Experience

People-First Tourism

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Engagement Coordinator

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Responsible for People-First Experiences: Our goal is to reorient tourism towards supporting the local people that make an area worth visiting by creating better, healthier connections between guide, guest, and industry. To achieve this goal I...- Create networks of microentrepreneurs and cultural ambassadors that we collaborate with to generate, support, or enhance unique, genuine, and hyperlocal experiences- Provide marketing and infrastructural support for those experiences by developing new marketing and advertising strategies as well as leveraging our existing resources, payment systems and expertise in event coordination, advisement, and development. - Establish mutually beneficial partnerships with local hospitality and engagement organizations and incentivize them to market hyperlocal experiences to their guests and clientele- Develop a full circle ecosystem centered around a win-win-win scenario where visitors and residents recieve the best experiences possible, entrepreneurs and guides get the support they deserve, and the hospitality sector gets to provide better guest satisfaction while creating a more sustainable model for the places they stewardMy job requires me to always be agile and flexible. Every community, experience, partner, and guest are different. On any given day I will deal with website design and marketing, networking and community building, event design and coordination, and even content capturing and media presence. My biggest responsibility is finding balance in creating beneficial partnerships; for example, advising our local guides in designing and pricing their events so that they are fairly compensated while still creating something accessible, worthwhile, and lucrative.



Leidos

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Engineer

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

  Electrical engineering role focused on designing the construction plans of electrical utility projects.Responsibilities included:- Designing electrical utility construction projects using engineering software such as Maximo, BOUD, Poleforeman, and voltage regulation software- Reviewing, correcting, and advising other peers as a "Checker" on my team, a position serving as the secondary line of review to ensure quality standards on all designs as well as a primary contact for the team's supervisor- Coordinating with power providers, construction and line crews, location services, other utility services, and regulatory bodies to ensure projects were on time and up to code- Creating secondary plans and designs such as traffic control diagrams, environmental impact plans, and pre-construction site maintenance plans- Serving in emergency storm duty by reporting and cataloging physical damage and outages during inclement weather situations



NC State Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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

• Program Assistant

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

  - Build a young program through my experience as a year-long participant and my skills as a mentor, creator, and organizer- Create and host community outreach programs and materials including the creation of twice monthly newsletters, 10+ articles, and 5+ unique workshops which have been repurposed by other programs or requested for permanent curriculum- Mentor a team of 5 students through the school year on Design Thinking and systems thinking principles- Leverage my expertise and existing relationships with 20+ local entrepreneurs and nonprofits to increase collaboration between the university and the Raleigh community as well as among the community itself



North Carolina State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern for External Affairs, Partnerships, and Development

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  • Independently managed 30 hrs of responsibility in a 10 hr weekly time window due to staff transitions, requiring rapid navigation of cross-university communication with 10+ different university offices, successful narrow deadline management, and prioritization for 4 major projects with limited supervision and supervisor communication• Memorized sets of 30+ names and faces of university contacts, legislators, and advisors to host events such as the biannual Board of Visitors meeting, major fundraising events, and annual legislative sporting events• Scheduled personal tours for prospective students which involves corroborating schedules of 4+ major administrative supervisors including the Chancellor and multiple directors with other university offices in time frames as short as a week• Frequently compiled reports of sensitive documents regarding major university decision making for the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor as well as research on local legislation and legislative hearings

• Service Learning Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Led a team of 4 students through the creation of an equitable civic engagement process with the planning committee for the new Dorothea Dix Park, involving the creation of a 400+ person event engaging 6 universities in Raleigh, NC• Graded and provided feedback on 12+ service learning/reflection papers a semester and create and administer a final exam• Acted as a liaison between student team and local non-profit partners to establish realistic, measurable goals and deliverables in the 4-month time frame of the project and bring external resources and guest speakers to the team on a weekly/biweekly basis• Led a Service Learning team of 5 students through creating and teaching an after-school curriculum for 15 underserved 7th and 10th grade students, including 20+ enrichment lessons and weekly tutoring at local non-profit Neighbor 2 Neighbor



Duke Energy Corporation

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Distribution Design Intern

  • May 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Designed, estimated the cost of, and scheduled technical engineering plans and saw them to completion for over 30 different projects now existing in the NC power grid• Designed and estimated a major Cary, NC town project costing over $200k which focused on converting a 2 mile portion of overhead grid to underground grid which involved quickly learning unfamiliar junction devices• Quickly learned grid design software to progress at an accelerated rate, enabling me to receive extra work from as well as advise my senior coworkers within the first 6 weeks of the internship• Analyzed employee data and employee structure regarding amount of work, type of work, and location of work received for over 30 employees in the major areas of Fuquay and Chatham, NC. Compiled this data into a formal report, the results of which led to the allocation of 3 new hires and the redistribution of designer sub-areas and designer roles



Koolbridge Solar Inc

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Rapidly learned and utilized JavaScript and C# in a startup environment to create an app for future customer audiences which communicates with and displays real-time power and energy data• Designed a user interface which met with great success at Solar Power International and is, to present date, being utilized in the final version of the product despite major product changes • Rapidly learned and utilized JavaScript and C# in a startup environment to create an app for future customer audiences which communicates with and displays real-time power and energy data• Designed a user interface which met with great success at Solar Power International and is, to present date, being utilized in the final version of the product despite major product changes