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Waterbury, Vermont, United States

• Work collaboratively with an installation team to construct roof and ground-mounted photovoltaic systems.• Assist in implementation of solar systems while maintaining environmental and electrical regulations.• Collaborate with staff to complete projects in a safe and efficient manner and to ensure high quality results.

Waterbury, Vermont, United States

Waitsfield, Vermont

• Supported young adult students age 18-25 who struggle with mental health issues, providing individualized in-field assistance and programming support as part of their therapeutic treatment plan. • Collaborated with therapists and wilderness guides. Facilitated service projects, expeditions, and daily activities. • Managed all transition plans for young adults leaving True North, including coaching, meetings, and interviews.• Actively participated in the development, planning, and further assessment of True North’s young adult program.

Waitsfield, Vermont

• Led 7-day shifts in a wilderness setting while ensuring physical and emotional safety for up to 7 students age 14-17 or 18-24 who struggle with mental health issues. • Exercised sound judgment while managing risk and use non-violent crisis intervention to manage crises that may arise, including managing logistics within the group and other departments to mitigate risk and ensure safety. • Effectively implemented therapeutic tools and processes including active listening, alignment, feedback, rapport, pattern exhaustion, and incorporated initiatives and activities that support programmatic intention. • Built, maintained, and role-modeled healthy relationships with the students, co-guide, and clinical team. • Collaborated with clinical team to assess student needs and implemented plans to support students through the True North program and with therapeutic goals.• Taught outdoor living skills and provided the necessary support to students, including tailoring my approach to individual student learning needs.• Trained new guides in True North’s policies and procedures as well as mentored them in critical guide nuances.

Greater Boston Area

• Conducted research and produced due diligence reports for housing syndicator clients at the property, portfolio, and organizational levels. These reports assess the relative risk profile of the real estate, underwriting, and sponsorship of low-income housing tax credit investments for fund investors.• Investigated and analyzed real estate funding documents and client financial statements in terms of the viability and success of low-income housing credit projects.• Assisted in the creation and management of Microsoft Access and Excel databases for multiple large commercial banks to analyze their tax credit advantaged investments.• Participated in and led client phone calls and meetings surrounding progress on client deliverables and gathering relevant information needed to proceed with our work.• Created agendas and pre-site visit materials for clients in preparation for annual reviews of housing credit syndicators, assessing their organizational track record and capacity to manage housing credit funds.• Produced content for the annual low-income housing tax credit study, which is widely recognized as an influential benchmark in the industry.

Worcester, Ma

• Developed strategic marketing proposals, including the design and implementation of inbound marketing tactics and content for clients of Origin Consulting, a brand consulting and design firm. • Moderated discussions with clients to design company mission and values and designed the logistical steps to get clients to their business goals, including market research, competitive analysis, brand differentiation, budgeting, implementing internal processes, and measuring metrics. • Managed client social media accounts, including industry-specific marketing platforms, in accordance with strategic brand marketing goals and milestones.

Worcester, Ma

• Organized events that promote community, economic, and cultural growth in Worcester, including stakeholder summits to address the city’s key issues as well as entertainment events that engage the city’s college population. • Worked with development companies to assist in managing the budgets for organizational projects.• Collaborated with other staff to plan the grant writing process, write large-scale grants and progress reports. • Contacted and met with relevant education and government stakeholders to bring programs to fruition.

Hartford, Ct

• Assisted program development team with business coaching and accelerator program at reSET, a non-profit organization aimed at advancing the social enterprise sector in Connecticut. • Initiated the food entrepreneur program, which included the implementation of local food entrepreneur meetups as well as developing strategies for optimizing the food community in Hartford and Connecticut overall.

Worcester, Ma

• Planned grant research, progress reports, and funding initiatives for foundations interested in supporting Genesis Club, which assists individuals with mental illness in attaining employment, education, and housing. • Streamlined the grant submission and progress reporting procedure to improve fundraising efficiency.

Leuven, Belgium

• Worked under the guidance of developmental psychologists while taking part in psychology research in Belgium. • Conducted an independent research study on the relationship between parental attitudes toward corporal punishment and maladaptive child behavior. • Assisted supervising researchers with relevant data analytics, including the use of SPSS statistics software.

Worcester, Ma

• Supervised a small cohort of qualitative psychology students and worked in tandem with the professor to monitor and enhance students’ learning processes. • Created lesson plans, discussion questions, and objectives to assist students’ understanding of course material. • Conducted student exit interviews to optimize the course and completed student assessments for the professor.

Plymouth, Vt

• Organized wilderness adventure trips for children between the ages of 6 and 13. • Collaborated with campers to solve interpersonal issues within the group and build community and cooperation. • Directed safety procedures for campers and planned camping trip itineraries. • Maintained communication with campers’ parents in order to keep families up to date with group activities, discussed individual camper needs, and worked through relevant camper issues.

Master’S Degree, Community Development And Planning

GPA: 3.94, Completed Master’s Thesis titled The Hartford Food System: A Review of Assets, Challenges, and Opportunities (LINK.

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, English

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, Youth Outreach WorcesterGPA: 3.82, Presidential.

Euroscholar Study Abroad Program, Faculty Of Psychology And Educational Sciences

Conducted Comprehensive Research Literature Review on the Cognitive Origins of Parental Physical Discipline and Child Problem Behavior.

Education record

Completed a month-long backpacking trip in the Alaskan backcountry through the Talkeetna Range and was selected to lead my group.

Education record