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Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Started the first clinic-based syringe exchange service in Utah as an AmeriCorps community health worker.

Taos, New Mexico, United States

Tutored students, led study sessions, and prepared course material for the EMT-B, Environmental Science, and Biology for Health Sciences courses at UNM-Taos throughout their transition to online education necessitated by COVID-19.

Plymouth, Vt

Supervised and supported staff of seven in the Outdoor Living Skills (OLS) activity area in their leading of morning lessons and afternoon activities for students aged 10-13. Developed and led the OLS apprenticeship program for 14-year-olds in which campers are more deeply engaged with wilderness and survival skills.

London, United Kingdom And San Francisco, Ca

Acted as a community events organizer, administrator, peer counsellor, and crisis responder for a group of 125 residential, international students for 8 months in two Minerva residences (London, UK and San Francisco, CA). Started multiple ongoing initiatives and programs for improving the wellness of individuals and the student body as a whole.

Claremont, Ca

Designed and tested loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) primers for the detection of uropathogenic bacteria for the eventual incorporation into a urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnostic device. The work I completed for Dr. Schlappi at the Keck Graduate Institute, in addition to an economic analysis of growing rates of antibiotic-resistant UTI, constituted my senior thesis at the Minerva Schools.

Hyderabad Area, India

Learned various wet laboratory skills (cell culture, transformation, plasmid insertion, cell digestion, DNA cloning, PCR, and gel electrophoresis) to assist Ph.D. students their research into the genetics of hematopoietic stem cell differentiation into the B cell lineage.

Plymouth, Vt

Taught two-hour lessons to groups of campers aged 9-13 on tool use, shelter-building, outdoor awareness, species identification, and orienteering. Cabin staff and trips leader for groups of eight 10-year-olds throughout the summer.

San Francisco Bay Area

Generated and published online content regarding higher education for UnCollege's blog and social media platforms.

Angel Fire, Nm

Taught a group of ten intermediate level skiers aged 6-12 to advance their freestyle skills on diverse terrain over the course of multiple seasons.

Angel Fire, Nm

Led all-day lessons for groups of eight children of various skill levels and taught apprentice instructors as a part-time job concurrent with high school attendance.

B.Sc. / B.A., Cellular Biology And International Economic & Political Systems

Graduated Cum Laude in the inaugural class of new liberal arts program; students live in six global cities over four years: San Francisco.

Education record

Activities and Societies:Valedictorian, AP Scholar, and Rotary Interact Club President active in volunteering and community building.