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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

New York, United States

Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire

Managed research and data analysis operations for a team of five graduate consultants in order to produce a detailed report recommending actionable steps for governments of West and Central Africa to take to bolster the resilience of their local/regional food systems.

Greater New York City Area

New York, New York, United States

Working with ACToday- Vietnam to:•Provide a design thinking lens to climate service access, use, and effectiveness in Vietnam. •Research the most salient and important climatic events for Vietnamese coffee farmers to design economic/climate forecasting tools to improve smallholder profitability.•Produce communications for IRI to increase awareness of recent publications.

Luang Prabang, Lao Pdr

-Oversaw entirety of infrastructure projects and acted as the primary liaison between GIVE Volunteers and the partner hill-tribe community-Perpetuated GIVE Volunteers’ 30% volunteer return rate by creating an educational, impactful, and enjoyable volunteer excursion for clients-Facilitated discussions on local environmental issues and permaculture concepts to inspire volunteers to become stewards of their home communities and global environment-Supervised GIVE’s Education Fund… Show more -Oversaw entirety of infrastructure projects and acted as the primary liaison between GIVE Volunteers and the partner hill-tribe community-Perpetuated GIVE Volunteers’ 30% volunteer return rate by creating an educational, impactful, and enjoyable volunteer excursion for clients-Facilitated discussions on local environmental issues and permaculture concepts to inspire volunteers to become stewards of their home communities and global environment-Supervised GIVE’s Education Fund scholarship program, which provided over 30 local youth with partial or full-ride scholarships to secondary school as well as English language tutoring Show less

Greater Seattle Area

-Managed on the ground marketing operations for GIVE Volunteers at over 28 American Universities through interpersonal communication, public sales pitches, and active customer engagement strategies-Achieved a 10% conversion rate on more than 1,000 US volunteers who financially committed to joining the program

Luang Prabang Province, Lao Pdr

• Created and implemented first formal waste management plan, successfully diverting 50kg of volunteer and project related waste throughout the project’s duration• Facilitated fulfilling volunteer project for 110 clients while meeting all internal deadlines

Luang Prabang, Laos

• Successfully guided 50 volunteers through developing communities by exercising diligent risk management and educating participants on local cultures & customs• Facilitated the construction of three classrooms by managing a team of volunteers and corresponding with local engineers to meet progress objectives

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Created the first energy-bar wrapper recycling program at UCSB, alongside a coworker, which will divert about 5lbs of wrappers from landfills each quarter• Fostered the diversion of over 500lbs of solid and electronic waste from landfills per week to accomplish UCSB’s goal of being zero-waste by 2020

Santa Barbara, California Area

-Created an informational poster to educate National Park visitors on invasive species -Assembled spatial data on Oak forests and archaeological sites on Santa Cruz Island -Worked in the field on Santa Rosa Island to monitor and build the cloud forest restoration site at Mt. Soledad

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Development Practice

Bachelor Of Science - Bs

Uc Education Abroad Program, Sustainability Studies, 4.0

Studied abroad in New Zealand at Lincoln University during the fall of 2015 to study urban planning, ecology & behavior, freshwater.