4+ years utilizing management, marketing, research, and design as impactful tools for social and environmental good.
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June 2024 - Present
Strategizing growth of state park partnership programs, providing grant opportunities to organizations, and bringing arts, careers, and access to green spaces across California. Consulting on evaluation, grantmaking, and data management best practices to spotlight, storytell, and assess impact.
Former roles:
Grant Programs Coordinator: June 2024 - July 2025
Program & Grants Intern: September 2023 - June 2024
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October 2023 - Present
Researching marketing strategies for edible insect products as a sustainable alternate protein source. Specifically assessing the implications of culture, nutrition, and environmental values on consumer behavior.
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June 2023 - August 2023
Built and presented a methodology to measure the influence of the WWF’s Markets Institute business sustainability case studies, assessing the experience and highlighting findings in an article for the WWF Sustainability Works blog.
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March 2022 - June 2023
Advised UCI’s honors collegium community across all years and majors, offering appointments, drop-in hours, and event programming. Performed administrative processing, responded to email correspondence, and conducted a year-in-review presentation about the impact advising made on students.
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June 2021 - June 2023
Provided marketing communications support across the school and dean’s needs, including event planning and set-up, photography, website curation, interviewing, and social media coverage.
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June - August 2022
Worked with account service representatives to complete steward deals for NBCUniversal’s linear network portfolio while devising TikTok ad strategies for business development with a multifaceted intern team.
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November 2020 - February 2021
Collaborated on both graphic and animated visual projects to educate about environmentalism, climate justice, and intersectionality. Contributed to social media community growth and nonprofit brand identity.
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May - July 2019
Visualized the US cardiology innovation landscape for market penetration by conducting interviews with healthcare professionals, and performing analysis on product function improvements, consumer demographics, and needs.
Experiences
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UCI Regents' & Dean's Scholar
Dean’s Honor List - All Quarters
2024 McWilliams Renaissance Award
Environmental Changemakers Certificate
Sustainability Resource Center Outstanding Sustainability Champion - Honorable Mention
2024 RSM Environmental Social Governance Case Study Competition - 2nd Place
2023 ANTrepreneur Center Sustainability Challenge - 1st Place
2022 Marketing Association Battle of the Brands - 3rd Place
2021 Delta Sigma Pi Case Study Competition - 2nd Place
2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - Gold Key, Digital Art
Speaking Engagements: 2024 Marketing Association Alumni Panel, 2024 Honors Celebrate UCI, 2023 Conference for Asian-Pacific Pre-Professionalism
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Artists Against Apartheid, Ice Out Art Collection 1 - #16 ¡Viva La Raza!
Dreamworldgirl Zine, Feeling: Baby Adult by Jennifer Cheong - Blog Illustration
Echolalia, Vol. 2: Reminiscence - Cover Illustration
Neon Anteater Renaissance, Winter 2023 - At Home in this Universe and Heavenly Bodies
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• 2025 Arts Datathon: Intelligence
Introduction to Data Justice
Crafting AI Policies
• 2024 San Jose Climate & Art Symposium
Sustainable Art Production and Impact Assessments
Empowering Communities: Strategies for Art Supply Mutual Aid
• 2024 30×30 Partnership Summit
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Merage Undergraduate Student Association - Student Representative, VP of External Relations, Mentor
Campuswide Honors Collegium - Ambassador, Student Council, Mentor
In the Green - B-Corp Researcher, Liaison Office
Marketing Association - Marketing Director