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• Completed the City's annual Green Communities Reporting, aggregating municipal energy usage across various sectors and maintaining the City's compliance for future grant funding
• Drafted grant applications for various City parks projects, securing $400,000 in funding for accessibility renovations
• Assisted with the management of an emergency preparedness, off-grid solar project funded by a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant through the preparation of monthly progress reports
• Supported staff planners by conducting policy research, drafting public outreach materials, and coordinating between municipal departments

Malden, Massachusetts, United States

• Worked directly with constituents by phone and email, conducting relevant legislative research and drafting correspondence
• Compiled weekly news briefings, prioritizing the Congresswoman’s legislative agenda and gaining visibility to current events across Massachusetts District 5
• Assisted with various administrative tasks, reporting to both District and D.C. Staff Assistants and Communications Team

• Worked under Professor Justin Hollander on project analyzing urban climate change threats, environmental migration, and municipal policy responses
• Synthesized Google Earth satellite images to identify informal settlements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and created maps using ArcGIS

• Assisted with the planning, estimating and designing of transportation infrastructure projects across Massachusetts
• Developed technical writing skills through the preparation of environmental permitting reports and construction specifications
• Synthesized complicated technical concepts through the preparation of design public hearing presentations

• Served as one of eighteen co-managers at a collectively student run, cooperative business aiming to provide ethically sourced and healthy meal alternatives
• Member of the hiring and menu committees, and was the orderer for the collective's dry good inventory.

• Leader of a summer-long, environmentally focused work program for disadvantaged youth in the Lawrence community, developing six weeks of curriculum to improve environmental literacy
• Supervised interns at Greater Lawrence Sanitary District, providing a meaningful work experience
• Coordinated field trips in conjunction with EPA Region 1 and the City of Lawrence, gaining valuable knowledge on management and communication

• Assisted with the analysis of human exposure to disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in tap water, with direct applications to the drinking water industry.
• Collaborated with masters and PhD students through the preparation and assay of chemical samples, primarily investigating the effect of chlorine and halocetic acids on raw water, gaining valuable laboratory experience.

Amherst, MA

• Assisted with data collection and analysis of correlation between trust and autonomous vehicles
• Developed technical experience working on the analysis and organization of large data sets using Microsoft Excel, collaborating directly with PhD students
• Worked directly with community members and undergraduates in the Human Performance Laboratory

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Policy And Planning

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of the Commonwealth Honors College, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honors Society, and the Society for.