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Education Experience

Skills

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Rhode Island School Of DesignProvidence, RI, USA | 2010 - 2014 (expected)Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design

SkillsMicrosoft OfficeAdobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop SolidWorksHTMLCSS

Lathe Band sawScroll SawTable SawHand Tools

User ResearchInformation ArchitectureConcept DevelopmentEvent ProgrammingPresentation CreationPresentation DeliveryProject ManagementDIY Diplomacy

Georgetown UniversityWashington, D.C., USA | Fall Semester 2012International Relations Program

MITCambridge, MA, USA | 2014Product Design and Development Studio

Achievements2014 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition Semi-Finalist1 of 6 student semi-finalists chosen to advance to next round

2013 Maharam Fellow1 of 10 students awarded a $5000 grant to fund self-proposed summer project centered on the intersection of design and public policy

Student Speaker at Board of Trustees Meeting1 of 2 students invited by Trustee Dryfoos and RISD Provost to speak on vision for the future of RISD in 2050

Panelist at A Better World by DesignInvited to speak on panel “Designing New Narratives” at the 2013 conference

Brown University Providence, RI, USA | 2011 - 2013Liberal Arts Courses West African Writers & the Political Kingdom The Entrepreneurial Process Burden of Disease in Developing Countries

A Better World By DesignBranding Lead & Advisor | Providence, RI, USA | Nov 2010 - Present

Led all design efforts in strategizing and creating visual systems for the 2011 conference of more than 1000 attendees worldwide.

Freelance BrandingFreelance Brand Identity Consultant | Various Locations | Jul 2012 - Present

Worked with clients from Massachusetts to Chile to help their business realize its identity. (ex. Tufts University Fletcher School, TOHL, etc)

ReferencesTom Carter, [email protected] / +1 (202) 712 5226

Leslie Fontana, [email protected] / +1 (401) 932 4828

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Office of Public Engagement Intern & Design for the Environment Consultant Washington, D.C., USA | Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

Provided design consultation to the EPA’s Design for the Environment program and influenced the internal vision of the program.

Ashoka: Innovators For The PublicResearch Intern | Seoul, Korea & Washington, D.C., USA | Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

Helped establish the Ashoka Korea branch through bilingual research.

RISD Global InitiativeFounder & President | Providence, RI, USA | Jan 2013 - Present

Utilized web & mobile tools, print, and a whole lot of lobbying to establish a culture of global awareness at RISD that was nonexistent before.

STEAM Maharam FellowshipLead Researcher & Designer | Kampala, Uganda | Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

Designed and led an ethnographic research project in central and eastern Uganda. Interviewed 150+ people in 3 cities, 12 NGOs, 4 slums, and 3 schools.

LanguageKorean(Fluent)French(Intermediate)

OthersMidnight SoccerSwimming(Butterfly Specialist)PianoClarinetGown-making