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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

San Rafael, California

Long range planner with the Marin County Community Development Agency, focusing on advanced planning for sea level rise and climate adaptation and resilience.

San Francisco, Ca

I apply innovative science on current and future flood risk within the Bay Area to a large scale, collaborative, stakeholder intensive, participatory adaptation planning process. The end goal of this work is to identify and prioritize multi-benefit adaptation strategies that protect both natural and built infrastructure, the ecosystem services they provide, and the communities that rely on these areas and services.

Oakland, Ca

-Provide project support for the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project (WRP) Regional Strategy Update (RSU) guidance to include spatially-explicit wetland habitat goals to inform project design and guidance considering climate change, sea level rise, and habitat vulnerability-Work with scientists at SFEI and SCCWRP in development of a regional sea level rise vulnerability assessment model including species-habitat-elevation relationships, sediment accretion rates, and estuary mouth dynamics

Santa Barbara, California

-Provide project support for resident scientists developing predictions of how climate change will impact fisheries yields and forecast potential gains from improved fisheries management globally in the future aimed at high level publication-Literature review, data compilation, synthesis, and analysis of large ecological time series datasets to groundtruth assumption to link climate change and fisheries models using ArcGIS, Access, and R-Manage and instruct intern in data extraction, formatting, and compilation

Goleta, Ca

Environmental Studies 100: Environmental Ecology (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)Environmental Studies 3: Introduction to Social and Cultural Environments (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)-Assist faculty members with classroom instruction, exams, and record keeping-Organize and lead ecological field trips including sandy shore invertebrate surveys and lagoon bird species identification and observations-Lead three weekly discussion sections of 25 students each-Hold weekly office hours to assist students with questions or inquiries

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Synthesis of Ecological data in the Birds Head Seascape-Compile new monitoring ecological data into Access database-Gather contextual data (social, ecological, biophysical) for matching sites within MPAs vs Control Sites using ArcGIS-Analyze data for short term changes in MPAs with temporal changes (fish benthic, sharks) Deliverables:-Updated database with most recent ecological monitoring data (checked for errors/standardized formatting)-Compiled spreadsheet with database for all monitoring sites in the BHS with associated document listing datasources and description of contextual variables-Summary report of short term ecological changes in the MPA’s and ecological status of MPAs throughout the BHS

Long Beach, Ca

Lead Education Interpreter II (January 2013-September 2013)-Created and managed daily presentation and public education schedules -Served as head naturalist and educator on daily, 3 hour whale and marine life tours at sea-Provided husbandry care for classroom marine lifeEducation Interpreter II (April 2012-January 2013)-Led hour long Behind the Scenes Tours and weekly animal encounters educating guests about animal ecology, behavior, large-scale aquarium life support systems, and leading hands on animal interactions and feedingsEducation Interpreter (February 2012-April 2012)-Instilled a sense of stewardship in the Aquarium’s 1.4 million annual visitors through public education programs-Gave informal marine science education public presentations at specific, assigned Aquarium exhibits-Interacted with guests discussing animal behavior and facts; interpret habitats at various exhibits; translate complex scientific principles to public understanding-Monitored guest interaction with animals

Santa Monica, Ca

-Lead and assist Key to the Sea K-5 field trips of 60 students on the beach that teach environmental stewardship and ecosystem function through interactive learning and experience

Santiago, Chile

-Vitacura, Santiago, Chile; April-June 2010-Intern for 5 hours a week teaching English to Chilean school-age students with no prior English experience and acquire beginning to intermediate conversation skills (ages 8-13)-Work with the English Department of the school to develop and carry out lesson plans through discussion and note taking during breaks between classes and meetings outside of school hours

Master Of Environmental Science And Management, Conservation Planning, Coastal Marine Resource Management

Activities and Societies: BrengrassBren School of Environmental Science & Management

Leadership Southern California, Class Of 2023

Fellows meet one Friday per month for eight months to gain a better understanding of the issues affecting Southern California, focused.

Bachelors Of Arts, Geography/Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology, Spanish

Activities and Societies: UCLA Bruin Marching Band, UCLA Symphonic Band, UCLA Varsity Band, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band.

Geografia, Español

Activities and Societies: University of California, Education Abroad Program