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Public Outreach and Service

I have been fortunate to share my passion for the night-sky, astronomy, and the Cosmos with the public through contributing to a variety of public outreach events. I have worked with Arizona Statue University's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) for community outreach. Below are a broad list of my outreach experiences ordered by location and roughly by time.

Socorro, New Mexico

Volunteer for monthly public observing at NMT's Etscorn Observatory

Amherst, Massachusetts

Volunteer facilitator for Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Tucson, Arizona

• Astronomy Camp counselor for Beginning and Advanced Camps (2016)
• TAAA volunteer for the Grand Canyon Star Party (2013)
• Astronomy Camp volunteer assisting HHSMT observing projects (2012-2018)

Tempe, Arizona

• Aided public observing and educational activities for SESE open-houses
• Trained in using the StarLab portable planetarium equipment

Phoenix, Arizona

• SESE public observing Phoenix Zoo's public zoo nights
• SESE public observing at Phoenix First Friday ArtWalk

Bellingham, Washington

• Host for public observing using the WWU 0.3m Telescope
• WWU Society of Physics Students chapter President
• Led WWU trip to TRIUMF at UBC
• Led WWU juding for the Happy Valley Elementary Science Fair

Puyallup, Washington

• Contributions to public star-parties as a Tacoma Astronomical Society (TAS) member