Experience

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Native Plants Program Senior Coordinator

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States



Evans + Lighter Landscape Architecture

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Landscape Technician

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Measuring and mapping all features of the site, installing the landscape and maintaining it to ensure it's functionality. Projects have a strong emphasis on native and edible plantings and storm water management.



Sankofa Community Development Corporation

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

• Program Coordinator

  • May 2019 - Nov 2019

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Designed lesson plans for school groups, took notes during community input sessions, coordinated and led corporate, school and public volunteer days, supervised high school interns design and implementation of exotic invasive plant removal plan, operated wetland tree nursery, designed and installed park beautification projects



St. Paul's Episcopal School

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

• Sustainability Coordinator

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Coordinated and led biweekly garden classes from ages 2 through 14 (8th graders) to grow culturally significant crops of their particular social studies curriculum. In the garden, students are responsible for all the maintenance. Oversee a student designed and constructed rain garden that incorporates natural play activities for all ages.



HandsOn New Orleans

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

• Community Partner and Volunteer Coordinator Americorps VISTA Volunteer

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Connected volunteers and non-profits to implement community projects throughout the city. Led volunteer groups in the field to do light construction and landscape maintenance and installations.



BOUNTIFUL CITIES PROJECT

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Landscape Technician

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Asheville, North Carolina, United States Installed and maintained edible landscapes local food producing plants for private residences as well as educational gardens at local public schools.



Highland Heritage Landscapes

• Landscaper

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  installing sod, trees, bushes, rock walls, mulch, and hand graded slopes to achieve useful natural spaces designed for the homeowner, with an emphasis on drought tolerant, native species. My duties also include operating a roto-tiller and mini-tiller.



Patchwork Urban Farms

• Farm Laborer

  • Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Asheville, North Carolina Area Farmed vacant urban land throughout Asheville to produce food and CSA shares for urban families. My duties included transplanting tree saplings and plant starts, harvesting and processing vegetables, setting up irrigation systems and prepping garden beds (broad forking, tilling, spreading compost, weeding). Built and worked in a greenhouses (seeding, planting, thinning, weeding



North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

• Reach Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area I was responsible for collecting water samples and measuring water quality parameters in qualitative and quantitative forms (pH, temperature, conductivity, % dissolved oxygen). These streams belonged to farmers who were selling their 50 ft riparian buffer to the state in order to mitigate fecal chloroform contamination from cattle. Corrected vegetative plot data in databases from the previous measuring year in the office.



UNC Asheville Student Government Association

• Co-Executive of Sustainability

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  I organized Greenfest, a biannual, weeklong festival that teaches and practices sustainability. We engaged community members, guest speakers, UNC-A students, faculty and staff to teach and learn from one another through workshops, talks, meals and other activities



University of North Carolina at Asheville Key Center

• Alternative Spring Experience Peer Leader

  • Aug 2014 - Mar 2015

  Asheville, North Carolina Area Planned, organized, and budgeted a service trip to an urban farm in Birmingham Alabama for UNC-A students, based on a living on an allowance at the federal poverty line. We prepped beds for the growing season, discussed the social and environmental justice issues underlying food deserts, and how urban agriculture can improve these conditions. Partnering with the local public schools, we helped educate urban youth about growing their own food, healthy eating and taking control of their… Show more Planned, organized, and budgeted a service trip to an urban farm in Birmingham Alabama for UNC-A students, based on a living on an allowance at the federal poverty line. We prepped beds for the growing season, discussed the social and environmental justice issues underlying food deserts, and how urban agriculture can improve these conditions. Partnering with the local public schools, we helped educate urban youth about growing their own food, healthy eating and taking control of their environment. Show less



University of North Carolina Asheville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Campus Outreach Coordinator

  • Aug 2013 - May 2014

  I organized and promoted the events, workshops, and garden workdays of the Student Environmental Center, an organization founded, funded and run by students, aimed at teaching students how to live more sustainably. Served as the SEC Representative on the Greenfest Steering Committee to facilitate the SEC’s participation in the festival



Student Conservation Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Crew Member

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  During my time with the Bureau of Land Management/Student Conservation Association a group of students and I volunteered for a month building a new trail through the Sierra Nevada's of Northern California. Spending long hours working together with a diverse group of students 6 days a week taught me teamwork skills as well as strong social skills. We also implemented the leave no trace policy during our time building trails and while backpacking through them.



Axiom Environmental Incorporated

• Field data intern

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  measuring DBH and development of a wide range of native trees on designated vegetation plots