Resourceful, organized, and environmentally focused professional with 9+ years of social science research experience supporting policy-relevant analysis and decision-making related to nature-based solutions. Experienced liaison between academic researchers, federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and community partners. Skilled in actionable data analysis, stakeholder communication, and efficient project delivery.

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Professional Experience
Nature + People. Research + Action.

Senior Program Coordinator for Assessment & Inclusive Excellence
Duke University

• ​Program management, data analysis, higher education​

Curriculum Analyst & Developer
​MobilizeGreen

• Environmental workforce development, nature-based education

Social Science Researcher
North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources

• Social science research, policy analysis

Lead Qualitative Researcher
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Social science research on relationships between people and place, policy analysis, stakeholder engagement

​UNC Scholars Program Coordinator
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Program coordination, project management

MobilizeGreen Alumni Network Chair
​MobilizeGreen

• ​Environmental workforce development, stakeholder enagagement
  

USDA Forest Service Resource Assistants Program Liaison
​USDA Forest Service

• Federal policy experience, environmental workforce development, partnership engagement

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Fulbright Commission, Spain

• Curriculum development, independent research on urban agriculture
  

Education and Stewardship Liaison
The Nature Conservancy

• Environmental storytelling, public education

Education and Development Intern
​City Blossoms, Inc.

• Stakeholder engagement, environmental education

Public Historic Interpreter
​Southeast Lighthouse Foundation

• Interpersonal communication, environmental and historic storytelling

Education

PhD, Geography: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023. Read more about my research.
Master of Arts, Geography: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 2015, summa cum laude; Major: Spanish; Minor: Environmental Studies
Grants & Awards

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship: August 2020-May 2023: Prestigious fellowship that recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported disciplines
• American Association of Geographers Research Grant: February 2022: National award granted to a limited number of geographers whose research address questions of major importance to the discipline​
• Landscape Research Group Grant: May 2021: Funding from international group of scholars who study and publish on landscape
• Humanities for the Public Good Professional Pathway Award: April 2020: Mellon Foundation award that offers UNC graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences the opportunity to pursue summer-long, project-based applied research within cultural institutions. 
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Horizon Award: December 2019: University award that recognizes graduate students whose research holds extremely high potential for making a significant contribution to the educational, economic, physical, social or cultural well-being of North Carolina citizens
• Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship: August 2016: National award that places English-speaking recent graduates in classrooms with teachers around the world. Teaching Assistants also develop and produce their own independent research projects.

Volunteer Positions

Leader, Trainer, & Zoom Tech Support | Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) 
(March 2020-March 2025)
• Digital organizing • Zoom coordination and expertise • Stakeholder engagement
North Carolina State Level Judge | National History Day
(April 2021; April 2022; April 2023)
• Secondary education • Subject-matter expertise • Community engagement
Conference Session Lead & Volunteer Coordinator | National LGBTQ Task Force
(January 2021)
• Leading team of 5 other volunteers • Organization • Communication
Fall Homeschool Day Tour Guide | Stagville State Historic Site
(September 2020)
• Secondary and elementary education • Subject matter expertise •. Communication & community engagement
​New Member Outreach Team | Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) D.C. Chapter
​(August 2017-June 2018)
• Digital organizing • Recruitment • Stakeholder engagement