Academic Honors and Awards

Provost Award for Teaching Assistants and Tutors - $500 April 2021

SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award - $17500 January 2021

Graduate Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, Interdisciplinary - $5000 September 2020

Barber School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Entrance Award - $15000 September 2020

CASCA Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Award (BA, UBCO) June 2020

CASCA Juried Poster Award - $100 November 2019

Tuum Est Student Initiative Fund -$500 November 2019

UBCO Barber School Travel Grant - $500 November 2019

UBCO Barber School Undergraduate Research Award - $9000 May – August 2019

Fraser Institute Public Policy Seminar Travel Bursary - $1200 January 2019

Okanagan College Deans List May 2014

Okanagan College Deans List May 2013

Research Experience

Inclusive Activism: The Shift to Gender Inclusive Language in Canadian Pro-Choice Communities

Supervisor: Dr. Susan Frohlick In-Progress

Masters Research Project
Ethnographic Research
Interviews and Focus Groups
Digital Survey

What do we Know About Abortion Care? An Assessment of Knowledge in the General Public of the Interior Health Region of British Columbia

Supervisor: Dr. Susan Frohlick March 2020 – February 2021

Digital Survey
Interviews

Abortion Access and Activism in British Columbia

Supervisor: Dr. Susan Frohlick Fall 2019

Compilation of Inter-Disciplinary Research
Critical analysis of the situation

To Help or Harm: Optimizing International Support of Pro-Choice Activism in El Salvador

Undergraduate Research Award Summer 2019

Supervisor: Dr. Jasmine Hristov

Ethnographic research
Interviews

Abortion Law and Human Rights in El Salvador

Directed Studies, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Summer 2018

Advisor: Hugo De Burgos

Critical Analysis of Literature and Media
Synthesis of Research from a Variety of Disciplines

Anthropological Field School: Costa Rica

Go Global Indigenous Medicine Course, Supervisor: Hugo DeBurgos Summer 2018

Penticton Museum and Archives, Penticton BC October 2012- January 2013

Student Researcher - “You Are Here – an exploration of memories, lives and archives”

Conducted archival research to assemble data for exhibit
Wrote text and assembled photos for Leir family portion of exhibit

Conference Presentations

Creating Sustainable & Accessible Hybrid Writing Centers Roundtable. Canadian Writing Center Association Conference. Virtual. May 25, 2023

Autoethnographic Reflection: Tutoring As Training. International Writing Center Association Conference, Vancouver BC. October 29, 2022. Co-presented with Jessica Lowry

Community Perspectives on International Support of Pro-Choice Activism in El Salvador. Undergraduate Research Award Symposium. Kelowna BC. September 18, 2019

Jail Time for Miscarriages in El Salvador? The Dangers of Enthusiastically Enforcing A Total Abortion Ban, UBC-Okanagan Undergraduate Research Conference March 30, 2019

Poster Presentations

What do we Know About Abortion Care? An Assessment of Knowledge in the General Public of the Okanagan Region of British Columbia. Canadian Anthropology Association 2021 Virtual Conference. May 14, 2021

To Help or Harm: Optimizing International Support of Pro-Choice Activism in El Salvador. American Anthropology Association and Canadian Anthropology Association 2019 Joint Conference. Vancouver BC. November 23, 2019

Tourism and Community Engagement at Chichén Itzá, UBC-Okanagan Undergraduate Research Conference April 25, 2018

Heritage, Tourism and Community: Difficulties of Balancing Multiple Stakeholders at Chichén Itzá, UBC-Okanagan CCGS Conference April 7, 2018

Professional Affiliations

Anthropology Student Union, University of British Columbia

President, April 2019 to Present

Secretary, September 2018 to April 2019

Social Media/PR, February 2018 to September 2018

Education

Master of Arts Degree, University of British Columbia, Interdisciplinary Studies Projected: April 2022

Theme: Community Engagement, Social Change,

Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of British Columbia, Anthropology May 2020

Graduating Average: 90.7%

Associate of Arts Degree, Okanagan College May 2017

Graduating Average: 83.2%