Experience

People's Community Clinic

• Austin, Texas, United States

• Acupuncture Intern

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Moving Beyond Cancer Collaborative

• Austin, Texas, United States

• Program Coordinator

  • May 2023 - Present

  MBCC is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit that provides free exercise and mind-body classes as well as sliding-scale integrative oncology services to patients and loved ones affected by cancer. MBCC is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit that provides free exercise and mind-body classes as well as sliding-scale integrative oncology services to patients and loved ones affected by cancer.



U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• Austin, Texas, United States

• Acupuncture Intern

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  Treat patients in community-style acupuncture clinic through the VA's Whole Health program. Help Veterans with pain management through NADA, BFA, and distal point protocols. Treat patients in community-style acupuncture clinic through the VA's Whole Health program. Help Veterans with pain management through NADA, BFA, and distal point protocols.



AOMA Herbal Medicine

• Herbalist

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Compound Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal prescriptions for AOMA’s professional and student clinics, as well as local acupuncturists, naturopaths, chiropractors, and veterinarians. Support visiting interns including University of Texas pharmacy students. Compound Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal prescriptions for AOMA’s professional and student clinics, as well as local acupuncturists, naturopaths, chiropractors, and veterinarians. Support visiting interns including University of Texas pharmacy students.



Seton McCarthy Community Health Center

• Acupuncture Intern

  • Jan 2023 - Apr 2023



Carnivero

• Austin, Texas

• Horticulturist

  • Sep 2019 - Apr 2020

  Matched long time growers and beginners alike with pitcher plants, venus flytraps, sundews, butterworts, orchids and other tropicals. Tended to the needs of multiple greenhouses; performed tissue cultures and other propagation techniques; handled inventory management; fulfilled orders through a variety of sales channels. Matched long time growers and beginners alike with pitcher plants, venus flytraps, sundews, butterworts, orchids and other tropicals. Tended to the needs of multiple greenhouses; performed tissue cultures and other propagation techniques; handled inventory management; fulfilled orders through a variety of sales channels.



Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

• Outdoor Classroom Educator

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Designed and led K-5 lesson plans on botany, entomology, and plant-pollinator relationships. Used my platform as an outdoor educator to tune-in young minds to the importance of environmental stewardship. Designed and led K-5 lesson plans on botany, entomology, and plant-pollinator relationships. Used my platform as an outdoor educator to tune-in young minds to the importance of environmental stewardship.



Faulkner County Library Urban Farm Project

• Conway, AR

• Program Development Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Expanded a local community green space and enhanced its accessibility to volunteers by brainstorming fresh programs to launch, designing budgets, applying for grants, contacting local and state-wide leads for mentorship and volunteer interest, developed a resource binder for the program to reference in the future. Expanded a local community green space and enhanced its accessibility to volunteers by brainstorming fresh programs to launch, designing budgets, applying for grants, contacting local and state-wide leads for mentorship and volunteer interest, developed a resource binder for the program to reference in the future.



Hendrix College Biology Department

• Introduction to Botany Laboratory Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - May 2019

• Greenhouse Manager

  • Aug 2016 - May 2019

• Organismal Biology Laboratory Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017



Botanical Research Institute of Texas

• Dallas/Fort Worth Area, TX

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2016 - Aug 2017

  Surveyed local county herbarium bryophyte and higher plant collections, updated database portals, and assisted in fieldwork research on rare endemic species. Grasped collection methods and contributed new specimens to the herbarium by shadowing top botanists in the state. Conducted systematics research within the Heath Family, or Ericaceae, while investigating the global collaboration element of botanical study. Surveyed local county herbarium bryophyte and higher plant collections, updated database portals, and assisted in fieldwork research on rare endemic species. Grasped collection methods and contributed new specimens to the herbarium by shadowing top botanists in the state. Conducted systematics research within the Heath Family, or Ericaceae, while investigating the global collaboration element of botanical study.