Founder

• Sep 2020 - Present

501(c)(3) organization focused on publishing and mentoring initiatives for youth climate communicators and changemakers across the globe. Expanded social media presence to +3,700 followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Threads, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Led interviews and panels with a variety of educators, researchers, activists and community leaders on a range of topics including local food systems, environmental racism, community gardening, youth climate action, biodiversity conservation. Published +60 youth writers, advocates, students, researchers, artists, and storytellers. Wrote articles on the intersection of climate change and a variety of topics including food systems, biodiversity conservation, environmental justice, and public policy. Show less

Advisory Board Member

• Aug 2023 - Present

Experiential Learning Graduate Assistant

• Sep 2022 - May 2023

Compiled research to develop language, definitions and resources for Experiential Learning opportunities within New York University, with peer institutions and collaborating employers/organizations Worked with NYU Career Hubs (Social Impact and Creative Careers) to pilot short and medium-length Experiential Learning opportunities for the NYU community. (E.g. micro-internships) Assisted the Wasserman Internship Grant Committee to review and process hundreds of applications for unpaid internships across numerous industries including but not limited to business, medicine, arts, fashion, media and journalism, and social impact. Show less

Research, Writing, Event Planning, and Advocacy Intern

• Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

Freelance Writer

• Jun 2022 - Jan 2023

Executive Assistant

• Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

Remote Writer

• May 2022 - Jun 2022

Wrote article on what defines wilderness in the era of the Anthropocene. Wrote article on what defines wilderness in the era of the Anthropocene.

Campus Tree Advisory (CTA) Committee Member

• Aug 2019 - Jun 2022

• Advise the President on the planning for and maintenance of the Caroline S. Nunan Arboretum. The Committee will be responsible for educating the community and facilitating connections between the community and the Arboretum.

Sustainability Intern at The Center for the Sustainable Environment (CSE)

• Jun 2019 - Sep 2021

• Hosted and facilitated a discussion with Citizens’ Climate Lobby Lancaster Treasurer Jim Sandoe and his work with CCL International as a Paris Accords delegate.• Created and managed a ride-sharing program (for academic breaks and weekends) using Qualtrics and Google Sheets to connect thousands of students and faculty to one another.•Managed and sold hundreds of dollars worth of products for weekly community-supported agriculture (CSA) Farmer’s Market hosted in the Sustainability Center’s Fair Trade Cafe, providing the community access to local food from over 15,000 county farms.Under the Center for the Sustainable Environment, I established , planned, and led volunteer and activism opportunities relating to sustainability and the environment on and off F&M’s campus in coordination with community partners (Lancaster County Conservancy, Donegal Trout Unlimited, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, PennEnvironment) and national organizations (Planet Forward, Citizens' Climate Lobby, The Sunrise Movement). These events, discussions, and community service opportunities engaged F&M students in social issues as climate issues, and underscored numerous approaches to fight systemic issues in our society. Show less

Sustainable Food Systems Research Assistant

• Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

Working with Professors Eve Bratman and Patrick Fleming to:• Establish relationships between F&M College and the sustainable food supply chain in Lancaster County• Construct a research database on the characteristics of sustainable agriculture community (Land Access and Labor; Food Access; Production; Processing; Distribution; Retail; Waste, Compost) as a case study for public policy recommendations • Develop database of relevant peer institutions with programs in food systems in order to develop the Earth and Natural Environment Department curriculum with other F&M departments (e.g. Public Health, etc.) Show less

I.M.P.A.C.T. (Intelligent Men Purposefully Accomplishing College Together)

• Sep 2018 - Jan 2021

A multicultural social, volunteer, and academic organization at Franklin and Marshall College that engages the community, on and off-campus, on issues of race relations, social justice, and inequity in the United States.As Social Media and Advertising Chair (2019-2021)• Manage social media accounts for I.M.P.A.C.T., including posts about the brother of the week and alumnus of the month, in order to highlight what our members are doing on and off-campus;• Created an interest video for Franklin & Marshall College’s Fall 2020 Club Involvement Fair to garner interest among first-year students to join our organization As Academic, Opportunities, and Employment Chair (2019–2020):• Organize weekly study halls for brothers to do work and network with one another;• Provide updates on leadership development trainings, volunteer opportunities, and other relevant activities on campus and in the Lancaster community;• Coordinate and plan a student-led panel on an issue relating to social justice and/or race at the end of spring semester. Show less

Greenhouse Assistant

• Jan 2020 - Nov 2020

• Managed, cleaned and maintained the equipment and tools for the Biology department’s greenhouse• Watered, trimmed and monitored the growth of various types of flowers, trees and fauna for both research and educational purposes.

