President
Mad Scientist Collective, Columbia College
Joined a campus science club as a member, then was elected president for my second and final year, running its student-designed experiments, community outreach events, and field trips. Over my two years with the club, we planned more than nine experiments, five community events, and two field trips, including museum tours and STEM demonstrations for local schoolchildren.
Co-founder and Treasurer
Weight Training Club, Columbia College
Researched district policy and worked with administration to secure student access to the campus weight room. The effort took months of coordination with our faculty advisor and the college’s risk management office, and the policy change we won left a lasting benefit for students who came after us.
Senior Patrol Leader
Boy Scouts of America
Spent ten years in scouting, culminating in the Eagle Scout rank, and served as senior patrol leader in my final year. As head scout, I made a point of checking in with any scout who seemed disengaged, working to keep the whole troop involved rather than just its most active members.
Volunteer
Calaveras County Animal Services
Walked and socialized shelter dogs on weekends, working with animals recovering from mistreatment. Most Saturdays I walked two to four dogs that arrived reserved and fearful, and got to watch them grow more comfortable with people over weeks of consistent visits.
Eagle Scout Project
Boy Scouts of America
Presented on monarch butterfly conservation to hundreds of people in the local community and planted over forty milkweed host plants across participating properties. Milkweed is the species’ only larval host plant, so each site added directly to local monarch habitat.
Student Tutor
Academic Achievement Center, Columbia College
Tutored students across arithmetic through calculus, and helped them build stronger study habits. One of fewer than twenty tutors at the center, I held weekly drop-in hours covering algebra, statistics, trigonometry, and calculus.
Program Assistant
3D Printing Summer Camp, Columbia College
Taught local high schoolers computer-aided design and helped each build a 3D printer to take home. The three-week camp was grant-funded to build interest in STEM among local high schoolers, and covered everything from designing in Tinkercad to slicing and printing with PrusaSlicer.