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San Francisco, California, United States

• Develop technical assistance tools and techniques to support the implementation of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grant programs in 148 Tribal nations across Arizona, California and Nevada• Communicate regional climate work to the public via EPA Pacific Southwest social media platforms – advancing environmental literacy and civic engagement through scientific videos, articles, & infographics

Stanford, California, United States

• Curate and refine students’ artistic vision and technical command of photographic composition through field explorations, critique sessions, and photo competitions• Featured photograph in the 2023 “Gwinnett County Public Library Photo Annual Exhibition” and the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival • Appointed an Undergraduate Judge for the 2024 Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Photo Contest

Stanford, California, United States

• Educate, empower, and engage over fifty (50) Black undergraduate and graduate students with nature through health advocacy, environmental storytelling, and outdoor community-based recreation• Collaborate with Stanford Recreation & Wellness, Sports Basement, and California State Parks to provide low-income students with 50-100% discounts on recreational gear rentals• Planned and executed a three (3) day interpretive program for seventeen (17) students in Redwood National & State Parks — convening with apprentices of the Save the Redwoods League to examine the role of conservation, co-stewardship, and the coast redwood in sustaining California’s human and natural systems• 6th Place Winner of the 2024 Zipcar Students With Drive Challenge — securing a $500 donation to the Stanford Fund Scholarship, $500 organizational grant and $300 in rideshare credit

Stanford, California, United States

I. Amplify educational and career opportunities in the Earth and environmental sciences through cooperative partnerships with cultural community service centers and diverse student organizations across campusII. Planned and executed a fireside chat with Environmental Justice Lecturer, Dena Montague — exploring innovative approaches to STEM that can catalyze radical social change in energy production, K-12 education, and the Afrofuturist imagination.

Stanford, California, United States

I. Authored a creative nonfiction exploring the formation, distribution, and transport of the coastal California fog system, as it relates to the physical, biological, and economic integrity of CA’s nearshore environment

Stanford, California, United States

• Evaluated the making, material, and possibility of research at the intersection of the blue humanities and ocean sciences through two (2) case studies: research cruises and the shifting baselines syndrome of fisheries• Compiled an interdisciplinary archive of articles, datasheets, photographs, film, video, and cruise reports that speak to representations of (and knowledge about) the underwater environment

Pacific Grove, California, United States

- Introduced to the principles and practice of near-shore and offshore navigation, weather, seamanship, and large-sailing-vessel operation- Trained in the deployment of research-grade oceanographic equipment (i.e., CTD, meter net, neuston net), and the protocols and procedures of fluorometry, spectrometry, and titration- Designed and executed an in-situ research project exploring the influence of organic matter assemblages on the formation and dissipation of marine foam in the Southeast Pacific