What moves you?
Welcome! I design experiences for collective joy, well-being, and sustainability. Over the last decade, I've made an impact by bringing people together and helping them grow. To see specific examples of my work and how we may be able to support each other, click through the highlighted experiences on this page. For an executive summary with case studies, or for my creative portfolio, click here:
Organizer at SustainabiliWE: an Active Social Club
Creating events focused on movement, action-taking, and community building.
Fitness Coach at Boston Bouldering Project
2023 - Present | Supporting community growth by coaching team-based fitness classes in a fun and inclusive environment. Supporting social media marketing and operations projects.
Freelance Design for Sports and Fitness Coaches
2020 - Present | Guiding coaches and fitness equipment companies to tell their stories to their target audience. Supporting content writing, social media management, and graphic design.
Community Advocacy and Rideshare Driving
2019 - Present | Collaborating as a coalition of drivers to share our stories with lawmakers to pass legislation that will protect drivers from discrimination with fair pay, ensure safe working conditions, and allow us to have a voice.
Food Rescuer with Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
2023 - Present | Supporting community food security and preventing food waste by rescuing food from businesses, catered events, and restaurants which they would otherwise have to discard.
Food, Culture, and History Tour Guide at WeVenture
2023 - 2024 | Leading groups of people through Boston while sharing stories of the city's food, culture, and history.
Sport & Sustainability: Global Workaway Volunteering
2022 - 2024 | Helping others around the world, through the platform Workaway. Supporting a model of global exchange based on mutual aid to share in skills, housing, food, and culture as a reflection of the richness we all have.
Co-Chair: Good Sports Young Professionals Board
2018 - 2022 | Collectively raised over $100,000 across 4 years to improve access to youth sports. As Co-Chair in 2021, led our 25 members to plan local fundraising to support kids in high-need communities by expanding youth sports access.
Independent/Online Fitness Coach
2014 - 2017 and 2020 - 2022 | Built an online community for at-home health and fitness. Supported clients to improve their fitness through the pandemic.
Social Enterprise Founder: Sweetness: The Just Food Co.
2020 - 2021 | Built a public benefit corp., optimizing our local and global impact on the SDGs. Developed 8 flavors of vegan gluten-free desserts using sweet potatoes.
Youth-Led Action for the SDGs: UNITE 2030 YDP
2021 | Contributed to the outreach team coordinating sessions with high-level speakers.
Panel Moderating: UNITE 2030 Youth SDG Summit
2021 | Coordinated virtual events on Hopin, bringing together changemakers and organizations empowering youth through sport.
Panel Moderating: Emerging Leaders Fellowship (UNA-USA)
2020 | Led a virtual education and advocacy session: “Sustainable & Equitable Food Systems,” sharing solutions & guiding virtual actions. Co-moderated a virtual event “UNiting in Hope” for the UN’s 75th anniversary.
UNAGB SDG Committee
2019 - 2022 | Contributed to a platform identifying local indicators and actions for progress.
Founder: Hydrova Sport Equipment Prototype
2019 - 2020 | Led our team to create a versatile and portable fitness equipment prototype.
Cross-Cultural Acting: Passeurs d'Europe
2020 | Performed selected global poems about courage, reading and acting among a multicultural team performing 18 languages to an audience of 200.
Director of Operations: Golden Home Fitness
2017 - 2019 | Mentored my team, realizing rapid growth from our partnerships-focused strategy.
Coach at GET READY: Life Fitness
2018 - 2019 | Coached fitness with a social-emotional learning lens to empower students.
Personal Trainer at Boston University and BU Academy
2014 - 2018 | Led 1-on-1 and group fitness training. Facilitated research and taught BU Academy weight lifting classes to support their physical education.
Practice Film and Workload Monitoring: BU Lacrosse
2015 - 2017 | Managed press-box film for wireless replay and GPS/HR workload monitoring data.
Raising Awareness and Funds for InnerCity Weightlifting
2017 | Coordinated and hosted a fitness event at BU to advance the InnerCity Weightlifting (ICW) social mission of breaking down stigma against people who have been incarcerated.
Impact Evaluation: Outward Bound Program Analysis
2017 | Transitioned program impact evaluations from paper to digital analysis.
Leadership Onboarding Consulting with Harlem Lacrosse
2016 | Completed a strategic analysis of the organization's hybrid onboarding process.
Intern: Sports Performance at Exceed
2016 | Supported athlete development, learning about coaching using advanced training technologies.
Lacrosse League Manager: ULAX Boston
2016 | Led a weekly league newsletter, tracked stats and game scores, updated league website and setup the fields for games.
Founder: WhereYouAThlete App Prototype
2014 | Built an app prototype to help athletes look for open fields, adapting to feedback.
Director of Summer Performance Training at DMHS
2014 | Created and coached a summer strength and conditioning program 4x/week helping 30+ athletes across sports and genders.
Intern: Youth Development at YMCA
2012 - 2013 | Contributed to several youth sports programs, a weeknight community program for teenagers, and supported game operations for an adult basketball league.
Social Enterprise Founder: Millennial Mowers
2013 - 2014 | Created an organization offering lawn mowing services to create financial opportunities for friends. I acquired clients door-to-door, with flyers, and word-of-mouth, and provided equipment.
Housing and Dignity: Eagle Scout Leadership Project
2011 | Led 21 people to restore and repaint the area serving the Interfaith Hospitality Network, a city-wide program that supports unhoused families in Worcester.