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PhD  University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Health Sciences 2022

MPH  Emory University, Global Environmental Health 2016

BA  Kenyon College, Psychology 2013

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grants, awards, & honors

Center for Global Effective Action Seed Grant - submitted

Berkeley Population Center Pilot Grant - submitted

Climate Equity and Environmental Justice Roundtable Seed Grant ($18,500)

Berkeley Food Institute Collaboration Grant ($10,000)

Berkeley Food Institute Storytelling Grant ($5,000)

Emory Global Field Experience Grant ($3,500)

2021 Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Llewelyn Student Research Award ($5,000)

2021 Women in High Performance Computing Mentee

2019-2020 NIH Biomedical Big Data Fellow

2013 Distinction on Undergraduate Thesis

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past experience

August 2019 - August 2022

Graduate Student Researcher

Environmental Health Sciences
UC Berkeley Public Health

April 2020 - August 2021

Domain Consultant

Berkeley Research Computing
UC Berkeley Research IT

July 2017 - August 2019

Research Associate

Tracking California
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA

April 2017 - August 2018

Research Consultant

Fair Trade USA
Oakland, CA
Charlotte Smith & Associates, Inc.
Berkeley, CA

August 2015 - September 2016

Graduate Research Assistant

World Health Organization
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

March - December 2015

Project Coordinator

Division of Health & Social Services
Trinidad & Tobago

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teaching

December 2021 - January 2022

Course Development Assistant

Environmental Health Sciences Breadth Course for OOMPH Program (Online Only Master of Public Health, PH200F)
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) in Disaster Relief and Development (new course)

Spring 2021

Head Graduate Student Instructor

Environmental Health Sciences MPH/MS Breadth Course (PH200K), 103 students

Spring 2020

Graduate Student Instructor

Geographic Information Systems in Applied Public Health (PHW272B), 35 students

September 2014 - June 2016

Volunteer Teaching Assistant

Women's English Language Classes, International Rescue Committee, Atlanta, GA

August 2013 - June 2014

English Teacher

Jean Perrin & Louis-Jacques Goussier Public Technical High School, Academy of Nantes, Rezé, France
Salvador Allende Middle School, Academy of Nantes, Rezé, France

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community & campus engagement

July 2021 - August 2022

Co-President

Health Students for Climate Action
(HEALS-CA)
UC Berkeley

August 2020 - May 2021

Student Representative

Division of Environmental Health Sciences
UC Berkeley

November 2020 - December 2021

Grocery Delivery Volunteer

Berkeley Mutual Aid
Berkeley, CA

April 2017 - May 2018

College Mentor & Activities Volunteer

Soccer Without Borders

August 2015 - May 2016

Student Representative

Rollins Climate Action Plan Committee
Emory University

August 2014 - May 2016

Student Member

Rollins Environmental Health
Action Coalition
Emory University

May - August 2014

Organic Farmworker Volunteer

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Lipsi, Greece

June - August 2013

Global Health Volunteer

Operation Groundswell
Ghana

August 2010 - May 2012

Youth Science Project Mentor

Off-Campus Activities Program
in Psychology
Kenyon College

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