Experience

Optimal GEO

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geospatial Analyst

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Forest Global Earth Observatory Network at Smithsonian Institution

• Crew Leader

  • May 2019 - Present



U.S. Space & Rocket Center

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Aeroponic Horticulturist

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  • Oversee the health and growth of hundreds of vegetables and herbs in an organic setting. • Harvest plants when mature and deliver to the kitchen, who incorporates this food in their meals.• Communicate issues and inventory requirements to the Executive Chef/Director of Food Services.• Outreach to the community by answering visitor questions and speaking about aeroponics at school events. • Oversee the health and growth of hundreds of vegetables and herbs in an organic setting. • Harvest plants when mature and deliver to the kitchen, who incorporates this food in their meals.• Communicate issues and inventory requirements to the Executive Chef/Director of Food Services.• Outreach to the community by answering visitor questions and speaking about aeroponics at school events.



NASA DEVELOP

• Project Lead

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Led team in prioritizing tasks and completing goals to meet project deadlines.• Oversaw collaboration between science advisors, mentors, team members, and project partners to complete project goals.• Increased personal technical skills including developing a scientific project, using ArcMap, using remote sensing software, and technical writing.• Presented methodology and results to NASA Earth Scientists and students of UAH. • Communicated project through a project video, poster presentation, and technical paper.



The University of Alabama in Huntsville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Greenehouse Manager

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Mass produced various vegetables and herbs for annual plant sale• Germinated and sustained a variety of endangered plants native to Southeast United States in a conservation effort partnered with the Huntsville Botanical Garden • Mass produced various vegetables and herbs for annual plant sale• Germinated and sustained a variety of endangered plants native to Southeast United States in a conservation effort partnered with the Huntsville Botanical Garden



Alabama A&M University

• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Lead Intern

  • May 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Team Leader for a thesis project studying an endangered plant along the Cumberland Plateau. • Used ArcGIS to locate field study sites and determine safest route to site locations.• Contacted landowners to gain permission to access property.• Led small crews several miles into the woods in occasionally dangerous terrain and situations and ensured my team’s safe return. • Gathered microhabitat data (tree cover, tree species, diameter at breast height, etc) in a 10m wide circle from hundreds of test sites in an efficient and accurate manner.



The University of Alabama in Huntsville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research or Creative Experience for Undergraduates (RCEU) Intern

  • May 2016 - Jul 2016

  • Collected minute calculations of monarch butterfly morphology • Assisted in running butterfly flight experiments in a vacuum chamber• Presented a poster summarizing findings • Collected minute calculations of monarch butterfly morphology • Assisted in running butterfly flight experiments in a vacuum chamber• Presented a poster summarizing findings