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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

College Park, Maryland, United States

College Park, Maryland, United States

Exporting, cleaning, and synthesizing over 70,000 rows of Universal Analytics historical data related to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources website engagement and user characteristics. Facilitating the upgrade in the College's image portfolio from Zenfolio to PhotoShelter. Ensuring the organization of digital assets to improve usability for communications. Authoring an upcoming Alumni Spotlight for the Summer 2024 Momentum Magazine.

Developed and updated content for the college's social media and website utilizing Drupal, AGNR’s website content management system. Relevant projects included digitizing all online content for AGNR's 2024 Winter Momentum Magazine, reworking department landing pages, and developing pages per faculty request. Developed reels and other multimedia content showcasing campus-wide events, utilizing Canva and Adobe Photoshop. Crafted proposals to integrate student media content into both courses and student organizations. Performed all aspects of marketing and communications including digital media, graphic design, writing, research, and other ongoing collaborative efforts.

Assisted AGNR students by constructing comprehensive academic plans tailored to individual educational goals. Contributed to enhancing efficiency within the College of AGNR by streamlining existing processes and instituting efficient organization, including digitizing previous student transcripts and utilizing excel to process students for graduation.

College Park, Maryland, United States

Effectively contributed to the achievement of enrollment targets by supporting AGNR faculty-led programs through targeted outreach efforts. Conducted a student survey that received 100+ responses on study abroad interests and concerns. Synthesized this data and developed concise visualizations that were sent to departments. Effectively communicated student barriers surrounding study abroad to the Dean, Associate Dean, and Assistant Dean of AGNR and worked with International Programs in Agriculture, the Academics Program Office, and Education Abroad to combat these barriers.Enhanced outreach efforts to promote study abroad to students in AGNR. Connected students to resources that generate excitement around study abroad opportunities. Held weekly office hours to provide personalized guidance to students, including course selection and logistics. Represented Education Abroad at outreach events and delivered presentations on study abroad at events and in lecture halls.

Collaborated in a cross-functional team of students to develop deliverables for the Chesapeake Legal Alliance. Researched the legal framework and policies relevant to development projects in Maryland to create comprehensive documents. Focused specifically on Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties due to challenges surrounding significant development pressures. Empowered affected communities by developing public facing documents that outline the legal obligations for development projects and community opportunities to participate in the processes.

Benchmarked mandatory and voluntary compliance requirements for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, and subsequently developed a comprehensive Legal Sheet of relevant current and upcoming disclosure requirements. Conducted a framework gap analysis between current internal reports and disclosure requirements. Utilized a sustainability data management platform, Novisto, to benchmark relevant KPIs for the ESG report. Assisted in the development and improvement of the ESG report as well as the Supplier Code of Conduct. Provided strategic guidance on the optimal next steps for BeiGene to enhance their ESG initiatives, ensuring alignment with investor expectations and disclosure requirements. Performed other communications work and gained collaborative experience. Gained an in depth understanding of reporting standards including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), International Sustainability Standards Board sustainability disclosure and climate disclosure (ISSB S1 & S2), United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), HKEX ESG Reporting Guide, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), EU Taxonomy, and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD).

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Education record

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Science And Policy - Environmental Economics

Relevant coursework: Data Science for Environmental Economics; Environmental Law; Economics of Climate Change; Energy and Environmental.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Operations Management And Business Analytics

Relevant coursework: Data Modeling in Business; Data Analytics; Project Management; Operations Management; Strategic Management; Business.

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Studied art history in an immersive environment, developed a greater understanding of Florentine values and traditions.

Global Ecology