New York, New York, United States
I am an environmental policy analyst, theater director & producer, and experienced project manager. I connect people to ecological, political, and artistic experiences that enrich our lives and inspire us to fight for a just, sustainable, inclusive, and equitable society. My areas of expertise include setting a strategic vision, team building, policy analysis, project management, public speaking, event planning, and civic engagement. My current research projects focus on lead service line remediation and alternative policies to reduce emissions in the transportation sector. My current artistic projects center on telling compelling stories about the climate crisis and immigration.
• Investigate how G7 member states are integrating biodiversity considerations into national policies related to rare earth mineral and metal extraction.
• Research alternatives to vehicle emission standards or low-carbon fuel standards that state policymakers can pursue to reduce emissions. • Draft report for Model Climate Laws Initiative on state-level indirect source rules, limitations on vehicle miles travelled, electric vehicle-related incentives, and emissions policies for Department of Transportation projects. • Collaborate with Michael Gerrard, Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and Jon Binder, Executive Director, the Model Climate Laws Initiative
• As Producing Artistic Director of Three Hares, directed and sel-produced six productions with theater company dedicated to international collaboration, managed teams of 40 diverse workers with different skillsets, and developed community partnerships to engage with each production. • Shepherded the award-winning Filipino-American musical ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD (music & lyrics by Paulo K Tiról), through the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)’s 32nd Festival of New Musicals in November 2020 and the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (2021), to a sold-out, extended run at East West Players in Los Angeles, where it was seen by over 4,000 diverse audience members. • Awarded the Opera America Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize for a proposed bilingual public works adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE, set at the Mexico–United States border, created with designers from Colombia, Mexico, Iran, and Russia. • Awarded a Creative Engagement Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in support of ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD and awarded a League of Independent Theater Space Residency at the Times Center to develop an adaptation of MEASURE FOR MEASURE. • Productions of ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD (by Paulo K Tiról) and LITTLE LEAGUE (by Jack Spagnola) named "Best Bet" Critics' Picks in Theatre is Easy.
• Specialize in bespoke guidance throughout the college application process with the aim of empowering young people to articulate their dreams for their immediate futures. • Advise young adults on college selection, help students craft personal essays that tell their story, and prepare students to communicate their aspirations through compelling interviews. • Since 2017, my students have been admitted to some of America's top colleges, including Yale, Princeton, MIT, The University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, UChicago, Northwestern, and NYU among others.
• Supported Hollywood producer and director Lydia Dean Pilcher on a graduate school course about climate change storytelling through film and TV. • Taught a 2-hour lecture on climate migration and the depiction of climate refugees in theater and film. • Graded assignments, held office hours, and mentored students on midterm and final creative projects, including an original screenplay, a TV pilot, a graphic novel, a short-story collection, and a video game.