Princess Mutasa

Experience

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  Needham Broughton High School

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  Teacher Assistant

  At Broughton High school, I graded papers for the driver's ed class. I also gathered materials for the biology classes and formulated homework assignments for the AP US history classes.

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  North Carolina State University

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Research Assistant

  I worked in the lab of Dr. Erin Seekamp in the college of natural resources at NC State. I was assisting with a project on low income communities and their response to sea level rise in eastern North Carolina. I categorized and analyzed survey collections from the site, assisted with the distribution of materials on site, and interpreted live recordings of subjects from the site.

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  UCSC Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

  Jun 2017 - May 2019

  Doris Duke Conservation Scholar

  I am a scholar in the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars program based at UCSC. We spent the summer of 2017 traveling to various field stations in California such as the White Mountains field station and Swanton Ranch conducting research projects.

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  Audubon Naturalist Society

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Conservation Policy and Advocacy Intern

  Worked as an intern at ANS in the DC metropolitan area on data analysis of water quality data. Duties included cleaning, normalizing, and analyzing 25 years worth of water monitoring data, summarized and organized policy letters in blog posts posted on the ANS blog, and testified on behalf of ANS at a local governmental hearing at the Department of Energy and Environment

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  NC State College of Natural Resources

  May 2019 - May 2020

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Worked in Dr. E. Nichols's lab in the department of forestry and environmental resources leading a research team in a year-long forestry project. Was in charge of coordinating excursions to the field, conducting on-site training with equipment to tree members, analyzing tree cores in the lab, and prepared for presenting at the SAF conference in Louisville, Kentucky October 31-November 1, 2019.

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  Keep Durham Beautiful, Inc

  Nov 2021 - Oct 2022

  Americorps Environmental Education and Outreach Coordinator

  - Recruit participants and track activity and reporting of 2 litter prevention programs targeting Durham schools and local community groups and create presentations of volunteer events and pictures for public outreach- Write SOPs on Salesforce data management for the rest of the staff and generate reports through Salesforce per month of volunteer events and metrics for program tracking- Collaborate with city GIS support to create interactive maps to visualize program impact for Adopt-A-Street and map activity in underserved areas- Main communication liaison for an environmental justice and equity collaborative managed by Keep Durham Beautiful Show less

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  City of Durham

  Dec 2022 - Mar 2023

  Public Policy Intern

  Worked in the City of Durham's General Services department as a public policy intern on the Arts, Culture and Sustainable Communities division. I was performing benchmarking research, cost-benefit analyses, and making policy recommendations informed by research.- Performed benchmark analysis of municipalities enacting pollinator-friendly lawn maintenance standards and ordinances - Performed benchmark analysis of municipalities funding litter prevention programs employing unhoused individuals, including interview feedback from city managers- Made recommendations to COD staff regarding lawn maintenance practices Show less

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  Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC

  Jan 2023 - now

  Network Training Coordinator

  - Coordinate and facilitate trainings for food pantries across 34 counties using the Food Bank’s online reporting system- Manage equipment inventory provided to food pantries and troubleshoot technical problems- Perform statistical analysis of feedback from food pantries to better tailor training materials- Create and manage Power BI dashboards for training efficiency and staff use- Create and manage ArcGIS maps for staff use - Manage and update ArcGIS apps created for external use by food pantries - Generate training materials and resources to increase digital literacy and technology readiness across the network- Serve as point of contact between food pantries and other relevant departments at the Food Bank Show less