Experience

Mystic River Watershed Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate Resilience Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Working towards engaging with community leaders and service providers throughout the Mystic River Watershed to help identify, develop, and pursue cost-effective regional policies and initiatives to institutionalize equity-centered regional climate resilience projects. Working towards engaging with community leaders and service providers throughout the Mystic River Watershed to help identify, develop, and pursue cost-effective regional policies and initiatives to institutionalize equity-centered regional climate resilience projects.



Mystic River Watershed Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate Resilience Fellow

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Supported data collection and workshop facilitation for a public health assessment to understand the impact of climate change on residents’ health with a focus on extreme heat, housing instability, and food insecurity as part of an EPA-funded Participatory Action Research in Everett, MA. Assisted the Barr Foundation-funded intervention “COVID-Safe Cooling (CSC) Strategies Grant Program” transition from a short-term to a long-term solutions program, focused on community-driven interventions for extreme heat and community resilience building. Show less



Boston University School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Research Study Coordinator

  • Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

  Coordinated community-engaged research aiming to reduce take-home lead exposures among construction workers in the Greater Boston Area under the supervision of Dr. Diana Ceballos. Conducted outreach in community-based organizations, managed relationships with community stakeholders, recruited participants in the Greater Boston Area, and delegated responsibilities to a group of 4 graduate research assistants.

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2021



Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy

• Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Translated into Spanish and evaluated online educational materials for the community health intervention of the RECLEAN Pilot Study. Facilitated online educational sessions using the software Articulate 360. Translated into Spanish and evaluated online educational materials for the community health intervention of the RECLEAN Pilot Study. Facilitated online educational sessions using the software Articulate 360.



Sea Grant

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

  Assisted in the creation and development of research projects studying human-environment interactions focused on qualitative data collection and analysis of pre-existing primary literature under the supervision of Dr. Tania López-Marrero. Worked independently and collectively to conduct systematic and annotated literature reviews, develop and conduct interview protocols, and transcribe and analyze interviews. Assisted in the creation and development of research projects studying human-environment interactions focused on qualitative data collection and analysis of pre-existing primary literature under the supervision of Dr. Tania López-Marrero. Worked independently and collectively to conduct systematic and annotated literature reviews, develop and conduct interview protocols, and transcribe and analyze interviews.



University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Undergraduate Researcher

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2019

  As part of the Tropical Ecology Laboratory, studied the phenotypic variation of the Puerto Rican monarch butterfly, under the supervision of Dr. Catherine M. Hulshof. As part of the Tropical Ecology Laboratory, studied the phenotypic variation of the Puerto Rican monarch butterfly, under the supervision of Dr. Catherine M. Hulshof.



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

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Training in Agricultural Research Techniques by Novel Occupational Workshop (STARTNOW)

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Developed laboratory and field protocols related to tropical crops nutrients, pathology, and plant propagation. Developed laboratory and field protocols related to tropical crops nutrients, pathology, and plant propagation.



Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Poster presentation at 55th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

  Poster presentation of the research project titled Phenotypic Variation of Montane and Coastal Populations of the Puerto Rican Monarch Butterfly. Poster presentation of the research project titled Phenotypic Variation of Montane and Coastal Populations of the Puerto Rican Monarch Butterfly.