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BEYOND PESTICIDESSenior Policy and Coalitions Associate
Mar. 2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
BEYOND PESTICIDESOrganic Program Associate
Jan. 2024 - Mar. 2025United StatesPolicy Analysis. Coalition Building. Writing. Communications. Advocacy.
ProFellowIntern
Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023
NYU College of Arts and ScienceAgricultural Policy Grader
Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023Graded and reviewed assignments for Food Production and Climate Change course taught by Dr. Shelby McClelland in NYU College of Arts and Sciences.
Resilience Youth NetworkAdvisory Board Member
Aug. 2023 - Jan. 2025
Food TankResearch, Writing, Event Planning, and Advocacy Intern
Jan. 2023 - Apr. 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
New York UniversityExperiential Learning Graduate Assistant
Sep. 2022 - May. 2023New York, United StatesCompiled research to develop language, definitions and resources for Experiential Learning opportunities within New York University, with peer institutions and collaborating employers/organizations Worked with NYU Career Hubs (Social Impact and Creative Careers) to pilot short and medium-length Experiential Learning opportunities for the NYU community. (E.g. micro-internships) Assisted the Wasserman Internship Grant Committee to review and process hundreds of applications for unpaid internships across numerous industries including but not limited to business, medicine, arts, fashion, media and journalism, and social impact.
The Urban ActivistFreelance Writer
Jun. 2022 - Jan. 2023
ElevensesExecutive Assistant
Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2022Queens, New York, United States
Thred MediaRemote Writer
May. 2022 - Jun. 2022Wrote article on what defines wilderness in the era of the Anthropocene.
UberDelivery Driver
Mar. 2022 - Apr. 2022Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Clean Air CouncilPublic Policy Intern
May. 2021 - Aug. 2021Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Franklin & Marshall CollegeSustainable Food Systems Research Assistant
Mar. 2021 - Aug. 2021Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesWorking with Professors Eve Bratman and Patrick Fleming to: • Establish relationships between F&M College and the sustainable food supply chain in Lancaster County
• Construct a research database on the characteristics of sustainable agriculture community (Land Access and Labor; Food Access; Production; Processing; Distribution; Retail; Waste, Compost) as a case study for public policy recommendations • Develop database of relevant peer institutions with programs in food systems in order to develop the Earth and Natural Environment Department curriculum with other F&M departments (e.g. Public Health, etc.)
The GreenzineFounder
Sep. 2020501(c)(3) organization focused on publishing and mentoring initiatives for youth climate communicators and changemakers across the globe. Expanded social media presence to +3,700 followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Threads, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Led interviews and panels with a variety of educators, researchers, activists and community leaders on a range of topics including local food systems, environmental racism, community gardening, youth climate action, biodiversity conservation. Published +60 youth writers, advocates, students, researchers, artists, and storytellers. Wrote articles on the intersection of climate change and a variety of topics including food systems, biodiversity conservation, environmental justice, and public policy.
Planet ForwardSenior Correspondent
Sep. 2020 - Sep. 2021District of Columbia, United States• Leading coordination with Earth and Natural Environment Department, Environmental Action Alliance and Center for the Sustainable Environment to establish Franklin & Marshall College as a Planet Forward Consortium campus, providing F&M students with resources and platforms that reach thousands of environmentalists, scientists, policymakers, journalists, academics and students nationally and internationally
Friends of Joe TorsellaCampaign Finance Intern
Jun. 2020 - Nov. 2020Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States• Compiled contact information, donation history and background research on dozens of potential campaign donors, focusing on environmental and climate donors, for call sheets to support Treasurer Torsella in his fundraising efforts. • Drafted 200 to 1,000 word-long-responses on the Treasurer’s policy, career and values for endorsement questionnaires from organizations including the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Ballotpedia, League of Women Voters, Committee of 70, Pennsylvania Legislative Services and Sheet Metal Workers’ LU #12 • Managed the campaign's press clipping database to keep accurate and timely records of news mentions of the candidate. • Drafted fundraising blast emails with average open rate of more than 30 percent
Franklin & Marshall CollegeGreenhouse Assistant
Jan. 2020 - Nov. 2020Lancaster, Pennsylvania• Managed, cleaned and maintained the equipment and tools for the Biology department’s greenhouse • Watered, trimmed and monitored the growth of various types of flowers, trees and fauna for both research and educational purposes.
Island PressContent Writer
Nov. 2019 - Mar. 2020Washington, District Of Columbia• Wrote an article on the role of federalism in instituting climate action policies and environmental justice, “Climate Action Planning in a Federal Leadership Vacuum,” through Island Press’s Urban Resilience Project, which specializes in journalism based around ecology, conservation, the built environment and environmental justice.
Planet ForwardNational Correspondent
Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2020Washington D.C. Metro Area• Wrote four 500 to 3,000 word research articles and features about environmental consciousness, climate action planning and environmental justice, catalyzling local green activism and the resilience of Lancaster’s sustainable family farms and Central Market, in order to spread awareness on underreported issues and solutions to thousands in readership.
Franklin & Marshall CollegeCampus Tree Advisory (CTA) Committee Member
Aug. 2019 - Jun. 2022• Advise the President on the planning for and maintenance of the Caroline S. Nunan Arboretum. The Committee will be responsible for educating the community and facilitating connections between the community and the Arboretum.
