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• Investigate escalated photogrammetry surveys and work closely with Customer Success Engineers to identify, solve, and communicate problematic trends with customer data, thus preventing customer churn
• Manage Stockpile Verification, a new service that has grown by 100% in the last few years. My role involves quality assurance, training 50-plus team members and managing 8 seasonal contract employees, meeting strict.
• Utilize SQL queries to analyze and solve key business questions about data processing efficiency, customer dataset investigations, and automations with Zapier to enhance workflows within Data Success
• Organize programming for a 70-person office as the Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council Lead

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Quickly adapted to Propeller’s data processing pipeline, demonstrating proficiency in photogrammetry, CORS networks, ground control points, surveying, drones, and troubleshooting methodologies
• Effectively communicate intricate geospatial concepts to a non-technical audience during on-boarding sessions, chat support, live demos, and client meetings

• Independently manage the GIS laboratory
• Assist students, faculty, and staff with spatial research and ArcGIS software
• Troubleshoot GIS software for classes and independent projects

• Work closely with the institution’s food provider, Bon Appetit, on food access, availability, and waste initiatives
• Create, distribute, and implement the results of an original survey with a 400 responses to ensure a satisfactory dining experience for students, staff, and faculty
• Work closely with campus stakeholders on sustainable food, compost, and food access initiatives

• Conceptualized and executed an independent research project and thesis, “Mapping the Risk: Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Aquifers to Tsunami-Induced Saltwater Intrusion in Maui, Hawaii"
• Used ArcGIS and Microsoft Excel to analyze and visualize NLCD, LiDAR, and GPS coordinate data
• This project utilized Tsunami Design Zone maps during the CICOES Internship and secured university funding to present research findings to Maui County Governmental officials

• Tutor students in upper-level environmental courses: Introduction to Global Climate Change, Energy: Environmental Thermodynamics and Energetics, Geographic Information Systems, Hydrology, Atmospheric Dynamics
• Host group tutoring sessions for a maximum of 30 students and organize one-on-one tutoring sessions
• Attend monthly Quantitative Reasoning Center meetings to work on skill development with tutors from other STEM departments on-campus

• Investigate the desertification and pattern formation of Colorado grasslands through the collection of eco-physiological, microclimatological, and soil data
• Fly a DJI drone to collect areal imagery and video footage of the study site and our experiments
• Develop code in R Studio that outputs an angular spectrum to analyze the pattern formations over time

• One of 14 interns with the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) internship program through the University of Washington, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, and the National.
• Collaborated with Dr. Yong Wei, a senior research scientist at NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, contributing to the development of Probabilistic Tsunami Design Maps for the American Society for Civil Engineers 7-22.
• Used ArcGIS Pro to standardize the creation of high-resolution Tsunami Design Zone maps, focusing on high-risk flooding areas in Maui, Hawaii
• Utilized.xyz data to generate points, lines, polygons, and rasters, visualizing probable flooding events
• Participated in a poster presentation at the University of Washington at the end of the internship

• Mentored 12 high school sophomores in their academics and college search through weekly group and one-on-one meetings
• Created a virtual community during group meetings that fostered a fun, open, and friendly learning environment
• Curriculum guides included: Standardized testing preparation, upward trajectory in high school, choosing a college,and applying to colleges

• Evaluated Colorado College’s sustainability metrics, ensuring the maintenance of a Gold Rating on the AASHE Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System and Carbon Neutrality as of 2020
• Coordinated a small team to collect, input, and assess over 1,000 sustainability metrics across academics, campus engagement, planning and administration, and operations
• Created comprehensive State of Sustainability reports, showcasing the school’s achievements and areas for improvement

• Lead tour groups of 1-15+ people throughout campus, providing them with facts and achievements of the university along with personal anecdotes
• Build relationships with prospective students and their families during Open House activities and dinners
• Work front desk, mail room, and phone shifts to create a welcoming and helpful environment in the Admissions Office

• Engage with customers by giving them product descriptions and chocolate samples to increase the store’s revenue
• Processed cash and credit payments, restocked shelves, put together custom orders, made ice cream and shakes, and upheld sanitation guidelines

• Led 15 – 30 children, ages 8 to 12, in outdoor recreational activities: Fishing, kayaking, canoeing, archery, and sports
• Taught kids important environmental concepts like Leave No Trace, plant and animal identification, and pollution
• Identified and mediated camper conflicts, communicated with parents at the end of each day, and maintained a daily log

• Keep alumni engaged and updated on Colorado College's newest initiatives and events
• Contact alumni and parents to explain the College's Annual Fund and provide them with the opportunity to support CC

• Helped customers by responding to questions, providing them with style advice, and locating products
• Handled cash registers, organized the inventory room, unloaded merchandise, and managed dressing rooms

Bachelors Of Arts, Environmental Science, Asian Studies, 3.96

Activities and Societies: Office of Sustainability, Student Caller - DIALogue, Treasurer of Asian Student Union, Co-chair of CC Adoptees.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Key Club - Class Director, Chinese Honor Society - President, Freshman Mentor, Eco Club, Asian American Clubcum.