Founded and built a fine art business creating functional ceramics and watercolor paintings. Launched first solo exhibition "Love Letters to the Ocean" in July 2025. Exhibited work at the Pacific Art League 104th Anniversary show, juried by Veronica Roberts, Director of the Cantor Arts Center (November 2025 - January 2026).

Managing all aspects of the business including artistic production, exhibition curation, marketing, and sales while developing a practice rooted in sustainability and connection with nature through art.

Building toward a dual-career path integrating fine art entrepreneurship with work in the climate sector.

• Developed dynamic pro forma financial models to evaluate capital expansion scenarios for a Sonoma County farmer-owned food hub. Analyzed public-private partnership structures, revenue projections, operational costs, cash flows, and investment returns to guide funding strategy and inform resource allocation decisions for cooperative stakeholders. Researching impact fund development and community capital solutions for similar investment opportunities.

• Designed and executed Scope 3 GHG inventory for a large tech company case study and developed decarbonization strategies aligned with corporate climate commitments.

• Designed executive presentations, dashboards, and reports that combine strategic data synthesis with clear visual design for diverse stakeholder audiences.

• Managed multiple consulting projects simultaneously, coordinating timelines, stakeholder contributions, and deliverables while maintaining clear communication across cross-functional teams.

• Developed expertise in sustainability reporting frameworks including GHG Protocol, and ESG disclosure standards through coursework and applied projects.

Expected graduation: May 2026

• Selected from a pool of over 1000+ candidates, a cohort of ~200 EDF Climate Corps Fellows receive training in sustainability consulting and spend a summer with leading companies and public-sector organizations to reduce emissions, increase efficiencies, and make the business case for sustainability.

• Conducted mixed-methods research combining market analysis, stakeholder interviews, and supply chain data to develop data-driven stakeholder engagement strategies and identify opportunities for entrepreneurs transforming surplus food into upcycled products.

• Directed 20+ cross-functional projects pioneering data and AI solutions for state and local government clients.

• Drove organizational change management by leading stakeholder engagement and facilitating Design Thinking workshops with government clients, navigating complex leadership dynamics to build alignment and achieve strategic consensus.

• Distilled complex technical concepts for executive audiences, creating accessible and elegant PowerPoint presentations and reports for leadership and clients.

• Coordinated a team of 10+ highly technical cloud experts and client stakeholders on a groundbreaking proposal resulting in a $15M sales contract, building strong client relationships that sustained the project through significant challenges and earning the IBM Top Talent Award twice (2022, 2023).

• Led a data maturity initiative; designed and implemented Salesforce and Airtable systems to manage 20+ concurrent engagements, establishing structured workflows that delivered data integrity and clarity across a 15 person cross-functional team.

• Distilled complex technical concepts for executive audiences, creating accessible and elegant PowerPoint presentations and reports for leadership and clients.

• Managed a volunteer team of researchers, designers, and engineers to deliver beta product launch within one quarter.

• Analyzed user research data and synthesized insights into actionable design priorities for the team.