In the Community
Volunteer, WinSPIRE LaunchPad Outreach Program (2025)
Mentor, NASA DEVELOP Alumni Mentor Program (2024)
Panelist, UNC University Research Week: Measuring Water from Space (2023)
Volunteer, UNC FEMMES Forensic Geology Workshop (1 day, 2022)
Panelist, JMU Association of Women Geoscientists, Post-Graduation Panel (2019)
President, JMU Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (2018/2019)
Secretary, JMU Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE) Eta Nu (2018/2019)
Field Surveyor, James Madison’s Montpelier Archeology Department (2 days, 2019)
President, Northern Virginia Community College Geology Club (2016)
WinSPIRE Summer Research Program
Aug. 2024 - July 2026
Co-led the volunteer based WinSPIRE organization of 50+ volunteer members across 10 teams, including undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and research specialists from more than 20 departments across UNC-Chapel Hill. Led the executive team, while holding quarterly organization wide meetings, developing and improving the program as a whole, and seeking opportunities to expand the program's size and outreach in local communities.
Aug. 2023 - July 2024
Led a team of four in advertising to 75+ local high schools and youth programs, recruiting students to apply, reviewing 80+ applications, coordinating interviews, organizing a Student/Mentor Meet & Greet, and onboarding 11 high school students to the 2024 program.
July 2023, July 2024, July 2025
Developed and co-led multiple 2-hour workshops for high school students on: (1) How to Read an Academic Paper, (2) How to Design a Poster, (3) How to Present a Poster, (4) The Basics of Networking, (5) How to Give an Elevator Pitch
Developed and co-led a 3-hour laboratory demonstration guiding high school students on using Jupyter Python Notebooks to access satellite imagery using an API, and calculate Normalized Difference Water Index from spectral imagery for flood inundation extent.