Empress Holiday​

Relevant Experience  

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Course Co-Instructor/Service Project Coordinator, San Diego State University: July 2020 — December 2020

• Collaborated on course curriculum development and course management by choosing and researching various topics on sustainability, civic imagination, environmental justice, and environmental education to teach students throughout the semester 

• Facilitated and maintained a working partnership between San Diego State University's Compact for Success Program and the Surfrider Foundation as a community partner

• Supported students in completing their service projects for their community partner

• Determined desired community partner deliverables and maintained strong communication with the community partner

• Ran weekly meetings with student groups to assure completion of tasks and that they are maintaining project momentum

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Geography Tutor, San Diego State University Athletics Department: January 2018 — May 2018 

• Lead and assist students during sessions on topics within Geography 

• Breaking down topics and subjects within the discipline and work with students step by step in their particular class assignments

• Letter of Recommendation

Undergraduate Representative, San Diego State University:  September 2016 — May 2017

• Represent students at department faculty meetings and serve as link between students and faculty/staff

• Planning and coordinating events for undergraduate Geography students 

• Giving guest lectures and talks

Sustainable Stewardship Intern, San Diego Canyonlands: August 2017— October 2017

• Assisting in conducting outreach and facilitating guided canyon tours to generate community awareness of the canyon

• Organizing contact information of event attendees, conducting outreach for and facilitating stewardship events to continue to build community awareness and stewardship of the canyon

• Maintenance of restoration sites and identification and removal of invasive species

Campus GIS Project, San Diego State University: January 2016 — June 2016

• Identifying locations for the collection of survey-grade, centimeter accuracy ground control points to be used for georeferencing unmanned aircraft system (UAS or drone) imagery

• Collecting feature positions and attribute information for a range of features of interest to SDSU's Public Safety department (fire extinguishers, automated external defibrillators, and building access points)

• Georeferencing CAD files showing floor plans for individual buildings and entering collected data into a geodatabase

Volunteer, San Diego Canyonlands: 2016 – 2017

• Fieldwork clearing designated restoration sites

• Removal of trash as well as the identification and removal of invasive species