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St Paul, Minnesota, United States

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

- Developed and supported access programming that addresses barriers, meets needs, and creates greater access to the museum and its programs. - Fostered new and maintained ongoing relationships with a network of community organizations across the Twin Cities metro area.- Coordinated community organization/member participation in several research projects focused on museums and family learning. - Planned museum-wide and specialized events/event series.- Organized the museum's presence at community events.- Managed interns and coordinators to support access programming, events, and community engagement efforts.- Presented about community engagement at ASTC, AMM, and Play Make Learn conferences.

Blaine, Minnesota, United States

- Provided great customer service as a cashier and barista. - Strengthened ability to multitask and delegate duties within a fast paced workplace.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

- Worked in collaboration with Ramsey County to gather youth feedback on the county's 2040 Comprehensive Plan.- Planned and facilitated several workshops to provide youth with civics education and gather feedback.- Presented findings and communicated suggestions to county commissioners and staff at Ramsey County board meetings.- Shadowed and worked with Evaluation and Research division within the Science Museum of Minnesota.- Worked on a team to plan Youth Science Day 2019.- Led outreach efforts at community events throughout the year.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

- Developed STEM curriculum and designed STEM activities.- Led STEM outreach activities for community organizations and events.- Forged and maintained relationships with various community partners.- Led presentations about STEM Justice content.- Organized community events using a variety of media.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

- Facilitated informal STEM outreach and education focused on underserved youth within the community.- Developed curriculum focused on anti-tobacco education and advocacy for youth of many ages.- Designed and led STEM outreach activities for museum visitors and community youth organizations.- Partook in campaigns surrounding anti-tobacco policy change within Saint Paul. - Participated in professional development seminars with an emphasis on community engagement skills and using science to inspire social justice.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

- Inoculated new and maintained old algae cultures used as food for the copepods kept in the lab. Fed, provided medications, and sustained copepod cultures. Created vitamin stock and water solutions used throughout the lab. Prepared glassware and other lab utensils for use. - Performed field work such as water and copepod collection. - Trained new lab members in procedures and upkeep.- Conducted personal research project on the molecular evolution of the Rh/Amt transporter gene families within arthropoda. Used annotated genes from the lab's copepod's genome to blast for Rh/Amt genes across arthropoda. Generated gene alignments using the genes collected. Created phylogenies for the evolution of the Rh/Amt gene family within arthropoda. - Participated in a molecular evolution journal club and a population genomics journal club within the lab.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

- Participated in field work/research. Assisted in collection of water, dissolved gas, gas ebullition, invertebrate, sediment, and water quality samples/data for various sample sites within the Yahara Watershed. - Processed the collected samples using filtration, loss on ignition, grain size classification, gas chromatography, and species identification using dichotomous keys. - Helped analyze the resulting data using Excel spreadsheets/plots and RStudio to calculate and model the carbon budget of Lake Mendota.- Conducted an individual research project to identify relationship between invertebrate diversity, observed water quality measurements, and land use data for the inflow and outflow streams of Lake Mendota. Calculated land use percentages (using GIS) and invertebrate diversity (using Shannon index) for each stream. Modeled the relationships between invertebrate diversity, nutrient measurements, and the streams' watershed's land use using a multiple linear regression created in RStudio. Determined the environmental and land use factors that significantly predicted invertebrate diversity. - Attended and presented a research poster at the 2017 UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Mera, Pastaza, Ecuador

- Cared for abused and trafficked Amazonian animals. - Prepared food, cleaned up after, and monitored the animals at the facility. - Created/provided enrichment for the animals and maintained enclosures and trails.

Roseville, Minnesota, United States

- Cared for sick, injured and abandoned birds. - Prepared food, fed, cleaned up after, administered medications, and participated in releases of birds taken in by the center. - Trained and assisted new volunteers and followed detailed procedures for patient intake.