Michaela Ritz Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Bronx, New York

Assists in garden maintenance, planting, and food harvesting for the Food for Others garden.Participates in distributing locally grown produce to local food banks and shelters in the Bronx. Has helped grow and deliver more than 40,000 pounds of vegetables to date.

Bronx, New York, United States

Bronx, New York, United States

Bronx, New York

• Furthers grant requests and handles follow up communication to ensure local organizations can obtain funding
• Directly assists and interacts with constituents to provide resources and personnel that can aid their needs
• Supports the Assembly Member through event preparation, staffing, logistical planning, and document writing
• Answers inquiries about existing or pending legislation and drafts explanatory memos for bills as needed
• Creates memos, statements, and briefings as needed to aid in communications to the public

Greater New York City Area

Handled copious amounts of cash and vouchers while dispensing tickets for the ESBO Admissions Department. Organized and processed voucher requests and paperwork related to ticket purchasing.Interacted enthusiastically with 3,000+ daily visitors while answering questions about the building and NYC as a whole.

Greater Seattle Area

Completed two summer internships (social and natural science, respectively) addressing conservation projects in Washington State. Learned how to use NVivo software for coding transcripts of farmers' opinions about hybrid poplar tree production, and used Wildlife Acoustics Echo Meters and mist nets to execute field research on bat species in the San Juan.

Greater Seattle Area

Conducted field research throughout urban and exurban locations in Washington State with 26 college students. Interacted with local residents, federal and city agencies, indigenous native communities, and migrant populations. Studied how integration of environmental policy, social science, field research, and arts/communication foster diversity of the.

Cataloged cassette files to be removed from archives and quality checked information in pre-existing electronic records. Reduced physical material flow by digitizing incoming paperwork. Streamlined data entry process and improved data accessibility for other office departments.

Furthered existing efforts of urban forest restoration through water management practices and invasive species removal.Maintained land area via erosion control methods, trail repair, tree planting, and pollinator monitoring.Completed a college Environmental Studies course and received credit.

Supported the Venues Department and relayed information to other teams via weekly report meetings.Responsibilities included data-entry, simple website formatting, research, and client correspondence via email.

• Learned about Bronx River history and ecology; performed multiple water quality tests.
• Gained experience handling and rowing Whitehall Rowboats, NYC’s original water taxi vessel.
• Acquired numerous maritime skills and participated in boat-building sessions.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Activities and Societies: Skidmore Rowing Team, Dining Services, Breakbeats, 213 Dance Crew, WSPN: Skidmore College Radio

Environmental Science, 9-12

Activities and Societies: Contributed research assistance for the opening of the first high school-based Holocaust Museum nationally, JV.