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Boston, MA, US

Craft community-centered approaches for municipal and community solar projects aligning with CHI's mission of integrating housing, renewable energy, and wellness initiatives.

Develop and promote health and wellness initiatives, focusing on interest-holder engagement and support for adaptive housing and wellness center projects.

Oversaw operations of the Network Leadership Institute and program procurement efforts, managed network administration, and supported the development of strategic priorities. Also engaged in grant opportunity identification and proposal drafting.

Remote

Acted as the central coordinator for 36 health departments, aligning resources during COVID-19 outbreaks, hosting virtual strategic sessions with senior officials, and providing key outbreak response metrics.

Remote

Directed a remote team of 100+ in COVID-19 case tracing, emphasizing rigorous training, meticulous data quality reviews, and optimizing epidemiologic databases.

Remote

Composed policy briefs for municipal authorities regarding the status of sustainable practices in current food systems and provided recommendations to further integrate sustainability into food policy; conducted qualitative analysis on policy and interest-holder perceptions regarding food and nutrition security and sovereignty in Cali.

Cali, Valle Del Cauca, Colombia

Conducted a comprehensive policy review and analysis in agriculture, nutrition, and environmental sectors, coupled with qualitative interest-holder interviews, for an enriched understanding of Cali's food systems.Contributed to the One Planet Network - Sustainable Food Systems Programme - Task Force 3, an inventory of tools helping stakeholders develop.

Greater Boston Area

Coordinated and expanded composting efforts on campus. Recruited and trained volunteers on proper composting procedures. Organized weekly volunteer schedule. Fostered relationships with university facilities and dining services to compost at scale.

Greater Boston Area

Assisted with composting pilot on campus. Collaborated with dining services and university staff to expand composting efforts.

Greater Boston Area

Composed and disseminated weekly communications highlighting beginning farmer training resources and programs working with refugee and immigrant populations. Developed template for resource spotlight emails and created outreach plan and schedules for email distribution. Tracked and reported resource utilization to gauge effectiveness of outreach efforts..

Remote

Annotated real-world speech recognition data to improve natural language understanding. Analyzed and coded text to build database used by language recognition systems. Provided translations for automated test creation and user interface improvements.

Somerville, MA

Contributed to recipe development and standardization, managed inventory, coordinated with local farmers for ingredient sourcing, and played a pivotal role in event planning and staff training.

Somerville, MA

Serviced on- and off-site catered events.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Transcribed spoken audio to improve accuracy of recognition systems.

Master Of Science - Ms, Agriculture, Food And Environment

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Foods, Nutrition, And Related Services

Activities and Societies: Delta Omega Honor Society

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Studio For Interrelated Media