Experience

American Public Power Association (APPA)

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Services Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

  Arlington, Virginia



Maryland Department of the Environment

• Intern - Air Quality Planning Program, Air and Radiation Management Administration

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2017

  Baltimore, Maryland - Investigating carbon capture and sequestration’s (CCS) feasibility within Maryland - Tracking Maryland state legislative bills related to air quality and climate change - Researched climate change policy implementation in states across the U.S. in an effort to find possible policy options that are relevant and practical for Maryland - Analyzed EmPOWER Maryland, participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and Maryland’s RPS policy’s contributions to obtaining the state’s… Show more - Investigating carbon capture and sequestration’s (CCS) feasibility within Maryland - Tracking Maryland state legislative bills related to air quality and climate change - Researched climate change policy implementation in states across the U.S. in an effort to find possible policy options that are relevant and practical for Maryland - Analyzed EmPOWER Maryland, participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and Maryland’s RPS policy’s contributions to obtaining the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, and investigated threats and limitations to these policies Show less



University of Maryland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Projects Coordinator – Research Assistant

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

  College Park, MD - Writing and editing a manuscript on the policy implications and recommendations regarding the role of black carbon in the causation of climate change with a team consisting of fellow students and a lead professor - Researched U.S. state owned public land management with a fellow student - Collaborating with other Special Projects Coordinators to support the UMD School of Public Policy faculty and staff with research, administrative responsibilities and course preparation

• Assistant to the Sustainability Manager (Internship)

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  The City of Frederick, Maryland - Reformatted, standardized, and compiled data for a fleet management system in order to inform sustainable policy choices and budgetary processes in the program R - Created templates, reports and sample code on the use of the program R, as well as reports on how to access necessary data sources for the fleet management system, and how to generate the necessary metrics to inform sustainable choices - Provided and led an interdepartmental meeting on recommendations for fleet… Show more - Reformatted, standardized, and compiled data for a fleet management system in order to inform sustainable policy choices and budgetary processes in the program R - Created templates, reports and sample code on the use of the program R, as well as reports on how to access necessary data sources for the fleet management system, and how to generate the necessary metrics to inform sustainable choices - Provided and led an interdepartmental meeting on recommendations for fleet data collection and management - Collected data on pedestrian, bike and other alternative means of transportation within the city to enhance the Planning Department’s transportation efforts - Reformatted, standardized, and compiled pedestrian, bike and other alternative means of transportation count data, as well as created a template for and provided recommendations on collecting such data - Generated figures and tables from the city’s alternative means of transportation data in Excel for grant writing and alternative transportation traffic tracking



Grameen Foundation

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Consultant to the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

  New Delhi Area, India and College Park, MD - Performed a program evaluation as a team on an improved cookstove intervention - Designed and undertook a randomized survey on the program’s outcomes and impacts - Conducted statistical analysis on the cookstove program’s outcomes and impacts - Piloted evaluation tools for a sustainable non-timber forest product value addition program



Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate (Graduate Research Assistantship, UMD-SPP and JGCRI)

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

  College Park, Maryland - Helped create an open-source system of data containing air pollutant estimates dating back to the beginning of the industrial era as a Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) project team member - Wrote automated script for data compilation and reformatting, as well as scripts which evaluated data consistency via tables and figures of comparison within R



Wake Forest University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Economics Tutor -- Student-Athlete Academic Counseling

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Led Intro to Economics review sessions three times a week for student athletes - Reinforced Microeconomics and Macroeconomics literacy



Independent Tutoring

• Math Tutor

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Tutored individuals from the community (adults & high school students) in a variety of math courses (Algebra 2, Pre Calculus & Introduction to Statistics) - Further strengthened mathematical background, and advanced teaching skills



Wake Forest University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Math Tutor

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  Winston Salem, NC - Tutored fellow Wake Forest students in a variety of math courses (Linear Algebra, Introduction to Statistics, Statistical Methods for Modeling, Introduction to Calculus) - Strengthened personal knowledge in math, and developed interpersonal as well as teaching skills - Co-Led Algebra and Pre-Calculus weekly study/homework sessions for one semester

• Math Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Co-Led weekly study session/homework reviews with another Teaching Assistant for Algebra & Pre- Calculus students (MTH 105L A/B)



for John Olszewski Jr. (Maryland State Senate)

• Part-Time Volunteer Campaign Staff

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

  Baltimore County, Maryland - Canvassed at multiple voting precincts - Gained experience with making political phone calls - Obtained a deeper understanding of primary elections



Wake Forest University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intensive Summer Language Institute (ISLI)

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

  Winston Salem, North Carolina - Strengthened skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing the Spanish language - Immersion in Hispanic Culture and Literature



Youth Force

• Project Impact

  • 2009 - 2009

  Boston, Massachusetts - Developed a background in community organizing - Lobbied members of city council and candidates for mayor on policy to protect job opportunities for inner city teens