Experience

Verifi

• Professional Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  AI-Powered Career Coaching and a Comprehensive Suite of Career Tools Verifi is a platform that helps young adults discover their career direction and find job opportunities that align with their skills, interests, and aspirations. This platform combines career assessment tools, personalized job recommendations, and resources to guide users through the process of choosing a career path and searching for suitable jobs.



Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Entrepreneurial Transformation

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  I support the director in the visioning and execution of the University’s entrepreneurial strategy. In this role, I am charged with leveraging entrepreneurial education as a platform to better prepare students for the future of work. I believe that an entrepreneurial skillset should be made accessible to all students to produce graduates who have the competencies for and the access to a diverse array of opportunities and career paths. I work with donors, employers, and campus partners to… Show more I support the director in the visioning and execution of the University’s entrepreneurial strategy. In this role, I am charged with leveraging entrepreneurial education as a platform to better prepare students for the future of work. I believe that an entrepreneurial skillset should be made accessible to all students to produce graduates who have the competencies for and the access to a diverse array of opportunities and career paths. I work with donors, employers, and campus partners to develop relevant interdisciplinary programs connecting entrepreneurship education and activities to a dynamic workforce formalization. In Fall 2021, I launched the Stamford Startup Studio.

• Student Development & Digital Credentialing Specialist

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  Develop and coordinate interdisciplinary programs to up-skill students and pipeline them into research opportunities, company projects, start-up teams, and accelerator programs.



Stamford Startup Studio

• United States
• Higher Education

• Co-Founder & Director

  • Aug 2021 - Aug 2023

  Stamford, Connecticut, United States The Stamford Startup Studio (S3) employs undergraduate students full-time to create technology products for local industries. S3 provides a cooperative educational experience where students spend a year outside of the classroom gaining hands-on experience networking and collaborating with consultants, corporate partners, venture capitalists, and senior business leaders to ensure they’re bringing relevant and innovative solutions to market. Special attention is paid to skill development around… Show more The Stamford Startup Studio (S3) employs undergraduate students full-time to create technology products for local industries. S3 provides a cooperative educational experience where students spend a year outside of the classroom gaining hands-on experience networking and collaborating with consultants, corporate partners, venture capitalists, and senior business leaders to ensure they’re bringing relevant and innovative solutions to market. Special attention is paid to skill development around emerging technologies, such as machine learning, 5G-ready applications, and virtual and augmented reality. S3 marries skill development, career preparation, and the entrepreneurial mindset that will place UConn students in the most competitive roles today and increase the trajectories of our students for a lifetime. Show less



University of Connecticut

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• School of Business - OPIM Innovate: Project Coordinator

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

  Identified a gap in technological skillsets taught in the classroom and what industry demands, OPIM Innovate was created to provide students with opportunities to learn, explore, and develop new combinations of skills.



Girls For Technology, Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  Hartford, Connecticut Area



NERCOMP (Northeast Regional Computing Program)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NERCOMP - Speaker

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2019

  Providence, Rhode Island Area Session: XR Mission Possible Shared examples of XR applications in higher education with a focus on the possibilities, pedagogies, and student learning outcomes and discussed the trajectory of emerging technologies in education.



Model

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Future We Want - Logistics Officer

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2019

  Greater New York City Area Worked with 40 staff members to host a 1,400-student delegate conference, with participants from over 136 countries, to engage youth on international affairs and foster the next generation of United Nation leaders.



StandWithUs

• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Insight Leadership Program

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2018

  Israel An 11 day, immersive program. Traveled throughout the country to areas such as the Syrian border, the Gaza strip, and the West Bank to meet with diverse, influential figures and discuss cultural, political, and strategic topics; aimed at providing a multifaceted perspective on Israel.



Renzulli Learning

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conference Coordinator, Confratute

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Confratute is the longest running summer institute on enrichment-based differentiated teaching held at the University of Connecticut for over 40 years! Worked with the founders Sally Reis and Joseph Renzulli to plan and execute an organized, successful 500-teacher conference.