Experience

Farm School NYC

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programs Steward

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• Cohort Guide

  • Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

  Farm School NYC has provided adult education in urban agriculture for over ten years - learning through a model of popular education and centering the practices of BIPOC land stewards. As a Cohort Guide, I support the coordination and facilitation of courses in the Citywide Program. I also support strategic planning, gift economy, our alumni network, and land access.



Seeds of Pluto

• Founder

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  an herbal-based company whose purpose is to assist you in planting seeds for the changes you want to make in your life. we can plant seeds for ourselves, each other, and the world. check out my etsy shop seedsofpluto4. an herbal-based company whose purpose is to assist you in planting seeds for the changes you want to make in your life. we can plant seeds for ourselves, each other, and the world. check out my etsy shop seedsofpluto4.



New York Sun Works

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Hydroponics Classroom Specialist

  • Aug 2021 - Apr 2023

  NYSW builds and maintains hydroponic and aquaponic systems in K-12 NYC schools. As a Greenhouse Support Team Member, I specialize in training teachers how to grow food hydroponically in their classrooms with students. I also maintain the lab through seeding, transplanting, harvesting, and cleaning. NYSW builds and maintains hydroponic and aquaponic systems in K-12 NYC schools. As a Greenhouse Support Team Member, I specialize in training teachers how to grow food hydroponically in their classrooms with students. I also maintain the lab through seeding, transplanting, harvesting, and cleaning.



Wainwright Strategy and Analysis

• Administrative Assistant & Writer

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2023

  As an Administrative Assistant and Writer, my role is to support WSA in writing reports, organizing consultant materials, and keeping projects on track for completion. As an Administrative Assistant and Writer, my role is to support WSA in writing reports, organizing consultant materials, and keeping projects on track for completion.



Forever Young Health Food

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials

• Retail Associate

  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

  Assisting the store owner in gathering data and information on business operations, servicing and educating customers on products, restocking shelves, and inventory management. Assisting the store owner in gathering data and information on business operations, servicing and educating customers on products, restocking shelves, and inventory management.



Rise & Root Farm

• United States
• Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Farmer's Market Assistant

  • Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

  Assisting Rise & Root Farm at the farmer's market by setting up, selling, and explaining produce to customers. Assisting Rise & Root Farm at the farmer's market by setting up, selling, and explaining produce to customers.



Green Mountain Energy Company

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sales Representative

  • Nov 2019 - Sep 2020

  furloughed due to COVID-19. Assisting New Yorkers in sourcing their energy use - electricity and gas - from renewable and sustainable wind and solar farms. Able to discuss utilities and differences between fossil fuels and solar/wind, customer service, event set up and break down, tablet data inputting, confidentiality. furloughed due to COVID-19. Assisting New Yorkers in sourcing their energy use - electricity and gas - from renewable and sustainable wind and solar farms. Able to discuss utilities and differences between fossil fuels and solar/wind, customer service, event set up and break down, tablet data inputting, confidentiality.



Gotham Greens

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Production Assistant

  • Apr 2020 - Jun 2020

  hydroponic farm on a rooftop - essential business / critical infrastructure worker during COVID-19. Assisted a hydroponic rooftop farm in the Bronx continue to produce and supply basil to NYC grocery stores. A previous internship peer (Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program) and close friend recommended me and I gained some rooftop farming experience - production scheduling, harvesting, retail and wholesale packing, transplanting between plant stages, sanitation protocol and food safety, physical endurance, and lots of teamwork. Show less



The Battery Conservancy

• Educator

  • Mar 2020 - Mar 2020

  postponed / cancelled due to COVID-19. Leading educational visits to the urban farm at the Battery Conservancy in Manhattan by students of all ages. Assisting in farm maintenance and curriculum development. postponed / cancelled due to COVID-19. Leading educational visits to the urban farm at the Battery Conservancy in Manhattan by students of all ages. Assisting in farm maintenance and curriculum development.



City Parks Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Catalyst Organizer for Partnerships for Parks

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  Partnerships for Parks (PFP) is a public-private partnership between NYC Parks and City Parks Foundation. We work to support neighborhood volunteers by connecting them to the resources they need to advocate and care for their local parks and neighborhoods. The Catalyst Program, within PFP, has been around since 1995 and we organize with community members to address and support the needs of their local parks and communities. Partnerships for Parks (PFP) is a public-private partnership between NYC Parks and City Parks Foundation. We work to support neighborhood volunteers by connecting them to the resources they need to advocate and care for their local parks and neighborhoods. The Catalyst Program, within PFP, has been around since 1995 and we organize with community members to address and support the needs of their local parks and communities.



