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California, United States

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Expanding the EV Charging for All Coalition nationally, advocating for equitable EV readiness policy via building codes. Host and convene the 2024 IECC EV Working Group, successfully added EV codes to the 2024 IECC. Co-sponsored SB1482, the EV Charging Equity bill, passed by CA 2022 legislature. Published the first national EV Codes Toolkit. www.chargingforall.org

• Led the development of a volunteer canvass operation from scratch, overseeing training, logistics, and voter outreach in partnership with Worker Power.• Built internal systems, provided coaching and mentoring to volunteers, ensuring a successful canvassing operation.• Achieved a significant increase in voter engagement and participation in Phoenix, Arizona through effective canvassing efforts.

El Cerrito, Ca, Us

Ran a local clean money political campaign endorsed by SEIU 1021, Run On Climate, Our Revolution East Bay, 350 Bay Area Action, Asm. Alex Lee, Asm. Ash Kalra, Bill McKibben, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, and others.

San Francisco, California, Us

Partnership development to build a client base for climate-positive banking fintech early-stage startup, recruiting 50+ key environmental nonprofits and sustainable businesses. Set up new sales CRM system. Brokered partnership to include placement on Climate Town (popular YouTube program) resulting in an exponential increase in account applications.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Built EV Charging for All, a broad coalition of over 1400 organizations and individuals – spanning public health, racial justice, climate justice, clean transportation, elected leaders, clean energy, and industry – to advocate for more equitable Electric Vehicle charging access in state building codes. Achieved a 5x increase in access to EV charging in new Multi-Family Housing in California. Policy development, writing, white papers, team leadership, coalition-building.

California, Us

Professionalized all-volunteer statewide grassroots climate finance non-profit, increasing operational budget by 600%.Recruited, hired, motivated and mentored staff and volunteers; conducted annual performance reviews.Using digital and in-person campaign tactics, secured divestment support from CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma. Earned national media coverage of reports detailing $19B in losses at America’s two largest pension funds.Launched nationwide Climate Safe Pensions coalition of 14 state pension divestment campaigns. Designed and hosted successful, sold-out Zoom webinars in collaboration with partner organizations.Implemented new constituent management, internal communications, program evaluation, and email marketing processes, dramatically increasing donor engagement and operational efficiency.Oversaw organization’s first racial awareness training, and launch of an Equity & Inclusion team.

California, Us

Partnership development, external relations, communications, and campaign management for two climate nonprofits: Fossil Free California and 350 Silicon ValleyCampaigns & communications director for Fossil Free California: coalition building, campaign management, media relations, content development. More information at fossilfreeca.orgLead organizer for the March for Fossil Fuel Freedom: a 3 day, 34-mile walk to raise awareness of Big Oil's favorite banker: "Oily Wells" Fargo. More information at oilywells.com

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Voter outreach and organizing for the Mike Levin US congressional campaign, California District 49

Boston, Ma, Us

State-wide partner recruitment, outreach, strategic planning & engagement for Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice - the largest climate march ever on the West Coast, and 30,000-person flagship event for a global day of climate action. Developed and delivered digital trainings, managed volunteers, oversaw multiple projects.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Produced viral Standing Rock Update video, generating 241k Facebook views. Managing Editor of weekly newsletter with 20k+ subscribers, covering Indigenous rights, criminal justice reform, climate solutions policies, and food justice. Operations improvements: moved organization to Slack internal communications platform. Streamlined photo/video coverage for annual conference: reduced redundancies, identified opportunities for technical improvements, built positive relationships with vendors and clarified contractual agreements.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Strategic marketing, social media and publicity for both the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy & Finance and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance. Built relationships with communications teams in related University departments. Coordinated annual financial journalists event in New York.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Science story research and development for NVidia, exploring how GPU and machine learning technologies are used in scientific research. Responsibilities included:• research into potential science projects• outreach to relevant scientists• assessing identified projects' societal benefits, timeframes, and storylines• reporting back with recommendations for powerful stories. Fields of study included climatology, automated transportation, big data for humanitarian relief, HIV and cancer research, robotics, and marine science.

Researched, developed, fundraised, produced and distributed compelling non-fiction media on complex subjects related to social and environmental justice. Built & managed all business operations. Selected projects include:Worse Than Poop!, award-winning short video for kids about CO2 pollution.• Winner of the UNAFF Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary and the Wild & Scenic Kids' Jury Award for Best Film. • Successfully funded on Kickstarter using social media, networking, public speaking, outreach, partnerships and strategic alliance- building. • Screened in schools and at film festivals internationally.The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands• Developed, produced, and distributed nationally-broadcast PBS documentary. • Station relations & educational outreach, reaching 25 PBS markets and 30m viewers. • Raised $400k budget, and managed all financials & reporting.• Built alliances and partnerships with local indigenous communities and public broadcasting entities; public advocate for Guam and CNMI right to self-determination. • Created educational study guide in collaboration with content experts; organized screenings and spoke at conferences internationally. • Distributed by New Day Films, and featured by the Zinn Education Project and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver - The Insular Empire is now taught in universities around the world, from Columbia Law School to Temple University Japan.Additional work included projects on mining, climate refugees, dams, workplace training, and mixed martial arts reality television.

Newburgh, New York, Us

Active member/owner of educational film distribution B-Corp co-op, with over 100 members and $1.4M in annual revenues. * Sales & Outreach Team Leader, American Sociology Association national conference, 2014.* National librarian liaison and National Media Market Sales & Outreach Team Leader, 2011-2012. * Launched internal sustainability task force.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Created media outreach tools for Stanford University Office of Student Affairs, covering issues of sexual harassment and assault, overseas study, academic integrity, and accommodations for students with disabilities. * Identified needs* Hired and managed teams* Managed budgets* Created partnerships with diverse staffSatisfied the needs of multiple stakeholders: 98% of audiences reported greater understanding of issues, policies and resources explained by the materials.

Created all outreach materials for Cool City Challenge, a community-based behavior change initiative to create model cities for climate change mitigation and resilience.http://www.coolcitychallenge.org/

San Francisco, California, Us

Developed curriculum and taught film history, documentary, video production, and video editing to international high school students. Mentored students: launched first SFIFF multi-class field trip; two students chosen as SFIFF youth jurors; two student films screened at Spare the Air Film Festival.

Ma, Communications

Ab, Comparative Language & Literature

Candidate Training Alumna

Architecture, Columbia College Core Humanities Curriculum

Intensive Spanish