Both growing up in California during a historic drought and my love for hiking inspired my past and present pursuits in environmentalism. From engineering a solar still for drought mitigation, to starting a career in environmental investigation and remediation, to building a web application that maps pollution, my passion for people and the environment has me dedicating my life's work to these causes.
Projects
December 2020
Since 1987, under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), facilities handling toxic chemicals above a certain threshold limit are required to report to the public details on what, where, and when they dispose of these toxic chemicals. I used R-Studio to curate these EPA-provided datasets and developed Cal ToxTrack, a full-stack web GIS to provide the public access to pollution datasets in California. It was developed using Developed using PostgreSQL, GeoDjango, Vanilla JavaScript, and a JavaScript mapping library called Leaflet.
March 2020
I had the opportunity to volunteer with GISCorps to provide the public and medical professionals with a web application that maps COVID-19 testing sites across the US. I adopted San Diego County and by calling facility board members or researching online, I ultimately contributed detailed information on 40 testing sites to the application and was featured on the "Top 30 Contributors" list. In April, FEMA recognized it as the "Application of the Week".
Mapping groundwater elevation
January 2020
During environmental contamination mitigation efforts, understanding groundwater elevation is one of the most integral steps in pinpointing water pollution sources. Some of my GIS projects involve maintaining surveying databases and mapping these groundwater elevaitions for use in environmental cleanup decision-making. This former project was managed in Esri's ArcGIS Desktop 10.7. Find more GIS drafts.
May 2019
Contributing author, figure-creator, and researcher on continental arc migration paper, based on observations from the California Jack Main Intrusive Suite, the Australian Tarana Complex, and the Italian Adamello Complex. I presented our work in the 2019 GSA Cordilleran Annual Meeting at the Oregon Convention Center.
Drought Mitigating Solar Still
May 2017
Engineered a double basin solar still. Ocean water stored in a 10-gallon jug was transferred to each basin using a PVC-pipe irrigation system. The water, once pooled at the bottom of two basins, could then be evaporated and condensated onto thir corresponding glass panes. The glass panes were angled and trickled the water into a pipe to finally an external basin for use in watering vegetation.
Polymathic Study & Peaks and Professors Discussion: Whose Nature Is It?
November 2019
As a Peaks and Professors lead, I was approached with the opportunity to moderate a discussion event between Modern Hiker founder/editor in cheif, Casey Schriner, and author/PCT hiker Shawnte Salabert about the reality of accessibility to the outdoors. The outdoors are not accessible to everyone and many do not feel safe on land that all Americans should have equal access to. This division is impossible to ignore when hiking. Learn more in the Atlantic Re:think atcicle, Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive.
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