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Ashburn, VA, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Covering an expansive portfolio of climate-related policies and congressional activity, ranging from critical materials supply chain to carbon management to nuclear energy. Developing an Election 2024 tracker to analyze how climate advocates can navigate the 119th Congress’ changing landscape. Attending congressional events and writing memos for clients on.

Led a project to analyze the company's national coverage and to develop an internal approach for future government affairs and banking advocacy. Discovered new marketing channels for CREDO Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator owned by B. Riley Principal Investments. Proposed a LinkedIn strategy to integrate with CREDO's overall marketing strategy.

Selected by the University of Virginia's Environmental Resiliency Institute for a two-week externship at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Researched bill text precedence in other states to strengthen living shoreline, aquaculture, and stormwater management policies being proposed in the 2023 Maryland General Assembly.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Drafted memos on congressional hearings for clients including Verisign, WeWork, and the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC). Conducted research on a wide range of policy topics, particularly broadband infrastructure, agriculture, and education, to strengthen corporate clients' relationships on Capitol Hill. Directly collaborated with partners.

Oversaw grant applications and budget projections. Planned grassroots fundraisers, managed the donor's list, and conducted outreach for speaker plans.

Created economic policy proposals for local, state, and federal levels of government. Policies span from incentivizing agriculture supply/demand, promoting pandemic unemployment/education benefits, to reforming healthcare in Virginia. Successfully introduced and passed S.B. 1188 with State Senator Ghazala Hashmi, which established the Virginia Food.

Political fellow for former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s reelection campaign. Gathered endorsements and wrote briefs and memos for senior staff and McAuliffe. Chosen as the 2021 Joe Montano Fellow by the campaign and Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia. Conducted outreach for AAPI-specific events across the Commonwealth as part of a paid.

6-week fellowship program designed to teach and practice empirical socioeconomics. Published a research paper entitled "Nationwide Survey Assessing Attitudes on the American Jobs Plan" on SSRN (available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3919140 and in the Publications section on LinkedIn). Fulfilled a semester's-worth of lectures.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, Frank Batten Investment Fund Public Policy Concentration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Commerce

Finance and Management Concentrations

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Activities and Societies: Debate & Speech Team (Overall Captain and Public Forum Captain), Thirst Project (Fundraising Chair), National.