Experience

Blue Crab Strategies

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Associate

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jul 2021 - Sep 2021

  Researched organizations using farm-to-hospital practices to develop a new Food as Medicine initiative at Stone Barns. Created a digital encyclopedia of fermentation and preservation practices within different regional cuisines. Collaborated on an initiative to connect regenerative stakeholders across California’s Central Valley region. Researched organizations using farm-to-hospital practices to develop a new Food as Medicine initiative at Stone Barns. Created a digital encyclopedia of fermentation and preservation practices within different regional cuisines. Collaborated on an initiative to connect regenerative stakeholders across California’s Central Valley region.



Columbia University Department of Philosophy

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2021 - Sep 2021

  Collected examples of diverse conversations on social media and analyzed the differences as compared to real-life conversations. Studied the dynamics of conversations in which the imagined and actual audiences came apart. Collected examples of diverse conversations on social media and analyzed the differences as compared to real-life conversations. Studied the dynamics of conversations in which the imagined and actual audiences came apart.



John J. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics at Medstar Washington Hospital Center

• Research Intern

  • May 2021 - Jul 2021

  Researched the misconduct within the US pharmaceutical industry and the excessive prescription of psychoactive medications. Studied key concepts in clinical ethics, including capacity, surrogate decision-making, informed consent, and moral distress. Attended weekly ethics committee meetings and discussions about ongoing clinical consults. Researched the misconduct within the US pharmaceutical industry and the excessive prescription of psychoactive medications. Studied key concepts in clinical ethics, including capacity, surrogate decision-making, informed consent, and moral distress. Attended weekly ethics committee meetings and discussions about ongoing clinical consults.



New America

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Researched and wrote about new equity initiatives in early education. Interviewed educators and administrators nationwide about their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Collaborated with other team members to promote equity efforts in New America's Education Policy Program. Researched and wrote about new equity initiatives in early education. Interviewed educators and administrators nationwide about their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Collaborated with other team members to promote equity efforts in New America's Education Policy Program.



Neurocognition, Early Experience, and Development Lab

• Greater New York City Area

• Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Helped conduct research for the Baby's First Years (BFY) Study, a randomized controlled trial looking at the relationship between household income and children's neurodevelopment. Conducted at-home visits to collect infant EEG data, used MATLAB to process the data, ran the study's telephone hotline, and translated study-related documents from English to Spanish. Helped conduct research for the Baby's First Years (BFY) Study, a randomized controlled trial looking at the relationship between household income and children's neurodevelopment. Conducted at-home visits to collect infant EEG data, used MATLAB to process the data, ran the study's telephone hotline, and translated study-related documents from English to Spanish.



National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Fellow

  • May 2018 - Jul 2018

  Studied executive function and socioemotional development in rats and marmosets. Presented on current mental health research at weekly journal clubs with researchers and other fellows. Studied executive function and socioemotional development in rats and marmosets. Presented on current mental health research at weekly journal clubs with researchers and other fellows.



O'Halloran Laboratory

• Institute for Neuroscience at George Washington University

• Research Assistant

  • 2015 - 2017

  Co-authored “STITCHER 2.0: primer design for overlapping PCR applications,” published in Scientific Reports March 2017. Presented project at Intel ISEF 2017. Co-authored “STITCHER 2.0: primer design for overlapping PCR applications,” published in Scientific Reports March 2017. Presented project at Intel ISEF 2017.