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New York, New York, United States

• Lead developer for implementation of novel forest biomass model for NASA spaceborne lidar mission. • Achieved 10x improvement in model computation with new Python implementation.• Successfully scaled model for global application using NASA cloud platform; leveraged cloud implementation to build end-to-end pipeline from spatiotemporal query to local PostGIS database.• Planned, conducted, and wrote statistical study of global tree architecture to improve remote-sensing-based biomass estimates; lead author of paper under review at Environmental Research: Ecology.• Presented key findings to NASA project leads at 2023 GEDI Science Team meeting.

Chicago, Us

• Edited academic articles, corporate documents, and government reports for clarity and style.• Recognized in informal feedback as among the organization’s best editors out of approximately 200.• Trusted with highly important jobs, including official reports for major European Union projects

Logroño, Autonomía De La Rioja, Spain

• Planned and delivered English lessons in public schools in Spain.• Designed and recorded video lessons to continue instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Conducted interviews and legal research for employment-focused legal aid organization.• Planned and wrote successful application for a federal grant of approximately $1 million.• Designed and implemented new organization-wide scheme for organizing case files; recognized in performance review as drastically improving reliability and efficiency of document storage.

Philadelphia

• Prepared and filed petitions for a wide range of immigration cases.• Drafted legal arguments for appeals, attorney letters, and responses to government inquiries.

• Managed a new partnership between the School District of Philadelphia and the Free Library of Philadelphia• Facilitated relationship-building between teachers and librarians

Master'S Degree, Geoinformatics

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy