Resume
Research
Environmental Justice:
Air Pollution and Food Apartheid
Independent Research Project
August 2022 - May 2023
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Led independent research project on the relationship between air pollution, food apartheid conditions, and negative health outcomes in D.C. neighborhoods and worked with 2 professors to
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Skills: field data collection and analysis; system engineering modeling; literature research; project proposal and grant writing to obtain funding; communication and outreach with local organizations.
DC Department of Transportation: Public Space Permit Policy
Research Project | Project Manager
August 2022 - December 2022
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Directed and organized a team of four students to complete a DDOT sponsored case study and policy analysis.
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Supervised the development of a 25 page “best practice” manual regarding public space permit policies and developed a model to optimize the permit obtainment process for stakeholders.
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Skills: leadership; organization and time management; prioritization of tasks to meet DDOT established deadlines; clear communication of research, writing, and recommendations.
Experience
August 2023- Present
Manager of Sponsored Events: AGS
Project Manager: YouthMappers
January - March 2022
Research & Publications Intern
Environmental Law Institute
Washington D.C.
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Created three case study reports on Aquaculture farms in Maine through comprehensive research;
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Collated relevant news articles, drafted social media posts, and vetted podcast guests in collaboration with EPA
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Carried out an independent research project on Right of Nature laws.
August 2022 - May 2023
Spatial Analysis Lab Assistant
GWU Geography Department
Washington, D.C.
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Provided weekly technical support to 30 undergraduate and graduate students for ArcMap and ArcGIS pro in Windows, Mac, and Citrix environments.
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Directed technical instruction for all 12 currently offered GIS Courses by adapting to students’ experience levels with spatial analysis and software experience.
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Created a cartographic best practices manual for undergraduate students in Introductory and Intermediate GIS courses.
May 2022 - May 2023
Data Validator & Project Mentor
YouthMappers Validation Hub
Washington D.C.
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Analyzed satellite imagery to create infrastructure data in coordination with global USAID humanitarian and crisis response projects to better inform crisis response..
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Led global, virtual, training for, on average, 100 students on the software JOSM and trained for data validation through guided 2 hour presentations and demos.
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Spearheaded a new project monitoring role through collaboration with Bolivian stakeholders by providing recommendations and support in project creation and synthesizing data quality report templates for USAID.
Education
2019 - 2023
The George Washington University
B.A. Geography, GIS, Sustainability
Washington, D.C.
Awards and Honors: Joseph Dymond Scholarship Recipient; Presidential Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s List.
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Relevant Coursework: Energy Resources; Open Source GIS and Project Management; Urban Sustainability, Geovisualization and Cartography
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Summa Cum Laude
Leadership Experience
YouthMappers Leadership Summit
Fellow Navigator and Training Coordinator
January 2023
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Selected as a summit navigator to lead a cohort of 15-20 globally selected students for the duration of the 12 day summit.
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Recommended to lead an open-source GIS software training workshop and provide assistance to presenters during their sessions.
Capitol Letters
Managing Editor
2022 - 2023
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Developed the design conceptualization and implementation of the yearly art and literary magazine while managing two layout and design assistants.
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Co-lead weekly meetings of GWU’s art and literary magazine, execute university wide events (poetry slam, launch party, zine distribution), and managed $800 of organizational and donated funds (fundraisers, budget requests, and spending)
Humanitarian Mapping Society
Training Coordinator
2022 - 2023
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Developed and presented training presentations (iDEditor) for bi-monthly “map-a-thons” aimed to coach new and experienced mappers on data creation for selected humanitarian and crisis response projects.
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Initiated the project to further train students in a more advanced open-source geospatial software (JOSM).
Professional skillset
ESRI ArcSuite (Map, Catalog, Pro, Scene, Online, ModelBuilder),
QGIS
JOSM
PostGIS / PgAdmin
Adobe Creative Cloud: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
