Communications Manager

• Sep 2022 - Present

Science Communication Fellow

• Jul 2020 - Jul 2022

• Collaborates with researchers, communications team, and external partners to draft press releases and web content highlighting strategic institutional goals and initiatives • Crafts video and written social media content for combined reach of more than 405,000 followers across platforms • Leads project management of new stories and multimedia content highlighting environmental DNA research • Creator and producer of Navigating STEM video series expanding an inclusive definition of STEM careers • Researches, implements, and tracks infusion of best practices for inclusive and accessible science communication • Acted as Production Coordinator for virtual Live From the Deep livestream event in April 2021 Show less

Oral Communication Tutor

• Sep 2016 - Jun 2020

• Designed and presented interactive workshops focused on best practices for content, delivery and visuals • Supports professors in classroom instruction by leading workshops, breakout groups, and in-class rehearsals • Provided feedback for student oral and multimedia presentations through one-on-one consultations • Designed and presented interactive workshops focused on best practices for content, delivery and visuals • Supports professors in classroom instruction by leading workshops, breakout groups, and in-class rehearsals • Provided feedback for student oral and multimedia presentations through one-on-one consultations

Communications Intern

• Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

• Produced social media content for more than 200,000 followers across platforms • Organized and managed multimedia assets and assisted with video production • Produced social media content for more than 200,000 followers across platforms • Organized and managed multimedia assets and assisted with video production

Editorial Intern, bioGraphic

• Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

• Composed spotlight essays to accompany photographs and engage readers in scientific background of image • Produced social media cutdowns of videos and articles to provide accessible content for followers • Composed spotlight essays to accompany photographs and engage readers in scientific background of image • Produced social media cutdowns of videos and articles to provide accessible content for followers

Editorial Assistant

• Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

• Curated biweekly digests of articles of interest for the &… the West blog's nearly 250 readers • Reported, wrote, and produced a multimedia feature article on California groundwater law and small farmers • Curated biweekly digests of articles of interest for the &… the West blog's nearly 250 readers • Reported, wrote, and produced a multimedia feature article on California groundwater law and small farmers

Dive Operations Intern

• Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

• Supported daily dive operations in the Great Ocean Tank including maintenance and feeding sharks and loggerhead sea turtle • Engaged with aquarium guests and interpreted diver activities through interactive daily dive shows • Trained in Full Face Mask and Reserve Air Supply SCUBA gear • Prepared diet, trained, and target fed shark population in the Great Ocean Tank • Operated as both tender and diver for Surface Supply Diving with Underwater Communications • Completed repairs for SCUBA second stages, SPGs, and cylinders Show less

Research Assistant

• Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

• Deployed video monitoring system and caging experiments, conducted surveys in the Giant Kelp forest • Maintained aquaria for grazing specimens used in research and tiles out-planted with juvenile kelp • Contextualized grazing impacts within larger climate change framework through poster presentations • Deployed video monitoring system and caging experiments, conducted surveys in the Giant Kelp forest • Maintained aquaria for grazing specimens used in research and tiles out-planted with juvenile kelp • Contextualized grazing impacts within larger climate change framework through poster presentations

National Park Service Volunteer

• May 2016 - Sep 2016

• Guided visitors through park natural history and resources during kayaking tours • Installed probes in creeks as part of USC research relating to temperature variation in groundwater upwelling • Guided visitors through park natural history and resources during kayaking tours • Installed probes in creeks as part of USC research relating to temperature variation in groundwater upwelling