Experience

CIVITAS INC
• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Landscape Designer

  • Jun 2022 - Present


North Carolina State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  - Assisting in the administration of the Site Design and Environmental Planning course- Responsible for supporting professors and students

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  - Assist in construction management and landscape maintenance plan- Develop illustrative communications of storm water management benefits at a K-5 elementary school site- Assist in federal grant writing programs



Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Change Fellow

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  - Working to co-create design solutions that promote cultural, ecological and economic prosperity in a rapidly changing climate - Finding dynamic environmental planning alternatives in response to rising sea levels and intensified storms through interdisciplinary collaboration - Focusing on indigenous environmental and social justice in Robeson County, NC - Working to co-create design solutions that promote cultural, ecological and economic prosperity in a rapidly changing climate - Finding dynamic environmental planning alternatives in response to rising sea levels and intensified storms through interdisciplinary collaboration - Focusing on indigenous environmental and social justice in Robeson County, NC

• Program Assistant, Design Lab for K-12 Outreach

  • Nov 2019 - Aug 2020

  NCSU's K-12 Outreach Initiative to bring design thinking to young learners and classrooms across North Carolina - manage data tracking - co-teach intensive design thinking workshops - support program logistics During COVID-19 pandemic, developed an online landscape architecture workshop for high school aged students. The workshop prioritized inspiration, scale, and the human experience, and could be completed with little cost to participants' families. NCSU's K-12 Outreach Initiative to bring design thinking to young learners and classrooms across North Carolina - manage data tracking - co-teach intensive design thinking workshops - support program logistics During COVID-19 pandemic, developed an online landscape architecture workshop for high school aged students. The workshop prioritized inspiration, scale, and the human experience, and could be completed with little cost to participants' families.



4.0 Schools

• United States
• E-Learning Providers

• Fellow

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Start Up aimed to empower parents to interact with academic vocabulary at home. - Manage grant information and data tracking - Develop content and conduct research - Establish KPI's and subsequent action plans to reach goals - Maintain strong relationship with our parents and their communities Start Up aimed to empower parents to interact with academic vocabulary at home. - Manage grant information and data tracking - Develop content and conduct research - Establish KPI's and subsequent action plans to reach goals - Maintain strong relationship with our parents and their communities



Success Academy Charter Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Elementary Science Teacher

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  - Implemented and edited rigorous STEAM curriculum for early elementary students. - Responsible for analyzing student data, student achievement increased by 30%. - Managed and maintained relationships with parents and community. - Participated in educational equity rallies. - Implemented and edited rigorous STEAM curriculum for early elementary students. - Responsible for analyzing student data, student achievement increased by 30%. - Managed and maintained relationships with parents and community. - Participated in educational equity rallies.



West 8 urban design & landscape architecture

• Belgium
• Architecture and Planning

• Copy Editing

  • Feb 2018 - May 2018

  - Contracted under NDA to revise and rewrite two Request for Proposals as well as two supplemental contracts. - Contracted under NDA to revise and rewrite two Request for Proposals as well as two supplemental contracts.



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Second Grade Teacher

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  - Taught 2nd grade for 17-20 students at a Title I school in rural North Carolina with 100% free or reduced-price lunch and 98% African-American student population - Designed curriculum, planned assessments, tracked student achievement, and modified instruction on a daily basis to respond to student mastery levels and misconceptions based on assessment data - Focused on integrating design thinking and social justice in classroom - One of two classes in the school that exceeded expected growth for winter standardized MAP testing scores - Volunteered at after-school homework program for 20 students; after-school basketball coach for 16 students Show less



The Peaks Assisted Living Facility

• Life Enrichment Coordinator

  • May 2013 - May 2014

  - Facilitated 10 daily recreational therapy activities for 26 highly affected dementia patients - Tracked member participation, maintained contact with family members and coordinated special events with surrounding community, such as a French theater performance for 110 residents - Facilitated 10 daily recreational therapy activities for 26 highly affected dementia patients - Tracked member participation, maintained contact with family members and coordinated special events with surrounding community, such as a French theater performance for 110 residents



AmeriCorps

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Days of Service Coordinator

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

  - Organized volunteer opportunities around the Flagstaff area, - Recruited volunteers for service projects - Managed the projects of 30 other AmeriCorps volunteers - Tracked volunteer impact - Created a network between AmeriCorps and other Northern Arizona non-profits - Organized volunteer opportunities around the Flagstaff area, - Recruited volunteers for service projects - Managed the projects of 30 other AmeriCorps volunteers - Tracked volunteer impact - Created a network between AmeriCorps and other Northern Arizona non-profits