Education

University of California, Santa Barbara 2018-2020

Environmental Studies B.S.

  • GPA- 3.93
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude
  • Environmental Studies Program-Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
  • 6x Dean’s List

College of San Mateo 2016-2018

  • GPA- 3.91

Experience

Undergraduate Researcher September 2020 - Present

- Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara
  • Collaborative research team under PhD candidate Mike Johnson to find potential flooding impacts across the United States
  • Working to create new data set of height above nearest drainage that will be used to predict impact based on flood severity

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant July 2020 - Present

- ENV S 115, Energy and The Environment, UC Santa Barbara
  • Assists Professor Lovering, PhD, with proof reading assignments
  • Grades homework, tests, and quizzes

Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2019 - March 2020

- PISCO LAB, UC Santa Barbara
  • Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), run by Dr. Jennifer Cassele
  • Collected and implemented samples in the field and analyzed data in the lab

Student Summer Researcher June 2019 - September 2019

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, California
  • Conducted a study on femoral shaft fractures under the guidance of Dr. Coleen Sabatini, MD, MPH
  • Gathered and compiled data from medical records in addition to shadowing an orthopaedic surgeon daily
  • Currently working on publishing a manuscript of the research, findings from the study disagree with the current metrics used by US News and World Report to evaluate orthopaedic programs

Exhibit Interpreter September 2018 - May 2019

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center, CA
  • Educated museum visitors about the marine ecosystems found in the local ocean waters
  • Introduced the public into the research done at the Sea Center, such as species collection

Activities