Experience

Zealandia Ecosanctuary

• New Zealand
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Kia Mouriora te Kaiwharawhara Sanctuary to Sea Project Lead

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Wellington City Council

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pacific Advisor

  • Jul 2023 - Present



Sustainable Coastlines

• New Zealand
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engagement Facilitator for the Wellington Region and Hawke's Bay

  • Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  This role is part of Sustainable Coastlines’ Litter Intelligence programme which aims to connect students, community members, and businesses with the marine environment. Using citizen scientist-led beach surveys and litter audits, we collect data to inform policy change in the public and private sectors. Our ultimate goal is to reduce coastal litter on New Zealand coastlines by 60% by 2030.

• Porirua Catchment Lead

  • Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  This role lies within Sustainable Coastlines’ Love Your Water program and is partnered with Porirua City Council and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Funding for this position is received from the Ministry for the Environment through the Te Awarua-o-Porirua Whaitua Implementation program. This 15+ year environmental restoration project aims to restore the ecological health of the Porirua water catchment through riparian planting and maintenance. As the Porirua Catchment Lead, my role delivers on community involvement through networking with non-government organizations, corporate groups and local schools’ environmental education schemes. Show less



Wellington City Council

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resource Recovery Officer

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2022

  A part-time position at the Tip Shop community store. The Tip Shop is a Council-led environmental initiative that minimizes landfill waste by upcycling discarded household items. Our team sponsored community events, educational outreach programs, and provided household necessities for refugee resettlement schemes.

• Gardener

  • May 2020 - Apr 2022

  Two part-time positions at Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush (May 2020 — September 2021) and the Wellington Botanic Garden (December 2021 — April 2022). My responsibilities included caring for endangered native plant collections, facilitating educational outreach lessons with local schools and wider Wellington communities, nurturing interdependent relationships with mana whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara and other Aotearoa iwi, and assisting revegetation initiatives throughout the region.



Victoria University of Wellington

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

  A half-time position assisting Dr April Henderson’s Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden funded research. I examined the trends, economy, and government policies affecting coconut oil production and consumption. I presented weekly reports to Dr Henderson and incorporated this ethnographic commodity research into my own PhD dissertation, Coconut Oil Reflects: A comparative commodity ethnography in two sites. A half-time position assisting Dr April Henderson’s Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden funded research. I examined the trends, economy, and government policies affecting coconut oil production and consumption. I presented weekly reports to Dr Henderson and incorporated this ethnographic commodity research into my own PhD dissertation, Coconut Oil Reflects: A comparative commodity ethnography in two sites.



Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collections Assistant

  • Feb 2015 - May 2016

  A Sunday through Friday part-time job scheduled between university classes up to twenty hours a week. My responsibilities included photographing, cataloging, rehousing and transporting fragile artifacts, maintenance of the museum storage facilities, and security of museum exhibitions. Transparency with indigenous Californian tribes was our main objective throughout our supervised collaborative efforts to use material culture for academic research. A Sunday through Friday part-time job scheduled between university classes up to twenty hours a week. My responsibilities included photographing, cataloging, rehousing and transporting fragile artifacts, maintenance of the museum storage facilities, and security of museum exhibitions. Transparency with indigenous Californian tribes was our main objective throughout our supervised collaborative efforts to use material culture for academic research.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Archaeological Research Apprentice

  • Feb 2015 - May 2015

  A part-time position assisting Dr Patrick Kirch’s archaeological research of the Pacific region. I examined the zoological remains excavated from Mangareva, French Polynesia to understand how early settlers managed the island’s natural resources. This experience inspired me to pursue my interest in archaeology and earn an accompanying Minor in Forestry and Natural Resources. A part-time position assisting Dr Patrick Kirch’s archaeological research of the Pacific region. I examined the zoological remains excavated from Mangareva, French Polynesia to understand how early settlers managed the island’s natural resources. This experience inspired me to pursue my interest in archaeology and earn an accompanying Minor in Forestry and Natural Resources.



Green String Farm

• United States
• Restaurants

• Sustainable Farming Intern

  • Sep 2014 - Nov 2014

  A full-time intensive residency program that taught vocational skills for commercially viable sustainable agriculture. Daily work shifts were accompanied by lectures presented by internationally-promoted professional, Bob Cannard. This program focused on symbiotic resource management and soil restoration. A full-time intensive residency program that taught vocational skills for commercially viable sustainable agriculture. Daily work shifts were accompanied by lectures presented by internationally-promoted professional, Bob Cannard. This program focused on symbiotic resource management and soil restoration.



Berkeley Student Cooperative

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Workshift Manager

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  An elected position to manage workshifts for 150 student residents at Cloyne Court cooperative housing. I was responsible for overseeing the cleanliness of the property, maintaining accessibility for residents with disabilities, and upholding habitability requirements for city housing codes. I managed a large budget for house improvements. This position required highly developed communication skills, flexibility for change, resolving housing contract conflicts, regular office hours, and positive rapport with residents. Show less



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Poetry Tutor

  • Feb 2013 - May 2013

  A weekly volunteer position designed as an extended community outreach program through a UC Berkeley African American Studies poetry class. I was part of a team of several tutors who visited REALM Charter High School to facilitate workshops with students. Poetry workshops addressed prevalent social justice issues affecting the San Francisco Bay Area community. A weekly volunteer position designed as an extended community outreach program through a UC Berkeley African American Studies poetry class. I was part of a team of several tutors who visited REALM Charter High School to facilitate workshops with students. Poetry workshops addressed prevalent social justice issues affecting the San Francisco Bay Area community.