Alliance for the Chesapeake BayProject Intern
Jul. 2019 - Oct. 2019Lancaster, PennsylvaniaOver the course of a four-month-long internship I: • Expanded digital presence of ACB’s Lancaster office, including the creation of website that included carbon output assessments for individuals and businesses • Removed invasive species (golden bamboo) from streams and tributaries that compromise health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
• Coordinated with the Riparian Rangers program and F&M students and faculty to encourage green activism and plant hundreds of trees alongside PennEnvironment over the course of several events
• Worked on an educational pamphlet for Amish populations in the southeast portion of Lancaster County to spread awareness on sustainability matters.
Franklin & Marshall CollegeSustainability Intern at The Center for the Sustainable Environment (CSE)
Jun. 2019 - Sep. 2021Lancaster, Pennsylvania• Hosted and facilitated a discussion with Citizens’ Climate Lobby Lancaster Treasurer Jim Sandoe and his work with CCL International as a Paris Accords delegate. • Created and managed a ride-sharing program (for academic breaks and weekends) using Qualtrics and Google Sheets to connect thousands of students and faculty to one another. •Managed and sold hundreds of dollars worth of products for weekly community-supported agriculture (CSA) Farmer’s Market hosted in the Sustainability Center’s Fair Trade Cafe, providing the community access to local food from over 15,000 county farms. Under the Center for the Sustainable Environment, I established , planned, and led volunteer and activism opportunities relating to sustainability and the environment on and off F&M’s campus in coordination with community partners (Lancaster County Conservancy, Donegal Trout Unlimited, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, PennEnvironment) and national organizations (Planet Forward, Citizens' Climate Lobby, The Sunrise Movement). These events, discussions, and community service opportunities engaged F&M students in social issues as climate issues, and underscored numerous approaches to fight systemic issues in our society.
Citizens' Climate LobbyCCL Lancaster Media Relations Lever Leader
Jun. 2019 - Sep. 2020Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States• Facilitate projects with CCL Lancaster members involved on the Media Relations Committee, committed to building relationships with news organizations, editorial boards and media groups to support a bipartisan carbon pricing bill, H.R. 763 - Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act: • Organized youth-led lobbying meeting with the office of Republican Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), represented by Legislative Correspondent Michael Geiselhart, to discuss carbon pricing and carbon mitigation policies (December 11th, 2020) • Lead get-out-the-vote postcard writing campaign to Georgia voters ahead of the 2020 election and in the Senate run-off elections, reaching over 4,000 first time and previous voters.
Franklin & Marshall CollegeI.M.P.A.C.T. (Intelligent Men Purposefully Accomplishing College Together)
Sep. 2018 - Jan. 2021Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesA multicultural social, volunteer, and academic organization at Franklin and Marshall College that engages the community, on and off-campus, on issues of race relations, social justice, and inequity in the United States. As Social Media and Advertising Chair (2019-2021) • Manage social media accounts for I.M.P.A.C.T., including posts about the brother of the week and alumnus of the month, in order to highlight what our members are doing on and off-campus; • Created an interest video for Franklin & Marshall College’s Fall 2020 Club Involvement Fair to garner interest among first-year students to join our organization As Academic, Opportunities, and Employment Chair (2019–2020): • Organize weekly study halls for brothers to do work and network with one another;
• Provide updates on leadership development trainings, volunteer opportunities, and other relevant activities on campus and in the Lancaster community;
• Coordinate and plan a student-led panel on an issue relating to social justice and/or race at the end of spring semester.
The College ReporterStaff Writer
Sep. 2018 - Nov. 2020Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesWrote a variety of articles relating to U.S. politics, climate change and action, and international affairs. Submited an opinion-editorial drawing parallels between the rise of white supremacy militias in the U.S. and the rise of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Franklin & Marshall CollegeEnvironmental Migration Lab Research Assistant
Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2019Lancaster, PennsylvaniaHackman Scholar May 2019 - June 2019 Through the Hackman Scholarship, I was a paid research assistant in the Earth and Natural Environment Department’s Environmental Migration Lab (EML): • Wrote the “Transitional Institutions” section based on the interviews of seven translators from Church World Service and half a dozen refugees, migrants and naturalized citizens, and formatted the eleven-page draft to the first research publication for the Franklin & Marshall College Environmental Migration Lab for a peer-review process. Research Assistant September 2018 - June 2019 • Interviewed over a dozen refugees, immigrants and naturalized citizens to record their resettlement stories into the Environmental Migration Lab archive, a perpetually-developing, interactive multimedia map that will serve as an open source information database for academic scholarship and public policy. • Drafted and formulated the Environmental Survey, a series of twelve areas that may have been affected by climate change in recent decades, in an inclusive way that linguistically and culturally translates accurately into quantitative results.
New York State Supreme CourtJudicial Intern
Jun. 2018 - Aug. 2018• Attended and took notes on local and state cases in immigration, family, civil and criminal courts and federal cases at the Southern District of New York
• Read through and summarized cases for Hon. Andrea Masley, State Supreme Court Justice for the Commercial Division
• Wrote 5-page memorandum summarizing the arguments of the defense and prosecution in an intellectual property rights civil litigation
Modern Martial Arts NYCInstructor
Jun. 2014 - Mar. 2019• Trained and led students aged 4 to 15 in numerous styles of martial arts, including Kickboxing, Krav Maga, and Taekwondo.
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