Experience

Aspen Institute Germany

• Germany
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• US Forum Future Agriculture Program Intern

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Watson Foundation

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

• Jeannette K. Watson Fellow

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  A highly selective fellowship program open to freshmen and sophomores with strong academic records at participating New York City colleges. Applicants must also have proven leadership skills and a commitment to the common good. The three-year program includes paid summer internships at leading nonprofits and government agencies, career-planning mentors and seminars, and free entry to major cultural events. Past Watson Fellows have gone on to top graduate programs and vanguard roles in their professions. Show less



National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Watson Fellow

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Built out a member-facing materials library to provide informational resources for stakeholder organizations to use in presentations and processes surrounding federal agriculture policy - Facilitated a biannual strategy conference of over 100 member organizations from all 50 states through notetaking, distribution of informational materials, and participation in group exercises - Managed public relations with 29,000+ stakeholders through a CRM system. - Aided in the writing and implementation of a social media campaign centering on farmers' stories suffering from and adapting to climate change Show less



ClearPathNYC

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

• Contributing Writer

  • Jan 2021 - Feb 2022

  - Working as part of a team to identify, research, and create content focused on issues surrounding youth homelessness - Write SEO and marketing optimized blog posts and articles on local news, city programs, and organizers’ work - Research, analyze, and write a long-form series on the foster care system’s issues and suggest potential solutions - Working as part of a team to identify, research, and create content focused on issues surrounding youth homelessness - Write SEO and marketing optimized blog posts and articles on local news, city programs, and organizers’ work - Research, analyze, and write a long-form series on the foster care system’s issues and suggest potential solutions



City of Pittsburgh, Department of City Plan

• Intern

  • May 2020 - Aug 2020

  - Collaborated with food security and sustainability experts from the City of Pittsburgh and a team of five interns to address the complex problems that surround Pittsburgh’s current food system. - Conducted in-depth research and fourteen remote interviews with community stakeholders regarding Pittsburgh’s issue of food insecurity. - Synthesized research and compiled a comprehensive list of successful initiatives to increase food sovereignty and address the needs of neighborhoods experiencing food insecurity. - Presented findings to community organizers, the Office of Equity, the Office of Sustainability and Resilience, and food security-related organizations. Show less



Corinya Orchards

• Orange, New South Wales, Australia

• Farm Hand

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  - Aided in the supervision of temporary contract staff during fruit harvest season. Shared responsibility for assigning specific tasks to employees, ensured work was performed correctly and made recommendations for improvements to managers - Prepped trees in the orchard for hail season by covering them with protective netting - Pruned between 5 and 10 acres of cherry trees to increase their productivity - Aided in the supervision of temporary contract staff during fruit harvest season. Shared responsibility for assigning specific tasks to employees, ensured work was performed correctly and made recommendations for improvements to managers - Prepped trees in the orchard for hail season by covering them with protective netting - Pruned between 5 and 10 acres of cherry trees to increase their productivity



DrapeNet

• Orange, New South Wales, Australia

• Laborer & Customer Service Assistant

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  - Provided customer support and labor to a company that manufacturers crop protection netting used to negate the detrimental effects of weather, animals, and insects. - Attended agricultural lectures on the current state of the industry and answered potential customers’ questions at conferences to promote Drape Net products to businesses in Australia - Completed house calls to customers to assist in repairing Netwiz machinery, equipment used in the application of netting over orchards - Shadowed Drape Net founder, Michael Cunial, to gain insight on the current state of agribusiness and agriculture and the requirements of doing business as a startup - Unloaded and loaded five forty-foot shipping containers per week of netting to store Show less