Experience

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Docent

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  San Pedro, California, United States • After 9 weeks of training on Southern California marine life, interactive “Do it, Do it”, public outreach, and scientific storytelling, docents begin to take 1.5 hours independent tours with elementary school level students. • Currently in active weekly training and shadow touring.



San Diego Humane Society

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  San Diego, California, United States Intake and Outreach Volunteer (San Diego Campus) • In training for accepting patients, recording biological information, species identification, assembling cages, facilitating the medical team, greeting the customers, taking donations, and educating the public on how to live with our wildlife. Animal Care Volunteer (Ramona Campus) • In training with the animal care team in feed preparation, cleaning, and rehabilitating large patients for release.



UW Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Apr 2023 - Jun 2023

  Seattle, Washington, United States • Assisted Ph.D. Student Jessica Diallo from Olden Lab on stomach contents analysis (SCA) on native and invasive fish species from Arizona. • Processed 62 stomach samples and identified over 30 different North American Freshwater insect species.



UW Housing and Food Services

• Student Dining Assistant

  • Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  Seattle, Washington, United States



University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories

• Research Collaborator

  • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

  Friday Harbor, Washington, United States • Conducted independent research on the impacts of heat stress on Aeolid Nudibranch prey preference in lab settings. Collected Hermissenda crassicornis from San Juan Island, WA, and conducted temperature-regulated experiments using sea tables and immersion heating sticks. • Assisted professor Eliza Heery on evaluating mercury contamination levels in Puget Sound waters using public-available data from the Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP), a Washington State Department of… Show more • Conducted independent research on the impacts of heat stress on Aeolid Nudibranch prey preference in lab settings. Collected Hermissenda crassicornis from San Juan Island, WA, and conducted temperature-regulated experiments using sea tables and immersion heating sticks. • Assisted professor Eliza Heery on evaluating mercury contamination levels in Puget Sound waters using public-available data from the Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program (PSAMP), a Washington State Department of Ecology project. • Processed my own barnacle sample using the gradient dehydration method and sputter machine that prepared for scanning electron microscopy. • Experienced with CT Scanning small fish. Show less