Senior Data Scientist

At ECMC, I dive deep into data—collecting, validating, and analyzing it to create solutions tailored to our business needs. I'm all about driving collaboration on data-driven impact metrics and finding innovative ways to reduce costs and increase our philanthropic efforts. Plus, I have the privilege of advising our AI steering committee to shape future strategies.

Operations Manager

My entire focus at TMBC was a digital assessment platform called VitaNavis. I didn't code it or sell it, but I was the person behind the scenes configuring offerings, training customers, creating digital assets, and creating implementation plans for institutions. Beyond the platform and assets, my main focus was implementing Vitanavis for a U.S. Department of Education initiative that assigned resources to minority-serving-institutions across the country.

Executive Consultant

Clients generally approach me to help guide them through federal policy issues. I also work on stakeholder outreach, preparing fundraising narratives, and incorporating best practices into their products.

Legislative Intern

Serving in the United States Senate was an immense honor and privilege that will be tough to ever rival. As a proud California native, I enjoyed every second I spent working with my fellow constituents and Senator Boxer's staff.

Co-Founder, Director of Government Affairs

Mentored by the CEO, who was the national director of technology for the Howard Dean Presidential Campaign, I was in charge of government affairs. I was also in charge of building corporate ethos in the field of education, and cold-called dozens of thought leaders to get their advice and endorsements. I turned those meetings into a successful fundraising narrative, and we grew the company from the three of us, to a team of twenty-one.

Assistant Research Team Leader

I was in the ecotoxicogenomics division of the lab, and worked on a very diverse set of chemicals during my tenure. When I became the most senior undergraduate researcher, I was approved to hire and train a team of new students. This bump in productivity led to several significant scientific publications. I am still incredibly proud of the work my team was able to accomplish.

Molecular toxicology is the study of the physiological mechanisms of poisons and drugs. There's not a lot of handholding at Berkeley, and many assignments were purposely ambiguous. An example of this was an experimental new course that was taught by a former "big pharma" executive where my group had to go through the FDA drug development process. My favorite course was an acting class that I would guest lecture twice a semester until moving to Washington, D.C.

In preparation for my transfer to Berkeley, I took as much as thirty units per semester. Juggling that many classes in several unrelated fields trained me how to become intensely interdisciplinary as well as manage my time with a narrow margin of error.

Board Member

Proud to serve on the board of the Rotary Club of Detroit. I've never been there, and... it's kind of a funny story.

Volunteer

The Berkeley Free Clinic offers basic medical and dental care, education and vaccination, men's, women's and trans people's STI testing and treatment, anonymous HIV testing, peer counseling, information and referral services, and clean needle services through a collaboration with NEED (Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution).
I of course worked in the lab processing urine, blood, and sputum samples. Not a glorious position, but my lab skills were in high demand, and as a member of the local community, how could I not?

Fellow

As part of the program we were tasked with finding a teacher to sponsor us in their classroom for half of the school year. I taught third grade natural science at Washington Elementary School in Berkeley. It was an amazing and challenging experience that brought to my attention the critical necessity of parental involvement in their children's education.

Fellow

Nominated for membership by my chemistry professor, I was accepted into the Presidential Award winning, Center for Science Excellence (CSE). The program pairs members up with mentors in their STEM field, and provides academic enrichment seminars on Friday afternoons. The seminars prepared me for the many briefings and hearings I would later attend in Congress. It was through this program that I would hear about the Environmental Leadership Pathway Program (ELP).