ABOUT ME
I graduate May 2017 from Dickinson College with a double major is Environmental Studies and Policy Management. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, I grew up with a strong sense of environmentalism that has manifested into a passion for environmental advocacy and sustainability since coming to Dickinson. Within these fields, I am most interested in the intrinsic connection between climate change and agriculture. The possibility of implementing agricultural solutions for both mitigation and adaptation to climate change, while improving nutrition security and issues of social justice is a major motivator in my academic and personal life. After graduation I will be pursuing a career within the non-profit world, or within a governmental agency to work towards a sustainable future.
Education
Dickinson College
BA in Environmental Studies and Policy Management
Honors:
- Magna cum laude
- Baird Sustainability:
College wide honors program that awards demonstrated leadership and high academic performance
Formative Courses:
- Understanding the Human Place in Nature: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Environmental Health
- Policy and Leadership
- Economic Analysis of Policy
- Environmental Economics
- Global Environmental Challenges and Governance
- Principles of Resource Management
- Economic and Ethical Issues in Sustainable Development
Major Projects:
- Participated in seven month research project specific to the role agriculture plays within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP20. This involved conducting interviews with delegates at COP20, in depth literary review and research and culminated in a major research paper.
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- Created a ten minute documentary on the the social, political and environmental impacts of gardening.
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School For Field studies
Study abroad program in Costa Rica with a focus on on sustainable development and resource management from an economic, ecological, ethical, socioeconomic and policy perspectives
Project:
-Directed Research on Nicoya Peninsula's Waste Management. I participating in directed research on behalf of the Waterkeeper Alliance on the social, economic and environmental impacts of solid waste management in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. The research involved data collection and analysis, outreach into the local communities, as well as creating solutions to strengthen waste management. The specific aim of the project was to analyze the possibility of creating a composting system for the community of Santa Teresa.