Experience

Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV)

• United States
• Veterinary Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conservation Committee Chair

  • Sep 2018 - Present



Cheat Lake Animal Hospital

• United States
• Veterinary Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Veterinarian

  • Jul 2018 - Present



AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER OF APPALACHIA

• United States

• Associate Veterinarian

  • Jul 2018 - Present



National Aviary

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

• Field Associate

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  Facilitating international collaborations with rescue centers and zoos in Latin America.

• Hospital Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Assisting with veterinary procedures in the National Aviary's hospital under Dr.s Pilar Fish and Jacqueline St.Onge, as well as completing case studies, specialized animal husbandry, biosecurity protocols, and learning about diseases commonly seen in captive and captive-wild zoo populations.

• Neighborhood Nestwatch Volunteer

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  A citizen science initiative run by the National Aviary's Ornithologist, Robert Mulvihill, Neighborhood Nestwatch is a 5-year project to educate Pittsburghers about birds in their own backyards. Nestwatch Volunteers aid with bird counts, mist netting, bird banding, and educating the public about avian ecology and conservation.



Bioparque Amaru

• Zoo intern and international breeding program facilitator

  • Nov 2013 - Sep 2018

  Aiding the development of the collaboration of the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, PA with Bioparque Amaru for international Andean Condor Conservation and Captive Breeding programs.



ARCAS

• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2014

  One of the leading wildlife rescue centers in Central America as determined by Humane Society International, ARCAS volunteers aid in the husbandry and care of over 300 animals seized by CONAP and Guatemalan police forces from illegal trafficking activity.



Pomona College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Nov 2012

  Assistant in the lab of Dr.Nina Karnovsky. Plankton taxonomy, GIS mapping, CTD data management from Channel Island research; personal project: Filter feeder distribution in relation to rising ocean temperatures.

• Field research assistant

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Field assistant to Dr.Peter Zani. Collection and marking of Uta Stansburiana, counting of Uta predators, and management of data. Personal project completed and presented at the SICB conference in San Francisco, January, 2013: "Coloration-specific Predation on Clay Models of Side-blotched Lizards, Uta stansburiana."



Oakland Zoo

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Zoo Intern

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Zoo intern for String 9 under Keeper Jason Loy: Zebras, Black-throated Monitor Lizards, various pythons, Cotton-top Tamarins, African Spur-thigh Tortoise, African and Asian Aviaries of various bird species.



International Bird Rescue

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

• Clinical Volunteer

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Assistant to clinical procedures in the wildlife clinic of the IBRC. Duties included animal husbandry, animal catching and restraint, blood draws, bloodwork and analysis, medication, tube-feeding, incubator monitoring/chick care, assisting with surgeries and physical exams.