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Experience
2024 - Present
CLIMATE RESEARCH FELLOW
Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Leading project management responsibilities for a grant from the Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations under the Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs Program to complete technical and social feasibility assessments for a DAC hub in the San Joaquin Valley.
Berkeley, California
2022 - 2024
CARBON REMOVAL FELLOW
Appalachian Voices
Norton, Virginia
Designed a 1,000-acre, $5 million pilot project to reforest former mine lands in environmental justice communities of Central Appalachia as a nature-based carbon sequestration solution.
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2022
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Electricity Markets & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
I collected and analyzed data to support a project with the Department of Energy's Building Technology Office on the programs and electricity rate structures that promote demand flexibility and electrification in buildings nationwide.
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Berkeley, California
Education
2023
M.S. ENERGY AND RESOURCES
University of California, Berkeley
I studied in the Energy and Resources Group under Dr. Andrew Jones in the Earth Systems and Society Lab while holding a fellowship with Appalachian Voices.
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Thesis: "Reforestation For Carbon Removal Within Coal Communities: Evaluating the potential of carbon credits from reforested mine land to support environmental justice communities of Central Appalachia" (2023)
I also studied in the Goldman School of Public Policy and earned a Graduate Certificate in Security Policy.
Berkeley, California
2012
B.A. History
B.A. Environmental Science
University of Florida
I studied in the History Honors Program, where my thesis was advised by Dr. Paul Ortiz, and concentrated my Environmental Science degree in Environmental Policy.
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Thesis: "Contributing to World Community: Peace Corps Service in Historical Perspective" (2012)
Gainesville, Florida
Award
Elizabeth B. Mason Small Project Award, Oral History Association - 2015
Presentations
“Reforesting Mine Lands: How the Forestry Reclamation Approach Works for Coal Communities.” Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative with the Appalachian Citizens Law Center, 2023.
“Ecology of Forest Carbon Management.” Forest Carbon Management in Central Appalachia Conference presented by West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2023.
“Sustainable Utilization of Appalachian Resources.” Appalachian Carbon Forum presented by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Gatlinburg, TN, 2023.
“The Climate Farm Bill: Establishing U.S. Leadership in Forestry.” Carbon Removers Summit presented by Carbon180, Washington, D.C., 2022.
“Celebrating a 50-Year Oral History Collaboration Between the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the University of Florida.” Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2020.
“Standing with Elders: Fieldwork in the South.” Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2015.
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute - in progress
Community Direct Air Capture Workshop Series, Georgia Tech - in progress
Registered Yoga Teacher Training, 200 hours, YogaPod Gainesville - 2018