Experience

One To World

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • May 2023 - Present

• • Feb 2022 - May 2023

• • Mar 2020 - Feb 2022

• • Oct 2019 - Feb 2020



Eco-park and Arboretum- Mashjar Juthour

• Ramallah, Palestinian Territories

• Volunteer Organizer

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  •Day-to-day park upkeep, including water distribution, assessing the health of flora, eradicating disease and viruses, and collecting, storing and planting seeds. •Promoted permaculture, organic gardening, and water preservation practices in the community through educational outreach. •Updated park map, including more than 100 species of plants and their locations on the mountain. Used this map to guide visitors and workshop participants around the park. •Assisted in publishing an open source book about the wildflowers of Palestine, available in English and Arabic. •Researched and wrote grant proposals for Mashjar Juthour to increase community engagement. •Created website content including blog posts, interviews and product descriptions for Handmade Palestine, a market for Palestinian cooperatives, artisans, and designers, whose profits are allocated to Mashjar Juthour. Attended markets, reached out to local artisans, and worked on crowdfunding campaigns to showcase the artisans’ products and stories. Show less



American Littoral Society

• Jamaica Bay, Queens

• Educator

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2018

  • Recruited a team of 15 high school and college students interested in conservation and science to restore the Gateway National Park’s ecosystems and public spaces. Managed team and payroll. • Worked with government and volunteer groups to develop restoration projects for the team. • Led nature walks for local schools to teach NY natives about the ecology of their neighborhood. • Protected and restored the salt marshes, meadowlands, beaches, dunes, and upland buffer woodlands of Jamaica Bay. • Worked alongside Hofstra University to collect data related to terrapin turtle research. • Built fences/owl boxes/osprey nests, planted indigenous vegetation, tagged owls and osprey chicks, seined, managed water quality testing programs and removed invasive species. Show less



Billion Oyster Project

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  I worked alongside a postgraduate student and Dr. Stephen J. Gosnell to direct high school students from the 5 boroughs of NYC on various projects on oyster aquaculture and ecology. Assisted with meta-analysis database work as well as field research on the effects of predator presence on oyster productivity and feeding rates. I worked alongside a postgraduate student and Dr. Stephen J. Gosnell to direct high school students from the 5 boroughs of NYC on various projects on oyster aquaculture and ecology. Assisted with meta-analysis database work as well as field research on the effects of predator presence on oyster productivity and feeding rates.