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Produced a digital informational kiosk for TAEC’s exhibition on indigenous groups and copyright law and conducted extensive research on the limitations of traditional copyright protections for indigenous group’s cultural expressions. Worked with local staff on English language and public speaking skills.

During first internship developed a research project on the scope of environmentally forward infrastructure strategies across cities in Latin America as well as translating and synthesizing government documents in Spanish and Portuguese. During Second internship worked alongside the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory on the Cool Surfaces Manhattan project which aimed to rapidly increase the deployment of Cool Surface technologies throughout the United States. Interviewed industry specialists and government officials on problems and possibilities in the field.