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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Conducted interviews with NGOs working in and around Cape Town on their organization's efforts to combat food insecurity in addition to background research on the status of food security in the Western Cape

Drafted grant proposals for a project in Bajo de los Anonos, Costa Rica, which provided afterschool programs and counselling for at-risk youth

Syracuse, New York, United States

Conducted research on the viability of a USDA run carbon intensity label for the Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition

Champaign, Illinois, United States

This Department of Defense funded research project conducted by Professor Prorok from the University of Illinois and Professor Menninga from the University of Iowa sought to understand the impact that cooperative events between rebel groups and governments have on intra-state conflicts. My duties involved finding instances of cooperative events in several intra-state conflicts including ones in Bosnia, Mauritania, and Syria.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

My duties involved voter outreach through canvassing, phone banking, and helping with campaign events.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

I was the volunteer coordinator which entailed recruiting volunteers to register voters and to help create inventive ways to convince college students to register to vote.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

I worked on average ten hours a week doing voter outreach which included activities like phone-banking, canvassing, and staffing campaign events.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Relations, Graduate Student

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Economics