Harvard and community programs

Bringing Food4Thought to campus

I helped organize the inaugural Food4Thought Festival with Harvard Undergraduate Plant Based. Over several months, I worked on the design and publicity team to create graphics that brought the event to life across campus and on social media. The three-day festival drew more than 900 registrations and brought people together around research, food, sustainability, and the choices involved in changing our food system.

I also co-moderated a panel on agricultural justice. We talked about the people whose labor produces our food, what fair compensation looks like, and what consumers can do to support a more equitable system. After spending so much time preparing the event behind the scenes, it meant a lot to see those conversations happening in the room.

Helping incoming students find a place in climate work

I founded and administered a climate education program for incoming Harvard students because I wanted them to have a way into the subject before they arrived on campus. Climate change touches science, policy, economics, health, technology, and justice; the program gave students a chance to explore those connections together and find the questions that interested them.

My work included building the program structure, developing curriculum, managing applications and onboarding, training student leaders, and coordinating communications and delivery. Peer-led discussions, guest speakers, and student projects helped participants learn from one another while discovering the climate research, organizations, and opportunities available at Harvard. I wanted students to leave with both a stronger foundation and people they could keep learning alongside.

After I left, the program was renamed the Harvard College Climate Cohort. Its 2025 syllabus offers a look at the program under its new name.