Participating in Cohort 5 of the Climatebase Fellowship, the climate career accelerator.

Eco-Reps are trained in environmental justice and leadership in order to promote sustainabilityprograms at the University and encourage sustainable behaviors among peers. The program focuses on the three topic areas of food, waste and transportation. Team Leads support their Eco-Rep Topic Team and report to a staff Topic Lead.As a Team Lead, my responsibilities include acting as a leader within the Waste Team and in the program as a whole, the supervision of my team's members, helping to create a foster a sense of community, support for Waste Team Eco-Reps via answering questions, education, problem solving, material creation, etc., overarching program support via contribution towards general projects, material development, education, etc., and by making myself available by holding office hours and leading meetings.I've had a great deal of experience prior to this opportunity that I'm confident will assist and support me as I serve in this role. Experience includes creating and executing a university-funded project researching the feasibility of implementing a permanent thrift store on UVM's campus, being a long-standing member of CCALL, UVM's Climate Communication, Action, and Literacy Lab group, serving as a student representative on the Socially Responsible Investing Advisory Council (SRIAC) acting in support and guidance of new student, staff, and faculty initiatives which contribute to UVM's overall sustainability status, and being a member of the VT Council on Rural Development's Climate Catalyst Program class of 2022.

A two-pronged project, this internship uses the first Phase to explore general adaptability to further inform Phase II, which pursues the implementation of an education and consignment store on the University of Vermont's campus. The completion of this self-imagined and guided project has the potential to educate members on the global environmental impacts of textile waste and how they can mitigate those impacts within their own lives moving forward. The prospective store's purpose will be twofold: 1) a consignment center and 2) an educational hub that fosters inclusion and collective action in the face of an increasingly wasteful industry. The intention of this project is to be built by students, for students. Next to the provision of accessible garments, education is a main component for the completion of this two-phased project.

Helping to support organizing work within Rights & Democracy Vermont's education justice campaign.

Prepare custom craft coffee and tea drinks, and ready-made sandwiches to order while developing multitasking and close cooperation skills.

Worked and maintained coffee shop via all-day individual shifts, covering all aspects of opening, closing, and supplies ordering from regional vendors.