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. Designing blog, social media, and newsletter content to amplify grantee projects and promote grant program information.

Former intern from September 2023 - June 2024

January 2024 - Present

Developing research, outreach, and fieldwork with a focus on species education and allocation at Newport Back Bay Science Center. Leading foundational pro bono marketing integration for the program.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Involvements

• 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 Officer, Brand Strategist

• Marketing Association - Marketing Director

• Echolalia Literary Journal - Cover Designer

• Design@UCI - Design-a-thon Competitor

Recognitions

• UCI Regents' & Dean's Scholar

• Dean’s Honor List - All Quarters

• 2024 McWilliams Renaissance Award

• 2024 Hult Prize Foundation Summit Qualifier

• Sustainability Resource Center - Outstanding Sustainability Champion Honorable Mention

• 2024 RSM Environmental Social Governance Case Study Competition - 2nd Place

• 2024 Honors Celebrate UCI - Student Panelist

• 2023 Conference for Asian-Pacific Pre-Professionalism - Student Panelist

• 2023 ANTrepreneur Center Sustainability Challenge - 1st Place

• 2021 Delta Sigma Pi Case Study Competition - 2nd Place