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United States

The University of California’s Cooperative Extension (UCCE) office requires the ability to wear multiple hats to support advisor and county director projects, programs & changing needs. Additional support has included: grant writing/editing, budget development, fiscal management, operation assistance, digital repository design & changing day-to-day needs.

UCCE administrative operations, and fiscal assistance to advisors. Work includes engagement with community, local, state and national programs and partners. Primary partner agencies of UCCE Alameda are currently: (1) the County of Alameda’s Department of Agriculture(2) the County of Alameda’s Community Development Agency(3) the University of California’s.

Co-writing & Editing Grant Proposals; Supporting Report Research, Writing and Editing; Grant Development, Submission & Management; Development/Management of Budgets; Day to Day Cooperative Extension Operations & Administration; Participation in Short-Term and Long-Term Planning Activities (including cost-savings efforts, change management, problem solving.

Washington, D.C., US

Support of Online Curriculum Development and Training Material Development in collaboration with Joyce Hunter (former USDA CIO), and education partners and stakeholders. Building on UC ANR's Food, Ag, Design and Open Data Curriculum expanded on in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Davis, California, US

This summer program, was the third pilot of programming in collaboration with UC ANR, Vulcan Enterprises, Community Colleges and K-12 educational enrichment, which included experiential education and field trips as important elements of fostering youth interest in STEAM and Food Systems.Collaborative development and expansion of curriculum for Summer Youth.

US

As a National Cooperative Extension Food Systems Fellow I had the opportunity to work with "boots on the ground" folks engaging with cooperative extension at the regional level. Together we focused on ways to Find Inspiration in Food Systems, and developed workshops that fostered making time and space to work with eXtension to explore ways to.

Davis, California, US

This summer program, was the second pilot program with UC ANR and Vulcan Enterprises, with a focus on 4-H programming and youth career pathways. Programming included experiential education and field trips as important elements of fostering youth interest in STEAM and Food Systems.As a lead instructorI, had the opportunity to:Co-develop a three-week Summer.

Davis, California, US

This summer program, was the first pilot of programming in collaboration with UC ANR, Vulcan Enterprises, Community Colleges and K-12 educational enrichment, which included forging community partnerships. The program focused on experiential education and field trips as important elements of fostering youth interest in STEAM and Food Systems.As a lead.

California, US

As a contracted entrepreneur, I had the opportunity to use platform design techniques to support three women founders launching a women in tech incubator in the Sacramento region. My work included:Support of Incubator Launch 2017Incubator Funders Event Planning and Implementation - at Thai Basil / Veg (2017)Education Day Event Planning and Implementation.

Oakland, California, US

As a contracted entrepreneur, I had the opportunity to work with an amazing team of Good Eggs staff during CEO transitions and changes that occurred in early 2016. With a focus on restructuring the supply chain and onboarding process into a learning engine for Good Eggs, Vendors and Customers, I had the opportunity to bring almost 8 years of experience as.

If there was a such thing as an entrepreneurial thesis, building this business from the ground up, would be mine. The development of this business was one of the most intensive times of my life, and allowed me to grow and develop as a social entrepreneur, while also learning elements of experience design and platform development through "boots on the.

This work was my introduction to entrepreneurship. In this position I had the opportunity to build a greenhouse supply company inside a garden supply store. The greenhouse company launch was due to a FEMA flood in 2005, the year I graduated with my BA, as the 2008 recession emerged. Business was acquired in 2009.

Davis, California, US

This position included volunteer work running research experiments in Social Psychology and participating in literature review, the preparation of presentations for research conferences and discussions.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Educational Technology Evaluation - Team MemberSurvey Design with Oxford Brookes University’s Learning Development Department.

International Degree Of Arts And Sciences - Bs, Social Sciences, Architecture, And Educational/Instructional Technology

Master Of Arts - Ma, Social Innovation And Sustainability

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Visual And Performing Arts