Experience

Sustainable Connections

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food and Farming Outreach Coordinator

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Opportunity Council

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

• Maple Alley Inn Assistant

  • Jul 2019 - Jan 2022



Common Threads Farm

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• School Farmer

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2019



Pond Hill Farm

• Assistant Farm Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Aug 2018

  As the Assistant Farm Manager, I am responsible for a number of different tasks that make our farm run. Outside, I assist with the day to day operations of seeding, transplanting, weeding, and bed prep. I assist our Vegetable Production Manager with managing the farm crew which ranges from 4-6 interns. I also manage our flower production and sales inside our two greenhouses. Behind the scenes, I schedule field trips for young students and help guide them on tours around the farm while teaching them the importance of growing and eating healthy food. I also coordinate the produce orders for our on-farm chef. In the off-season, I work with the farm's owner/general manager to create training material, update standard operating procedures, and make plans for the upcoming year to promote better growing practices on the farm as well as better business practices across all of our deparments.

• Farm Intern

  • May 2016 - Nov 2016

  My role as an intern predominately was to be a part of day to day farming operations. I learned a variety of skills such as seeding, transplanting, weeding, bed prep, crop management, disease/pest control, and distinguishing between different crop varieties. I also served inside our on-farm tasting room and provided customer service behind the bar as well as inside the cafe where we sell our own beer, wine, and farm inspired lunches.



Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Crew Member

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  I work on a field crew in northwestern Minnesota. We work with local state and federal agencies to remove invasive species, fight wildfires, maintain both state trails and water trails, respond to disasters, and restore habitat. This is a 10 month term that will end in December 2015. I work on a field crew in northwestern Minnesota. We work with local state and federal agencies to remove invasive species, fight wildfires, maintain both state trails and water trails, respond to disasters, and restore habitat. This is a 10 month term that will end in December 2015.



Marquette County Equalization

• GIS Intern

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2014

  During this time I worked with the equalization department to annotate a parcel map of Marquette Township. I learned how to understand legal descriptions and used them to individually annotate the line lengths on each parcel in the township. During this time I worked with the equalization department to annotate a parcel map of Marquette Township. I learned how to understand legal descriptions and used them to individually annotate the line lengths on each parcel in the township.



Alger Conservation District

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  I worked as part of an intern team under a student supervisor. Our job was to help the local conservation districts remove invasive species as well as to help our supervisor research the effects of natural fish barriers on fish morphology. I worked as part of an intern team under a student supervisor. Our job was to help the local conservation districts remove invasive species as well as to help our supervisor research the effects of natural fish barriers on fish morphology.



The Nature Conservancy

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Two Hearted Watershed Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  This was a 6 month paid internship through The Nature Conservancy to assist with the Two Hearted Watershed Sedimentation and Connectivity project. I organized photographs and also helped measure the longitudinal profile of a section of the east branch of the Two Hearted River and helped to complete a bank stabilization project along the main branch. I also helped complete designs for two bank stabilization projects and put together a bank stabilization native plants list that has been distributed throughout the region by TNC and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Later, I wrote an article and prepared a slideshow on the effects of sedimentation that are currently on The Nature Conservancy website. I culminated my research on sedimentation with a guided canoe tour down the Two Hearted River to talk about stream bank stabilization and aspects of the project taking place in the Two Hearted Watershed.