Experience

Development Action Group

• South Africa
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Support Officer

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Intern to Land Value Capture Programme

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020



Natural Justice

• South Africa
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Apr 2019 - Sep 2019

  Supporting two programmes at the Natural Justice Cape Town Office: Traditional Knowledge and Access and Benefit Sharing; Governance of Land and Natural Resources. Responsibilities include project research, report writing, drafting funding proposal and community facilitation.



Fundación Montecito

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Volunteer Researcher

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  I was in charge of initial research about declaring Colombia's largest lake a RAMSAR site (wetland of international importance), which entailed summarizing and filing existing research about the lake and its ecosystem. This also entailed creating GIS maps of land-use at specific banks of the lake. I also played a supportive role in public participation events around the process.



Project 90 by 2030

• South Africa
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Young Environmental Leaders Project Partner

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2017

  While running the Siyenyuka Programme through the UCT Mountain and Ski Club, we partnered with Project 90 by 2030. I supported their Young Environmental Leaders Programme, which was running Environmental Club at schools across the Cape Flats. Siyenyuka would facilitate bi-monthly hikes, which included practical environmental learning.



University of Cape Town

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2016 - Aug 2017

  Research Assistant to Dr. Deena Pillay at the UCT Marine Biology Department. I was in charge of coordinating a student group for publishing about the effects of climate change on seagrass beds in South Africa. After successful coordination, I was asked to conduct a meta-analysis for Dr. Pillay about the factors affecting the strength of trophic cascades.