Degrees & Certifications
Academic Degrees & Certifications
PhD | MPH | MA | BA
Virginia Polytechnic University / Doctorate in Environmental Design & Planning
Additional Graduate Professional Certification: Future Professoriate, 2021
August 2018 - December 2023
Blacksburg, Virginia
Dissertation Title: Alma Mater? Lactation Rooms as a Case Study for CenteringPlace-making in the Quest for Inclusion on College Campuses
Fellowships:
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BioBuild Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program
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Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation
Committee: Dr. Annie Pearce (Chair, Building Construction), Dr. Shannon Bell (Sociology), Dr. Christine Labuski (Science, Technology, & Society), Dr. Sophie Wenzel (Center for Public Health Research)
Financial Awards:
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2024, Outstanding Doctoral Student in Interdisciplinary Programs, Award: $500
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2023, BioBuild IGEP Conference Funding: “American Public Health Association Annual Meeting”
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2023, BioBuild IGEP Travel Funding
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2022, BioBuild Summer Grant Recipient, Award:$6,051
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2022, BioBuild IGEP Travel Funding
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2021, BioBuild IGEP Fellowship, Award: $10,196 Stipend + Tuition
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2020, BioBuild IGEP Conference Funding: “Cooperative Impact Social Innovation”
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2019, BioBuild IGEP Conference Funding: “Joy & Justice Collaborative, Empowered Learning Summit”
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2018-2019, BioBuild Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEP) Fellowship, Award: $29,064 Stipend + Tuition
Colorado School of Public Health / Master of Public Health
Additional Graduate Professional Certification: Certificate in Public Health Sciences, 2014
June 2014 - May 2016
Denver, Colorado
Focus: Global Health & Health Disparities
Practicum: Global Refugee Center, Public Health Programming
Capstone: “Risk Assessment: Waste Management Strategies in Disaster Areas”
Colorado State University / Master of History, Public History
August 2010 - December 2013
Fort Collins, Colorado
Focus: Sustainable Preservation & Gender Studies
Financial Awards:
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2011, Preservation Trades Network Conference Scholarship, “International Preservation Trades Workshop”
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2011, CSU Department of History Travel Scholarship: “International Trades Education Initiative” - Lincoln, England
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi / Bachelor of Arts, History
June 2006 - May 2010
Corpus Christi, Texas
Thesis:
“Empresarios, Ranchers, and Urban Dwellers: Irish Influence in the Development of Corpus Christi, Texas and Its Gulf Coast Region, 1830s-1920s”
Honor’s Thesis:
“South Texas: A Place for Public History”
Financial Awards:
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2010, Joe B. Frantz Essay Prize: Best Undergraduate Paper, Award: $300
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2007-2010 Honor Program Scholarship, $1000 yearly + tuition reduction
200-ERYT, 500-RYT
Additional Training and Certifications
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Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 200 (E-RYT 200), Yoga Alliance Certification, since 2021
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Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Completed with Bliss Baby Yoga School, 2023
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Meditation Teacher Training Level 1 Completed with Shambhavanda School of Yoga, 2021
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500hr. Yoga Teacher Training Completed with Kunga School of Yoga, 2021
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Birthkeeper’s Apprenticeship Program Completed with Wild Ginger Herbal Academy, 2020
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Herbalism & Permaculture Level 1 & 2 Completed with Wild Ginger Herbal Academy, 2018 & 2019
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Prenatal Doula Training Completed with DONA, 2018
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Permaculture Design Certificate University of D.C.. 2018
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65 hr. Ayurveda & Yogic Lifestyle Training Completed with Shambhavanda School of Yoga, 2014
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200hr. Yoga Teacher Training Completed with Shambhavanda School of Yoga, 2014