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California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

- Urban decarbonization planning and policy with a focus on building and vehicle electrification reach codes- Climate action and adaptation plans (Municipal level); GHG reduction measure and action development + quantification - City and county scale greenhouse gas inventories & forecasts - Climate policy implementation and outreach, with a focus on.

-Since October 2021: Compost Grant Coordinator for implementation of U.S. Department of Agriculture Composting and Food Waste Reduction Cooperative Agreement funding with community partner Common Ground High School-Sustainable school food procurement & equitable compost implementation strategy for the City of New Haven Food System Policy Division

New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Supported students in their capstone critical participatory action research (CPAR) project "In Pursuit of a Black Farmer Commons: a CPAR Approach to Black Food Sovereignty", in collaboration with Dr. Kristin Reynolds and the Corbin Hill Food Project, and Farm School NYC.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Coached sustainability-focused student startup teams through grant and funding opportunities offered through CBEY's entrepreneurship and innovation program (Climate Innovation Grants, Sobotka Seed Prize, and Sustainable Venture Prize, a total of ~$40k of annual funding for sustainability and climate startups).

-Agricultural carbon credit strategy and financial modeling (methane-reductions via seaweed feed additives, meat + dairy industry)

-Implemented NYC’s Zero Waste by 2030 strategy via outreach to community stakeholders and nonprofit organizations, increasing participation in voluntary City of New York Department of Sanitation organics recycling programs.-Lead Mandarin language outreach for Chinese community in Queens through bilingual workshops, community meetings, and other forms of.

Beijing City, China

-Managed two CSR projects based in Yunnan Province, which trained beekeepers how to build technical capacity, and effectively connect to urban markets. -Managed four e-commerce platforms (English & Mandarin), coordinated with warehouse staff to update inventory, created promotions in accordance with internal directives and the Chinese calendar.-Lead.

Beijing City, China

-Wrote the research proposal selected by Harvard LIDS Orrick for a U.S. environmental public interest litigation case compendium to aid Chinese NGO litigators; conducted Chinese-language research to inform the case analysis; coordinated a team of six international research partners. -Researched and wrote policy memos, newsletter updates, and legal comments.

Master Of Environmental Management, Climate Policy, Industrial Ecology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Environmental Studies And Chinese, 3.8 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Wrote senior thesis on water resource management in Xinjiang, based on fieldwork conducted in Xinjiang and.

Chinese Language

Studied Chinese language under the fully-immersive Middlebury Language Pledge at Capital Normal University. Conducted research on citizen.

Chinese Language

Studied in the CET internship-Chinese language program in Donghua University, June-August 2013.