Francesca De Cristofaro

Experience

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  GWU Student Impact on Substance Education

  Feb 2012 - May 2015

  Event Coordinator and Trainer

  -Educate GWU students about effects of alcohol and drugs while preparing them to handle precarious situations through large lecture and presentation formats-Counsel peers to make healthy choices and equip them with the knowledge and courage to do so on one on one basis-Provide the student body at George Washington with healthy, safe, and fun alternatives to drinking and substance abuse with even planning and alternative programming

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  GWU College Democats

  Apr 2012 - May 2013

  Director of Community Service

  -Plan and coordinate volunteer events with local community service groups in the DC metropolitan area such as the American Red Cross or local Food Bank canned food drives-In cooperation with other Executive Board members, we plan and stage events, bring speakers to our university-As Site Captain, manage and lead 45 freshmen and 3 Site Leaders for Freshmen Convocation and MLK Day of Service

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  Environment California and CALPIRG

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Field Manager
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  District Office Congresswoman Barbara Lee

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  House of Representatives Staff Intern

  -Assist Congressional Aids with constituent casework involving foreign embassies, the National Visa Center, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service-Communicate with elected officials, agency executives, and Oakland constituents-Respond to correspondence and phone inquiries; perform record keeping, data entry

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  GWU Center of Civic Engagement

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  House Staff

  -Advise, counsel and mediate problems that Freshman experience in their first year of college-Meet weekly with Residence Directors and report on the interactions and activities I have with my residents-Coordinate activities and events within my hall of 37 students, on the Mt. Vernon campus and within the whole University

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  GWU Facilities Services

  May 2013 - May 2015

  Student Employee

  -Record, collect, and organize missing and returned keys from students as they left or lost their keys throughout the academic school year and with visiting students on summer programs-Mediate between the university staff as well as with parents and students over issues that arose within the dorms over keys, charges, and other issues-Provide updated documentation of our yearly rotation of keys and locks that we changed over the summer

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  GWU Office of Study Abroad

  Feb 2014 - May 2015

  Study Abroad Peer Advisor

  -Hold weekly office hours to advise and counsel GWU students on overcoming the challenges of studying abroad such as program selection, the application process, and dealing with the social challenges of reverse culture shock-Report back monthly with supervisors on students progress and my cases-Brainstorm event ideas for outgoing and incoming students who study abroad

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  USDA

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2015

  Pathways Intern

  -Draft research brief outlining the purpose of a Research Agenda for the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs-Conduct National survey of staff training resources within 4-H Land Grant Universities and Extension programs-Spearhead effort to update website content, revise application forms, brainstorm 4-H Career Ready slogan

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  GWU Center of Civic Engagement

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Resident Advisor

  -Advise, counsel and mediate problems that freshmen experience in their first year of college, foreign exchange students, as well as juniors returning from study abroad programs, and seniors preparing to graduate-Meet weekly with Residence Directors and report biweekly on the interactions and activities I have with my residents-Coordinate activities and events that were pertinent to the worries and concerns of the residents within my dormitory of over 200 international and study abroad students Show less

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  World Bank Group

  May 2018 - May 2018

  GIS Contractor

  -Identify land-use types in northern Laos using satellite imagery and Remotely Sensed data for a short term project with New Light Technologies-Learn agricultural crop trends in remote Laos and their spectral reflectance in order to ID using Remote Sensing methods-Categorize over 500km of random quadrats based on their main landcover type from 9 basic land cover categories-Report to World Bank coordinators on agricultural patterns of land cover use and change from subsistence farming to specific unsustainable cash crops Show less

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  Apple

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  GIS Analyst

  -Responsible for content analysis, validation, cleansing, collection and reporting Apple maps content-Respond to data inquiries from groups within the organization-Create and publish regularly scheduled and ad hoc reports as needed

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  PRO-PIPE (Professional Pipe Services)

  Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

  GIS Technician/Quality Control

  -Quality control/assurance initiatives-Managing large databases of information-Data tracking and ensuring timely submittals are delivered to customers.

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  Ceres Imaging

  Mar 2020 - now

  -Assessing the quality of automatically processed imagery-Analyzing multispectral imagery data to identify trends-Annotating areas in a field that may require management changes-Research and Development projects to improve our pipeline and test new products

  • GIS Product Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst

    Mar 2020 - Jun 2023