Experience

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  Follett higher education

  Aug 2013 - Feb 2014

  Sales associate

  Assisted customers with textbook purchases, set up and delivered online textbook orders, worked with registers, performing inventory, and conducting buyback

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  University of florida

  Jun 2014 - Apr 2016

  Worked as primary and secondary lifeguard, perform office and check-in requirements. Have monthly trainings to review skills. • Performed lab duties in ongoing ecosystem ecology research projects taking place in Alaska • Formulated chemical solutions, conducted leaf area scans, performed extractions, leaf grinding, etc. for data collection and analyzing in climate change research• Processed soil and leaf litter samples from Alaska to analyze C & N content for professor, post-doctoral student and team conducting climate change research

  • RecSports Lifeguard

    Mar 2014 - Apr 2016

  • Ecosystem Ecology Research Lab Assistant

    Jun 2014 - Jan 2015
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  University of florida austin cary forest

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2016

  Forestry student intern

  • Implemented silviculture techniques, best management practices, and forest management practices (timber marking and prescribed burning, long leaf planting season) alongside management team• Maintained forest grounds, roads, lawn, signposts, rain gauges, wildlife traps, etc. • Operated heavy machinery and assisted with operations in forest management

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  P4h global

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Development intern

  • Analyzed teacher conference evaluation surveys for improvement and editing of nonprofit annual report• Promoted events for organization, recruitment, networking with colleges, program development, performed sustainable development research, survey analysis, promotion, and fundraising

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  Cinram | umn center for integrated natural resources and agricultural management

  Sept 2016 - May 2017

  Graduate assistant

  • Collaborated on survey analysis and editing of report draft farmer KAP (knowledge, attitude, practices) of living snow fences research involving Minnesota Department of Transportation blowing snow control practices• Co-edited draft of the document, MnDOT First-Round KAP Study Report, presenting qualitative and quantitative results of interviews with farmers participating in the live snow fence program

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  Peace corps

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2019

  Natural resource conservation volunteer

  Environment Sector Volunteer who lived and served 27 months in Mexico. Collaborated with Mexico's SEMARNAT. Performed activities including: environmental education, activities focused on medicinal plant conservation, recycling and trash management, community events and trainings, reforestation, and climate change education. Developed programs and provided network opportunities for an agricultural community in central Mexico. Experience applying for grants and managing two grants successfully. My primary project highlighted the community's cultural and traditional use of medicinal plants. Gathering information that would support community cultural, social, and human capital for the community's preservation, while investing in biodiversity conservation and their natural capital.• Managed two USAID Peace Corps Small Project Assistant grants funding annual environment fairs, photography workshop and showcase, field trips, conservation of medicinal plants workshops and enterprise skills trainings for women’s empowerment, and production of 1000 copies of a Tradition and Conservation of Medicinal Plants book to conserve local ecological knowledge and biodiversity.Environmental education using the arts.Provided medicinal plant product enterprise trainings geared for women's empowerment.Education on climate change impacts. Show less

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  University of minnesota

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  Teaching assistant: natural resources in sustainable international development

  TA for Fall semesters in 2016 & 2019 •Graded university student exams, projects, and assignments on introductory topics such as community participation, certifications (fair trade, etc.), sustainability criteria, agroforestry, biodiversity, climate change impacts, community resilience, grants, and more• Evaluated student sustainable development project proposals, which included clear community involvement and natural resource integration (letter of intent, goals & objectives, activities, expected results, timeline, budget)• Gave introductory lecture for course on REDD+ and the implications for communities involved for development of community enterprises; lecture was presented to visiting Yawanawa Brazilian tribe leaders Show less

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  Impact tax group inc

  Jan 2020 - now

  Administrative assistant

  Provide organizational and administrative assistance, support business development and seasonal tax preparationManage daily and monthly tasks: business bookkeeping, data entry, quarterly reports, supplies inventory, client interaction, website development, etc. for office management