Experience

Empow Studios

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

• Lead Instructor

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  -Teach kids ages 8-16 how to code -Teach kids ages 8-16 how to code


City Year Greater Boston
• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• City Year AmeriCorps Member

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022


Wellesley College (Elmore Lab)

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Conducted research on fluorescent histone derived antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) using E. coli as a model - Investigate why N-terminal labeling of peptides with fluorescein (fitc) hindered the bactericidal and bacteriostatic capabilities across all AMPs - Experimentally designed C-terminal peptides using optimized click chemistry reactions. - Analyzed Confocal microscopy images to study peptide mechanism - Performed bacterial culture, DNA binding assays, membrane permeability assays to characterize peptides - Maintained order of the laboratory and replenished stock as necessary Show less



Wellesley Engineering Lab (We-Lab)

• United States
• Higher Education

• Lab Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  - Instructed engineering students on lab safety and operating dangerous machinery - Converted student's prototype files into finished projects when necessary : laser cutting, 3D printing - Managed inventory and maintainence of engineering lab equipment - Learned how to apply coding and 3D modeling software to new projects to improve the lab environment - Instructed engineering students on lab safety and operating dangerous machinery - Converted student's prototype files into finished projects when necessary : laser cutting, 3D printing - Managed inventory and maintainence of engineering lab equipment - Learned how to apply coding and 3D modeling software to new projects to improve the lab environment



US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant (Plant Virology)

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  -Conducted research in identifying transfer and development of plant RNA viruses in ornamental and agricultural plant species. -Collected disease samples from the greenhouses, recorded qualitative signs of infection -Ran 100+ RT-PCR samples to monitor infectiousness in the presence or absence of viral vehicle -Conducted research in identifying transfer and development of plant RNA viruses in ornamental and agricultural plant species. -Collected disease samples from the greenhouses, recorded qualitative signs of infection -Ran 100+ RT-PCR samples to monitor infectiousness in the presence or absence of viral vehicle