Implementing the Distributed Design Platform's global activities-- including our yearly publication and Impact Report, the Distributed Design Mobility Scheme and Online Exhibition, and the Circular Cities Challenge-- to support our community of creatives in their journey towards more open, collaborative, regenerative, and ecosystemic design practices.

• Lab leader for Food Tech 3.0, one of 9 FoodSHIFT 2030 Accelerator Labs, dedicated to developing, accelerating, and scaling open, citizen-centered, holistically sustainable, equitable and ecosystemic tech solutions for the urban production, distribution, elaboration, consumption and re & upcycling of food• FoodSHIFT2030 launches an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon, circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant-based diets

• Making sure innovative action researchers involved in EU projects are engaging local stakeholders and ecosystems and creating citizen-based solutions• Introducing Fab Lab Barcelona initiatives and neighborhood collaborators to visitors from around the globe

Fab Lab Barcelona hosted Food Tech 3.0, one of nine FoodSHIFT2030 Living Labs in the H2020 EU project FoodSHIFT2030. As Lab Leader during the project's first phase, we worked collaboratively with local stakeholders to redefine food technology as products and processes that are open, equitable, regenerative and citizen-centered while operating ecosystemically to support local food system resilience. Our team at Fab Lab Barcelona designed and implemented a 10-month training program for 10 food tech entrepreneurs, ending in an international showcase during Barcelona's designation as World Capital of Sustainable Food in 2022.As Lab Assistant during the second phase of Food Tech 3.0, I supported knowledge sharing experiences with other food hubs throught Europe. Prepared the Food Tech 3.0 Gitbook, an open archive which focuses on the role Fab Labs and makerspaces can play in the food system transition; how food tech makers can shift to center and serve communities; and how communities can engage with food technology.

Project: Barcelona’s Green Roof Competition 2018• Designing surveys to analyze social factors related to each installation and the various user groups• Data diagnostic to determine successes and challenges and suggest recommendations for improvementProject: educational videos on urban terrace gardening• Collaborating with a local NGO to create video clips on how everyday citizens can create their own terrace garden

•Taught English via VIPKid's online platform to students in China, ages 5-12

•Designed and executed lesson plans and assignments for students in pre-, elementary, and high school in CRA Igea, La Rioja and IES Arraona and Colegio Publico Can Llong in Sabadell, Catalunya•Worked specifically to increase student confidence and fluency in English •Served as a cultural and linguistic reference for non-native professors

•Facilitated the relationship between Slow Food's National School Garden Program, Chipotle, and school gardens across the country•​ Processed requests for resources, fielded questions & collected feedback for garden events •​ Strategized with Slow Food & Chipotle staff regarding NSGP partnership & content development•​ Planning committee member for 2016 MA School Garden Conference & Summit

•Led tours, facilitated sales, & engaged with customers in Cider House•Organized & scheduled promotional events•Brand ambassador at venues & events

•Tutored students in Biology & Spanish courses

•Researched lead poisoning in Utica, NY in a multi-disciplinary research group and investigated the potential for lead exposure in Utica’s independent and city operated gardens•Analyzed Utica’s lead contamination prevention practices, garden development and user demographics, and the city’s food justice issue

•Researched and identified companies across the country similar to AMS that led to the formation of a national consortium of service providers known as FINACA•Analyzed the potential for available business by market in AMS’s client-base•Provided support to the marketing department through website updates and optimization, conducting preliminary research for new AMS sponsored events, and publicizing events through social media•Responsible for entering and maintaining client and contact data in the company's CRM and Constant Contact account•Performed general administrative tasks

•Managed doctors’ notes and organized immigrant patients’ information in a variety of databases•Researched the debate over Spain's public health care reform and presented findings•Conducted all work in Spanish

•Interned at Tuft's Comprehensive Stroke Center, assisting one of the neurologists with a web-based research study.