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United Kingdom

• Teach Arabic and mentor in humanities subjects for high-achieving high school students.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Researching, verifying sources, and fact checking for Lion Television's feature-length factual program "Saving Venice" for PBS.

• Teach English to dozens of students based in Korea.

• On a special team of mentors, advising high school students thinking about applying to college.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and catalogued 2,500+ photos of endangered art and archaeological artifacts in Syria as part of the Syria Documentation Project in Dumbarton Oaks' Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives.
• Spearheaded Arabic-language access for digital image collections.

• Covering student life and goings-on at Harvard with a humorous voice.
• Picked up and quoted by the Washington Post after covering dining hall workers' strike: "Life Without HUDS: A Survival Guide."
• Designed multimedia pieces and graphics.
• Founded, authored, and create graphics for the monthly In/Out series.

• Head the “more-than-daily” source of pop culture updates, general news reports, and campus happenings published under The Harvard Crimson. Flyby reports on timely topics, both on and off campus, with a humorous and.
• Manage department of 20 editors and oversee all regular blog activity including conceptualization of pitches, day-to-day workflow, and coordination of long-term projects.
• Edit and send out daily newsletter to a base of 10,000 subscribers.
• Optimize performance of content by analyzing post traffic, social interactions, and community engagement.
• Collaborate with Co-Chair on future direction of the blog, branding strategies, and intra-board bonding events.
• Oversee all social media activity, focusing on community outreach, student involvement, and overall growth.

Algiers, Algeria

• Spent the summer working in the Cultural Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Algiers.
• Made possible by a grant from the Harvard Center for African Studies

Corinth, Greece

• Worked with this major interdisciplinary research program under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and in conjunction with the Greek Ministry of Culture.
• Made possible by a full scholarship from the Center for Hellenic Studies.
• Learned and carried out site clearing, data analysis, artifact processing, and conservation--the fundaments of archaeological fieldwork.
• The excavations are centered around the harbor town of Kenchreai, which thrived under the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity, a period of prosperity and diversity in religion and identity.

Cambridge, MA

• Researched and edited the book "Why Bob Dylan Matters," written by George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics, Richard F. Thomas.
• The book examines the intersections between Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan’s canon, classical literature, and oral poetic tradition.

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Classics And Classical Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Jesus College 2020-2021 Lionel Pearson Fellow - Full Scholarship from the Society for Classical Studies Thesis.

Bachelor'S Degree, Classical Languages And Literatures & Near Eastern Languages And Civilizations - Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Senior 48, Adams House, Harvard College Writing Center, Sexual Health Education and Advocacy.

Middlebury School In Jordan

Studied abroad at the University of Jordan through the Middlebury School in Amman, Jordan. All coursework taken in Arabic.

Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Program - Olympia & Nafplio, Greece

Studied abroad in Greece for five weeks, taking coursework from ten professors on the topic of "Cross-Cultural Contact between East and.

International Baccalaureate

Activities and Societies: Community Action Club (President), Classics Club (Founder and President), Debate Society, National Honor Society