Iris Hsiang

Experience

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  Nest Coffee and Bakery

  May 2019 - Aug 2020

  Barista
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  Essex Westford School District

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

  Student Member on the EWSD School Board
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  VPIRG

  Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  Junior Youth and Democracy Organizer

  I worked on getting out the vote for the 2020 election and helped put together the vote tripling effort called Vote Safe Ambassadors.

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  VPIRG

  Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  Junior Organizer
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  NATURAL RESOURCES, VERMONT AGENCY OF

  Apr 2021 - May 2022

  Youth Member on the Vermont Climate Council

  I served on the Agriculture and Ecosystems and Just Transitions Subcommittees, representing intergenerational equity and advocating for bold and equitable climate action in policy conversations for the good of young vermonters. I created a transition plan to support my successor and better represent youth voice by creating a framework to add a youth representative to each subcommittee, give them either college credit or stipends and support them through VEEP. I wrote the Education section of the Vermont Climate Action Plan, highlighting the ways that education is key to creating communities that will be resilient, and the way that it truly is the next generation of Vermonters who must understand the challenges we will face as a result of inaction. Show less

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  VPIRG

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Canvasser
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  Gund Institute for Environment

  Feb 2022 - May 2022

  Intern
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  Vermont Youth Conservation Corps

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Americorps Farm Crew

  Worked as an americorps member to assist in the production of Health Care Shares to provide local nutritionally and culturally relevant food to people experiencing food insecurity through health care providers in order to improve the health of share members.

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  Lake Champlain Basin Program

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Education and Outreach Steward

  Interpreted crucial information about the past, present, and potential futures of Lake Champlain to members of the public of all ages through staffing the Resource Room (within the Echo Leahy Center for Lake Champlain) and traveling to events across the watershed Supported education and outreach efforts including coordinating summer outreach and publicity for the Raise The Blade CampaignAssisted in dissemination of critical information about water quality, public health, and scientific explanations for hazards in the watershed including CyanoHABs, record breaking flooding in the summer of 2023, and E.coli hazards in the lake and tributariesForged new organizational connections, built out support infrastructure for those coming into the role, and supported staff efforts including EPA grant reporting, online communications and exhibit development Show less

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  Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

  Oct 2023 - now

  Research Assistant

  Support the work of Dr. Nitsche and Dr. Kenna in the Long Island Sound Mapping Project, working in the Core Lab to process and analyze sediment samples to aid mapping efforts. Assist in sample collection on the sound.