I performed spring cleanups and installations, summer maintenance, and autumn cleanups. I planted shrubs and perennials, pruned for health and aesthetically-pleasing form, and maintained clean beds, borders, and hardscape. Then when I got home, I gardened some more!

I walked lovable dogs all around Somerville, managing relationships with my clients.

I collected paper barrels, bottles and cans, and e-waste recycling from clients’ offices. I performed administrative tasks: communicated with clients, processed invoices, tracked business performance indicators, and built an Excel-based expense report tool.

Analyzed data and guided selection process for Traffic Analysis and Design Group studies: Priority Corridors for the LRTP (Transportation Plan) Needs Assessment, Subregional Priority Roadway, Fairmount Line Station Access Analysis, and Bicycle Network Gaps: Feasibility Evaluations. Researched transportation sector strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and wrote a report on the strategies for the Boston Region MPO to inform decision-making.

Assisted with bicycle and pedestrian planning, traffic calming, and parking and transportation demand management programs in the Environmental and Transportation Planning Division; supported Cambridge Bicycle Network Plan, Hubway Bike Share, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Committees. Analyzed data and developed graphics and maps using Excel, Photoshop, ArcGIS, etc. Supported workshops and community meetings, wrote weekly Bicycle and Pedestrian Report newsletters, created web pages and updated CDD website, designed surveys, email campaigns, and flyers.

Wrote Vision, Transportation and Climate Change Impacts chapters of the Regional Comprehensive Plan with focus on livability; provided input on inter-regional coordination. Analyzed and developed transportation and land use data. Conducted outreach, gave presentations, assisted at public workshops, updated project website. Assisted with complete streets project, hazard mitigation planning, and scenic byway committees.

Wrote Vision, Transportation and Climate Change Impacts chapters of the Regional Comprehensive Plan with focus on livability; provided input on inter-regional coordination. Analyzed and developed transportation and land use data. Conducted outreach, gave presentations, assisted at public workshops, updated project website. Assisted with complete streets project, hazard mitigation planning, and scenic byway committees.

Co-lead office; recruited and managed staff, planned field logistics, calculated fundamentalsCore canvasser. One of top office fundraisers. Spoke with 30-40 people/ night, door-to-door, for employment and solar energy campaigns.

Intern Engineer in the Highway Division - Environmental Services at the MassDOT Headquarters. Worked on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and sustainability through GreenDOT, MassDOT's environmental responsibility and sustainability initiative.

Worked in District 5 Maintenance/ Snow & Ice and Roadsides Dept;Created mile-by-mile maps of Rt. 495 in AutoCAD with wetland and guard rail delineation, marked wetland locations on guard rail in the field, assisted with office calculations.

Updated Franklin’s Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) handbook and developed street tree selection recommendations through research