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Coral Gables, Florida, United States

• Prepare write-ups for highly complex project proposals and reports, such as city-wide resilience assessments while also becoming familiar with LEED, Well and Envision building standards.• Support Director of Sustainability in research of federal, state and city sustainability goals and encouraging alignment with United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).• Assist in Federal and Local funding applications to financially support sustainable projects.

Miami, Florida, United States

• Collaborate with student organizations to advocate for sustainability initiatives, most notably, a FIU Climate Action Plan, climate change education/awareness, and the decrease of single use plastics on campus.• Initiated and currently host “SGA Sustainability Saturday Series” on SGA social media platform with an 8,800+ following to promote sustainability initiatives run by FIU students, faculty, or staff.• Represented CEC student concerns by sponsoring/co-sponsoring over 5 pieces of legislation, obtaining over $6000 dollars to fund engineering students’ competition materials and travel.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Competitively selected to participate in NSF-funded REU 10-week Summer Program at UTK:• Demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and creative problem-solving skills while overcoming challenges encountered during fieldwork and data analysis to gain insights into microplastic dynamics.• Collected environmental samples, analyzed sediments for microplastics, identified patterns of prevalence and shifts in microplastic types during storm events, and performed related experiments to understand the fate and transport of microplastics in Baker Creek.• Initiated “Summer Research Internship Series” on personal social media platform to engage 1,800+ followers on the importance of this research by explaining the complex science in clear and understandable language.

Miami, Florida, United States

• Competitively selected to work for DOE-EM’s environmental clean-up challenge (the largest environmental remediation project in the world)• Design and prepare batch experiments to study radioactive contaminant absorption.• Analyze and summarize results for reports and publications.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Engineering, Senior

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, High School Senior

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Member Began Dual Enrollment classes the summer of my high school sophomore year.

High School Diploma, High School Senior

Activities and Societies: Bartram Trail Eco Club, Founder and President Happily Ever After, Secretary Hispanic Honor Society, Member.