Co-Founder & CFO - Suga-Friez
(2024-01)
- Maintained high-energy customer service and efficient food preparation in a fast-paced environment
- Coordinated with the team at various events. Managed licensing, permits, and food safety certification.
- Co-founded a nonprofit gourmet fries business through a school grant that helped raise $1100+ for KIVA, funding microloans for underprivileged female entrepreneurs
- Work featured in The Week Jr., a national, award-winning magazine
Volunteer - Weinberg Nature Center
(2024-01 - 2025-12)
- Maintained clean, organized, and welcoming public exhibits while engaging with community visitors.
- Helped create environmental awareness events for children and cared for exotic rescue animals.
- Worked with staff and volunteers during community events
Varsity Fencing – Girls' Foil Team - Riverdale Country School
(2022-01)
- Mentored new teammates w/ interactive lessons and games.
- ISFL Tourn. & Overall League Standings Champions (2024), NYSAIS State Runner-Up (2025)
Volunteer (Communication and Forums team member) - GreenHomeNYC
(2025-01)
- Organize and host monthly forums that allow for networking with green industry leaders.
- Create flyers and newsletters for outreach and communication efforts on social media
- Collaborate with team members on event planning and logistics
Tutor, Bronze Awardee - ENGin Program
(2022-01)
- Conducted online one-on-one English lessons for Ukrainian students, planned lessons, and tracked progress.
- Co-organized a school-wide book drive that collected and shipped over 50 carefully-selected books to a center in Lviv, Ukraine
Research and Problem-Solving Intern - Design For America x Falling Fruit
(2025-06 - 2025-08)
- Worked in the only high school team to help Falling Fruit, a company with the world's largest global urban-foraging database, to solve problems they are having with outreach and awareness
- Conducted interviews, read literature, and brainstormed solutions
- Presented at a national EXPO on July 16
Researcher - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Brown University, and the Fire Department of New York
Collaborated on published and award-winning environmental research projects focused on public health and sustainability.
Co-Executive Editor (Lead Staff) - Riverdale Review (School Newspaper)
(2022-01)
- Collaborate with a student team to write articles, conduct interviews, assign articles, edit submissions, and manage front and back layout using Adobe InDesign & Photoshop.