Environmental Migration Lab Research Assistant

• Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

Hackman Scholar May 2019 - June 2019Through the Hackman Scholarship, I was a paid research assistant in the Earth and Natural Environment Department’s Environmental Migration Lab (EML): • Wrote the “Transitional Institutions” section based on the interviews of seven translators from Church World Service and half a dozen refugees, migrants and naturalized citizens, and formatted the eleven-page draft to the first research publication for the Franklin & Marshall College Environmental Migration Lab for a peer-review process.Research Assistant September 2018 - June 2019• Interviewed over a dozen refugees, immigrants and naturalized citizens to record their resettlement stories into the Environmental Migration Lab archive, a perpetually-developing, interactive multimedia map that will serve as an open source information database for academic scholarship and public policy.• Drafted and formulated the Environmental Survey, a series of twelve areas that may have been affected by climate change in recent decades, in an inclusive way that linguistically and culturally translates accurately into quantitative results. Show less

Delivery Driver

• Mar 2022 - Apr 2022

Senior Correspondent

• Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

• Leading coordination with Earth and Natural Environment Department, Environmental Action Alliance and Center for the Sustainable Environment to establish Franklin & Marshall College as a Planet Forward Consortium campus, providing F&M students with resources and platforms that reach thousands of environmentalists, scientists, policymakers, journalists, academics and students nationally and internationally

National Correspondent

• Sep 2019 - Sep 2020

• Wrote four 500 to 3,000 word research articles and features about environmental consciousness, climate action planning and environmental justice, catalyzling local green activism and the resilience of Lancaster’s sustainable family farms and Central Market, in order to spread awareness on underreported issues and solutions to thousands in readership.

Public Policy Intern

• May 2021 - Aug 2021

This summer I will be a public policy intern for the Clean Air Council, researching and exploring the relationships between policy development, environmental policy and preemption law in order to mitigate plastic and air pollution. This summer I will be a public policy intern for the Clean Air Council, researching and exploring the relationships between policy development, environmental policy and preemption law in order to mitigate plastic and air pollution.

Campaign Finance Intern

• Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

• Compiled contact information, donation history and background research on dozens of potential campaign donors, focusing on environmental and climate donors, for call sheets to support Treasurer Torsella in his fundraising efforts. • Drafted 200 to 1,000 word-long-responses on the Treasurer’s policy, career and values for endorsement questionnaires from organizations including the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Ballotpedia, League of Women Voters, Committee of 70, Pennsylvania Legislative Services and Sheet Metal Workers’ LU #12 • Managed the campaign's press clipping database to keep accurate and timely records of news mentions of the candidate. • Drafted fundraising blast emails with average open rate of more than 30 percent Show less

Staff Writer

• Sep 2018 - Nov 2020

Wrote a variety of articles relating to U.S. politics, climate change and action, and international affairs. Submited an opinion-editorial drawing parallels between the rise of white supremacy militias in the U.S. and the rise of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Wrote a variety of articles relating to U.S. politics, climate change and action, and international affairs. Submited an opinion-editorial drawing parallels between the rise of white supremacy militias in the U.S. and the rise of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

CCL Lancaster Media Relations Lever Leader

• Jun 2019 - Sep 2020

• Facilitate projects with CCL Lancaster members involved on the Media Relations Committee, committed to building relationships with news organizations, editorial boards and media groups to support a bipartisan carbon pricing bill, H.R. 763 - Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act: • Organized youth-led lobbying meeting with the office of Republican Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), represented by Legislative Correspondent Michael Geiselhart, to discuss carbon pricing and carbon mitigation policies (December 11th, 2020) • Lead get-out-the-vote postcard writing campaign to Georgia voters ahead of the 2020 election and in the Senate run-off elections, reaching over 4,000 first time and previous voters. Show less

Content Writer

• Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

• Wrote an article on the role of federalism in instituting climate action policies and environmental justice, “Climate Action Planning in a Federal Leadership Vacuum,” through Island Press’s Urban Resilience Project, which specializes in journalism based around ecology, conservation, the built environment and environmental justice. • Wrote an article on the role of federalism in instituting climate action policies and environmental justice, “Climate Action Planning in a Federal Leadership Vacuum,” through Island Press’s Urban Resilience Project, which specializes in journalism based around ecology, conservation, the built environment and environmental justice.

Project Intern

• Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

Over the course of a four-month-long internship I: • Expanded digital presence of ACB’s Lancaster office, including the creation of website that included carbon output assessments for individuals and businesses • Removed invasive species (golden bamboo) from streams and tributaries that compromise health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed • Coordinated with the Riparian Rangers program and F&M students and faculty to encourage green activism and plant hundreds of trees alongside PennEnvironment over the course of several events • Worked on an educational pamphlet for Amish populations in the southeast portion of Lancaster County to spread awareness on sustainability matters. Show less

Instructor

• Jun 2014 - Mar 2019

• Trained and led students aged 4 to 15 in numerous styles of martial arts, including Kickboxing, Krav Maga, and Taekwondo. • Trained and led students aged 4 to 15 in numerous styles of martial arts, including Kickboxing, Krav Maga, and Taekwondo.

Judicial Intern

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

• Attended and took notes on local and state cases in immigration, family, civil and criminal courts and federal cases at the Southern District of New York • Read through and summarized cases for Hon. Andrea Masley, State Supreme Court Justice for the Commercial Division • Wrote 5-page memorandum summarizing the arguments of the defense and prosecution in an intellectual property rights civil litigation • Attended and took notes on local and state cases in immigration, family, civil and criminal courts and federal cases at the Southern District of New York • Read through and summarized cases for Hon. Andrea Masley, State Supreme Court Justice for the Commercial Division • Wrote 5-page memorandum summarizing the arguments of the defense and prosecution in an intellectual property rights civil litigation