A.B. in Geography & Development – Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors
Harvard College

Thesis: "Savage Guerrilla, Sacred Ape: The Necropolitics of Conservation in the Kivu Mountain Gorilla Borderlands" – Summa Cum Laude
Activities: Harvard Political Review (President); Secret Court 100 (Founder & Co-Chair); Standing Committee on Undergraduate Education (Lead)
Awards: John Harvard Scholar; Philippe Wamba Prize;  Rev. Peter J. Gomes Prize; Maurice M. Pechet Prize; Rhodes Scholarship Finalist

M.Phil. in Anthropocene Studies
University of Cambridge

Dissertation: "On Higher Ground: Interrogating the Climatization of Indigenous Displacement at Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana"
Activities: Emmanuel College MCR (LGBT Chair); CoFarm Community Farm (Volunteer)
Awards: 2020 Paul Williams Scholar (Full-Ride); Q100 – 100 Trailblazing Queer Alumni

Griffith University – Melbourne, Australia

Industry Fellow of the Climate Action Beacon contributing research and teaching on conservation, environmental justice, and international climate policy. 

Sustainable Ocean Alliance – Barranquilla, Colombia

Planting Colombia’s first seaweed farms in partnership with the Indigenous Wayuu, Universidad Libre de Barranquilla, and the Ministry of Aquaculture.

University of Rwanda – Huye, Rwanda

Led research on mountain gorilla conservation and taught a seminar for students in the Center of Excellence for Biodiversity & Natural Resource Management.

Royal Museum for Central Africa – Tervuren, Belgium

Performed archival research on zoos humains and their relationship to the foundation of the first national park in Africa.

Harvard Radcliffe Institute – Cambridge, USA

Research Partner to University Professor Beth Simmons providing geospatial analysis on international border fortification under globalization.

International Food Policy Research Institute – Kampala, Uganda

Independently conducted impact evaluation for MIT D-Lab agricultural intervention, interviewing 100 smallholder farmers in eight rural regions.

Asian Development Bank Institute – Tokyo, Japan

Supported Asian Development Bank Institute book project informing the Bank’s financial inclusion strategy for seven Central Asian countries.