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• Developed a new municipal green building strategy by engaging departments and building consensus to write a new ordinance, as well as updated design standards
• Co-wrote the Built Environment section of the Climate Action Plan by researching leading practices and meeting with over 15 jurisdictions’ green building staff
• Led the completion of Building and Infrastructure section of 2019 GHG Government Operations Inventory, analyzing over 150 buildings and presenting findings to senior staff

Berkeley, CA

• Led outreach to educate and change purchasing habits of Berkeley's campus departments
• Aided the implementation of 10+ zero waste building roll outs, met with building occupants, conducted informational presentations, created building maps, and conducted waste audits
• Collaborated with 5 cafes and bookstore to reduce waste and increase reusables by procuring new products, training staff on waste sorting, and creating customer educational material
• Conducted waste audits to certify first TRUE Platinum academic building in world, Chou Hall

Berkeley, CA

• Work closely with the Assistant Director and Executive Chef to aid them in any way
• Designed brochures, presentations, advertisements, menus, and more to market Cal Dining effectively
• Implemented a reusable menu sign program that significantly reduced menu signage waste by 80%

Berkeley, CA

• Hired as Student Employee in Sept 2016 and promoted to Student Lead in Aug 2017
• Managed Student Employees by hiring, training, scheduling, and more at one of UC Berkeley’s dining halls
• Learned how to be a quick problem solver, for both operational and customer issues

• Coordinated recruitment efforts resulting in the biggest volunteer turnout in 10 years with over 150 students and directly oversaw a team of 20 interns and volunteers
• Directed a fundraising drive and managed a team of 12 coordinators that raised $80,000

• Collaborated with the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Sustainability Office and contributed to a UC zero waste policy
• Recognized as National Student of the Week Jan. 2019, quoted in the Daily Californian, National Public Radio, East Bay Times, and more for work on waste policy

• Successfully developed a plan to commit UC Berkeley to the country's strongest plastic ban by collecting 12,000 petitions and conducting over 20 stakeholder meetings
• Ran campaigns to pass City of Berkeley's ordinance which reduces plastic foodware and lobbied state representatives to co-author two unprecedented plastic reduction bills

Berkeley, CA

• Tasked with targeting swing votes on SB100, which would get CA to 100% renewable electricity by 2045
• Lobbied conservative Assemblywoman Catharine Baker on SB100
• Baker voted “yes” on SB100, and it only passed by two votes in the State Senate
• SB100 was the most aggressive and comprehensive climate change action policy in the world at the time

• Founded UC Berkeley's student-led coalition for campus organizations working on waste after seeing improved communication and collaboration was needed to meet collective goals
• Led effort for major funding changes and received grant for new Zero Waste Fellow position
• Coordinated outreach and educational efforts during Zero Waste October and Compost Week, educating over 5,000 students through peer-to-peer education

• Instructed juniors weekly at Oakland High School’s Law and Social Justice Academy
• Researched and prepared lesson plans on city planning and community development
• Collaborated with students who created official recommendations to local housing project

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked in project management for the Street Resurfacing Program
• Manually tracked funding requests and attended weekly meetings at SF Planning Department, so I saw the behind-the-scenes of city government
• Using raw data, created a presentation for the Mayor’s Office to show our impact on SF and secure our funding, and created GIS maps for Supervisors and residents who requested them

Berkeley, CA

• Served as liaison between RHA and my Hall Association, serving over 950 residents
• Voted on budget and funding requests for a $30,000+ budget; never abstained
• Received "Perfect Attendance Award" and "Most Likely to Stop Global Warming"

Sustainable Environmental Design B.A., City & Regional Planning Minor, 3.7 Gpa

4.2 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Varsity Volleyball, Basketball, & Softball Captain