Engineering and Innovation Group Chair

• Apr 2023 - Present

- Guide EIG strategy and CRC milestones- Lead monthly Leadership Committee meetings- Moderate quarterly Stakeholder MeetingsThe mission of the Engineering and Innovation Group (EIG) is to help connect engineering networks and the coral restoration community in support of scalable and efficient building solutions for coral reef restoration. To achieve this, the EIG endeavors 1) to translate practitioner hurdles and demands into the engineering requirements/standards to achieve those needs, 2) to help clearly communicate design requirements to the engineering network, and 3) to provide opportunities for practitioner-engineer interfacing. Show less

Leadership Committee Member

• Nov 2022 - Apr 2023

- Support Chair in strategic planning of CRC milestones- Coordinate composure of EIG Annual report- Recruit Stakeholder Meeting presenters- Attend monthly LC meetings

Secretary

• Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

- Led the plenary sessions at Reef Futures Conference 2022 with an audience of ~600 participants- Hosted the “in-water propagation showcase” to highlight innovative restoration tools and technologies- Recorded, monitored, and hosted quarterly stakeholder and monthly leadership meetings

Project Coordinator

• Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

- Recruited on special assignment to support overall project management and administration - Tasked with integrating the various teams: administration, communications, and logistics; coral garden and marine operations; coral nursery design engineering and construction; monitoring science integration and data management The KAUST Reefscape Restoration Initiative is a large-scale coral reef restoration program in the Red Sea in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, begun in 2021 and led by KAUST, in partnership with NEOM. By creating a coral garden of 100 hectares, this project aims to surpass the current global benchmark by 70 times, setting Saudi Arabia at the forefront of marine restoration and innovation. Show less

Sustainable Engineering Intern

• Aug 2021 - Aug 2021

Integrated Island Engineering Systems for Sustainability: How Power, Water and Sanitation Systems on a Small Island Can Help Us Understand Larger Issues in Sustainability - Helped SML monitor the energy output of the 10 kW wind turbine and compare data to theoretical outputs of the system - Tasked with helping to fine-tune the island's green grid with a goal of reducing overall electrical production from fossil fuels to less than 5% - Monitored the production of water via RO and use of well water - Provided SML with recommendations for sustainable water treatment best practices using the existing equipment - Collected energy output data of the island's refrigeration system and compared those values to previous years Show less

Coral Conservation and Reef Restoration Fellow

• Jan 2021 - May 2021

Maintained offshore coral nurseries, out-planted mature fragments of Acropora cervicornis/palmata and monitored outplants throughout the Florida Reef Tract for the world’s largest coral restoration non-profit organization. Lead public educational events, citizen science dives and dive programs to help spread awareness on the importance of reef systems while furthering the organization's overall goal. Worked as a front-of-house representative at the Coral Restoration Foundation Exploration Center while giving tours, selling merchandise, answering phone calls/emails and processing donations. Assisted in miscellaneous warehouse duties including the construction of Coral Trees, compressing SCUBA tanks, scientific data input, and photo tagging. Show less

Discovery Learning Apprentice

• Aug 2019 - May 2020

Research Topic: Micro-Grids for Remote Villages There has been progress on rural electrification in recent years. Some areas of the world, though, are not suitable for penetration by a universal grid. Swathes of the Peruvian Amazon spend months of each year underwater. Such areas are more amenable to micro-grids powered by renewable electricity sources than to being on the end of long distribution lines. Micro-grids for Remote Villages is a collaboration of UCB faculty, the Mortenson Center for Engineering in Developing Communities (MC-EDC), an IEEE Special Interest Group for Humanitarian Technology and The Centura Global Health Initiatives. We are presently working with two villages east of Iquitos, Peru, one on the northern and one on the southern bank of the Amazon River. Our interest is in rural electrification although a modest first step will probably be installation of smaller micro-grids to serve purposes of education of Peruvian medical personnel in jungle medicine. Students working with the program will assist in green energy research while interfacing with students, practitioners and researchers in Peru. Show less

Lead Intern and Outreach Coordinator

• May 2018 - Sep 2018

For the Summer of 2018, I served as the Intern Coordinator, March for Ocean (M4O) Coordinator, and Executive Assistant to the director and founder of the Inland Ocean Coalition (IOC). As Intern Coordinator, I worked directly with the summer interns and served as a liaison between the Colorado and national IOC chapters. As M4O Coordinator, I planned the March for the Ocean event that took place on Saturday, June 9th 2018. I also worked directly with the director and founder to assist with daily tasks, such as chapter coordination, marketing, grant-writing, and social media. Show less

CU Chapter Founder and President

• Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

Ocean Conservation Intern

• Sep 2016 - May 2018

- Coordinated fundraising events and served as a personal assistant under the executive director - Helped establish a “plastic-free” movement in the Boulder area by advising restaurants to limit plastics- Created the first college chapter under the Inland Ocean Coalition, known as the CU Colorado Ocean Coalition

Civil Engineering Intern

• May 2017 - Aug 2017