Open Space Institute

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conservation Diversity Fellow

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

  The Open Space Institute is a leading environmental organization through its commitment to conservation lands, administration of grant funds, and increasing park accessibility. As the inaugural fellow, I spend time with each program at OSI in order to understand the ins and outs of a non-profit organization. I work with each of the senior program directors and their staff, completing projects and an independent research study. -Donor research and letters of inquiry -Program outreach, surveys, and reports -Assist grant review processes Show less



Hispanic Access Foundation

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education Interpretation Intern (Latino Heritage Internship Program)

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  I assisted a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher in developing a high school curriculum about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the complex history of South Florida and Everglades National Park. The Education Interpretation team learned about the history of South Florida through experiential learning. -Developed a high school curriculum with a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Everglades National Park -Blogged about my experience as an LHIP intern -Organized an event with the Archives Intern called "Comparte Tu Historia", where we invited Latinos in South Florida to tell us about their relationship to the Cuban Missile Crisis and/or the Everglades. Show less



Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Gardens Intern in the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  The second year of this program our cohort created groups to work on different projects. -The Urban Gardens team collected data (crop diversity, demographic information, transportation access, etc.) throughout 23 P-Patch Gardens in Seattle, Washington. -Used GIS to create maps from the data and analyzed it to determine the relationships to conservation and environmental/social justice. http://uwconservationscholars.org/ The second year of this program our cohort created groups to work on different projects. -The Urban Gardens team collected data (crop diversity, demographic information, transportation access, etc.) throughout 23 P-Patch Gardens in Seattle, Washington. -Used GIS to create maps from the data and analyzed it to determine the relationships to conservation and environmental/social justice. http://uwconservationscholars.org/



Yeworkwha Belachew Center for Dialogue

• Certified Mediator and Facilitator

  • Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  I have mediated and facilitated conversations between staff, students, faculty, and folks from the city of Oberlin to work toward solutions surrounding a variety of issues, all with a social justice lens. YBCD trains students, faculty, and staff members who represent various sections of Oberlin. It promotes social change and community building through conflict transformation, mediation, educational workshops, and facilitated dialogue. I have mediated and facilitated conversations between staff, students, faculty, and folks from the city of Oberlin to work toward solutions surrounding a variety of issues, all with a social justice lens. YBCD trains students, faculty, and staff members who represent various sections of Oberlin. It promotes social change and community building through conflict transformation, mediation, educational workshops, and facilitated dialogue.



Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  As the pilot cohort for this program, we spent our summer traveling around Washington state learning about the variety of conservation practices and challenges faced by a variety of environmental constituents. We focused on conservation, diversity, social justice, and the natural sciences. As the pilot cohort for this program, we spent our summer traveling around Washington state learning about the variety of conservation practices and challenges faced by a variety of environmental constituents. We focused on conservation, diversity, social justice, and the natural sciences.



Oberlin Community Services

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Outreach Intern

  • Sep 2012 - May 2014

  Oberlin Community Services serves Lorain County, assisting with a food pantry, gas cards, and other social services. As an intern, I helped organize and restock the food pantry, edited and reorganized the new volunteer/employee handbook, and did data entry for the organization. Oberlin Community Services serves Lorain County, assisting with a food pantry, gas cards, and other social services. As an intern, I helped organize and restock the food pantry, edited and reorganized the new volunteer/employee handbook, and did data entry for the organization.



Tropical Audubon Society

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern/Volunteer

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  The Tropical Audubon Society works toward bird and water conservation in South Florida. The intern position created an opportunity to help canvas for their events and fundraisers, attend meetings for water conservation, translate a migration brochure into Spanish, participate in restoration work and to recreate outside. The Tropical Audubon Society works toward bird and water conservation in South Florida. The intern position created an opportunity to help canvas for their events and fundraisers, attend meetings for water conservation, translate a migration brochure into Spanish, participate in restoration work and to recreate outside.



Wave Hill

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Forest Project Collaborative Summer Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  The Forest Project Collaborative sought to teach students about GIS through a course at Lehman College and how to use it to explain the restoration projects in Wave Hill. Each group conducted restoration in a specific area of the woodlands. We built leadership and teamwork skills, having to collaborate on our final presentations and on the physical restoration of our designated area. The Forest Project Collaborative sought to teach students about GIS through a course at Lehman College and how to use it to explain the restoration projects in Wave Hill. Each group conducted restoration in a specific area of the woodlands. We built leadership and teamwork skills, having to collaborate on our final presentations and on the physical restoration of our designated area.



Christodora: Nature, Learning, Leadership

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trip Assistant at the Manice Education Center

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  At the Manice Education Center, the programs focus on ecology, natural science, leadership, and outdoor skills. As a Trip Assistant at the camp, we would teach small lessons, organize the gear needed for camping trips, repair tents and make sure the equipment worked, and spend time learning from the Outdoor Educators about environmental education. At the Manice Education Center, the programs focus on ecology, natural science, leadership, and outdoor skills. As a Trip Assistant at the camp, we would teach small lessons, organize the gear needed for camping trips, repair tents and make sure the equipment worked, and spend time learning from the Outdoor Educators about environmental education.

• New Youth Conservationist

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2011

  NYC is a group of youth from the five boroughs that work to restore the Bronx River, Bronx Park, and different areas within the New York Botanical Garden. We picked up trash, removed invasive species, and learned about the ecology of the Bronx.

• Trip Assistant at New Youth Conservationists

  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2011

  Working with the New Youth Conservationists, the Trip Assistant position helped prepare for the day doing restoration and conservation work in the gardens. TA's would gather the tools, make sure the students were paying attention to the lessons on ecology and restoration, and would help to set up/clean up for the day's activities.