Experience

Sempervirens Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Natural Resource Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Implement and manage restoration projects focused on protecting natural resources on Sempervirens’ protected land, which includes restoring native plant communities, decommissioning and/or improving old dirt roads, removing non-native invasive species, and restoring riparian habitat, all to protect the property resources and better prepare the land for climate resiliency.Implement and manage biological surveys in order to best inform land management projects, such as, coordinating botanical surveys and performing inland marbled murrelet surveys.Coordinate and facilitate research access with universities, some of which has focused on climate change effects on mountain lions and bats, stream health assessments, and informing local plant species and community databases. Discuss and plan how to make the organization inclusive, and become/stay educated, as a member of the DEIJ working group.Additional roles: Co-manage the stewardship volunteer program, support the Communications team with #FieldNotes videos for social media, and support maintenance and stewardship projects on an as needed basis. Show less

• Land Stewardship Associate

  • Nov 2018 - Sep 2021

  A non-profit land trust dedicated to protecting and stewarding redwood forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains.•Assist in managing and stewarding Sempervirens' fee-owned properties, conservation easements, and timber rights easements.•Coordinate stewardship and maintenance work with contractors and volunteers such as biological surveys, restoration, erosion control, site clean up, and invasive species removal. •Coordinate volunteer workdays focused on invasive species removal.•Assist in managing UC Santa Cruz internship program at San Vicente Redwoods.•Prepare and update management plans for fee-owned properties. Show less



Arcadis

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Biology Field Technician

  • Sep 2017 - Nov 2018

  •Performed biological construction monitoring and environmental compliance tasks. •Ensured work by staff and contractors was performed in accordance with local and state permit requirements. •Performed field surveys for special status species, rare plants, nesting birds, and noxious weeds. •Wrote technical reports and permits, reviewed invoices, coordinated with contractors, updated health and safety protocols, and performed environmental desktop reviews using state and federal databases. • Communicated technical information to a wide variety of audiences including interfacing with clients and contractors, leading safety briefings in the field, and providing company biological awareness training. • Documented and summarized field activities of staff and subcontractors, and prepared daily field reports for management team and clients. •Other field support included site maintenance, vegetation clearance, overseeing restoration activities, and installing storm water BMPs and animal exclusion fencing, Show less



Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Land Intern

  • Mar 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Reviewing and synthesizing management plans and reports in support of the Land Stewardship team. • Coordinating biological monitoring and reporting with external agencies. • Analyzing and compiling biological and geographic data. • Designing vegetation survey plans and conducting surveys in a coastal grassland community. • Reviewing and synthesizing management plans and reports in support of the Land Stewardship team. • Coordinating biological monitoring and reporting with external agencies. • Analyzing and compiling biological and geographic data. • Designing vegetation survey plans and conducting surveys in a coastal grassland community.



Girl Scouts of Northern California

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Program Instructor

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Teaching elementary students chemical and civil engineering through hands-on experiments. • Teaching elementary students chemical and civil engineering through hands-on experiments.



University of California, Santa Barbara

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Assisted graduate students in Professor Josh Schimel’s lab by processing soil and plant samples, sieving soils, and measuring pH, carbon to nitrogen ratios, denitrification, and density fractions.• Assisted a graduate student in his research in the field at UC reserves by identifying and collecting plant samples, measuring percent plant cover, digging soil pits, and sampling and analyzing soils.

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Dec 2014 - Jun 2016

  Awarded the Worster Award, a competitive research grant.Designed a project with a graduate student in Professor Schimel’s lab on mineral protected carbon.• Measured CO2 release, carbon to nitrogen ratios, and performed density fractionation.• Presented a poster at the Undergraduate Research Colloquium Symposium.Designed a project analyzing the decomposition of various plant species with varying root architectures in Professor Schimel’s lab.• Collected grasses and soil from a grassland, measured CO2 release, and carbon to nitrogen ratios.• Analyzed and interpreted results using graphs and statistical analyses.• Presented a poster at the Undergraduate Research Colloquium Symposium. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

  • Assisted a Post-Doc in Professor Carla D’Antonio’s lab in observing how soil spatial heterogeneity buffers the effects of climate change on plant communities.• Organized data and cultivated, monitored, collected, and sorted plant samples/seeds.• Managed and delegated work to undergraduates.

• Field Technician

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Assisted Professor Sweet in the field on an "as needed" basis to examine southern California microclimates affected by the recent drought, and determined effects on local amphibian populations.

• Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Assisted head curator Mirea Beas-Moix at the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration in maintaining appropriate ethanol levels of preserved specimens, as well as cataloging and organizing data in the Herpetology Chamber.