Volunteer Work

Serving the Community

2011-Present

University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair Judge

I serve as a judge for the USEF Elementary, Junior, and Senior divisions competition.  This involves observing student posters and presentations, evaluating their use of the scientific process, and providing mentorship.  This event is full of amazing, hard working STEM students and I am proud to be involved.

2019

SheTech Volunteer

I served as a volunteer at the 2019 volunteered event.  This involved setup of the event as well as day-of student mentoring.  I volunteered at a chemistry workshop where I set up and guided high school women through experiments.  I also gave a brief presentation about the possibilities of STEM careers for women.  This event encourages women to pursue careers in STEM and I am tremendously proud to be involved with it.

2014-2016

University of Utah Chemistry Student Advisory Committee Vice-Chair

I served as the Vice-Chair of the Chemistry Student Advisory Committee.  This committee represented all graduate students in the chemistry department.  I was responsible for managing and coordinating guest speakers, student involvement in retention, promotion, and tenure processes, and organizing graduate student events. As a part of my time in this organization, I helped found a program to increase student awareness of the mental health issues facing graduate students.

2011-2016

ACCESS Program Volunteer

The ACCESS program provides aspiring women, from a wide variety of backgrounds, with a supportive path into STEM majors and careers through a scholarship award, first year learning experience, and an extensive network that fosters academic success throughout their undergraduate education.  I acted as a graduate student mentor for ACCESS students during my time in graduate school.  This included volunteering during the summer ACCESS event and mentoring students year-round in a research capacity.