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Extracurriculars
Through my extracurricular activities I have learned how to take charge, using my passion for environmental sustainability to hone my professional skills.
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Below I have described my various roles within both the School of Natural Resources and Environment Student Council (SNRE SC) and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Philanthropy Council (CALS SPC).
tuscawilla invasive species removal
inter-club composting field day
santa fe river
cleanup
SNRE SC
With the School of Natural Resources and the Environment Student Council, I have held several officer positions. I wanted to gain a variety of experiences, and ultimately found my niche in my final year at UF!
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My first experience with this club was being elected Volunteer Chair. During this time I helped coordinate an invasive species removal at Tuscawilla Nature Preserve, but because I was just starting out I took the liberty of sitting back and enjoying all my new club members.
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In my next role as Secretary, I was responsible for the meeting-to-meeting minutiae of note-taking and attendance-tracking. Wanting to showcase my skills and passion for student involvement, I became more proactive with event planning and member coordination. This led to me not only spearheading our "Sustainability At Home" workshop, but also co-planning an inter-club field day with the UF Student Compost Cooperative!
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My final officer position involved yet another promotion, this time to Social Media Coordinator. I took on a more proactive leading role within the council, conceiving and scheduling events to make our organization more active. Left to my own creative devices, I expanded our social media presence to Instagram. I emphasized our Santa Fe River Clean-up, started a "Gainesville Nature Spotlight" campaign, and became the main coordinator between our club officers and members.
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Feel free to check out some of my photography below, or go directly to our Instagram page!
CALS SPC
With the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Philanthropy Council, I was among the organization's flagship General Body. Although my time here was brief, I was able to become the Lead Coordinator for our "Faces of Philanthropy" event, a donor speaker panel that connected notable alumni with the students they financially support.
As it is important to recognize the role of private contributions to educational funding, I learned a lot about the role of alumni networks in providing for U.F.'s student body. I also gained invaluable professional experience in hosting speakers, presenting the event, and facilitating discussion, all of which prove useful in the world of public policy.
"faces of philanthropy" speaker panel
miscellaneous
Though minor in scope, these are some of the other activities and projects I engaged in during my undergrad years. Feel free to scroll through the odds and ends of student involvement that I happily took part in, unglamorous as they may be.
In 2017 I made a painting in an hour for charity. Specifically, this piece was auctioned off to raise funds for the UF student organization Roseaux, an Asian-American interest group that focused on creating safe spaces for female students to interact and socialize. The organization has since disbanded, but I like to think it wasn't because of my painting.
In my junior year, I participated in a combination protest regarding oil pipelines. The national rhetoric was against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and the local rhetoric against the Keystone XL Pipeline being built on environmentally sensitive aquifer recharge land. While fraught with opinion, this civic engagement demonstrates a desire to get involved with grassroots issues and voice my opinion, divisive as it may be.
In 2017 I participated in the Gainesville chapter of the Women's March on Washington demonstration.
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