehensive homebrew supply shop, offering everything needed to make one's own delicious beer at home. As manager of the homebrew shop, I regularly perform the following functions:InterviewingHiringTraining and supervision of new and existing employeesSchedule creationInventorying and orderingEmployee conflict mediationCustomer educationPlanning and running classes and demonstrations on home-brewing for dozens of studentsMarket research

Supporting myself while in school, working here to pay the bills until I can find a career in the sciences or attend graduate school

San Francisco Bay Area

NSF funded REU internship at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.Botany Intern, performing research for the purpose of creating an online publicationAttended numerous lectures and informative presentationsPrepared and delivered scientific presentation on research, work, and resultsNSF Funded Research Experience for Undergraduate Student Internship

I supported myself during the earlier parts of my academic journey by being a barista at shops ranging from Starbucks to independent coffee shops to high-end third-wave coffee shops.Coffee sourcing, preparation, brewing - All AspectsRunning a coffee shop - All AspectsSupervision of employeesCash managementFree-Poured latte artCoffee presentations

Bachelor'S Degree, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, And Population Biology

Activities and Societies: Archery TeamGraduated in December 2014 with a BS in biology with an emphasis in ecology and biodiversity, minor.

Gis

Coursework towards certificate in GIS systems (ArcGIS and ArcMAP)

Transfer, Environmental Science And Biology

Community College, did basic coursework for transfer to university Coursework including: General Biology I, II with labs General Chemistry.

High School, General Education

Activities and Societies: Football Team