academia

 

Although my academic interests and training are broad, I primarily engage (inter-disciplinarily) with gender, LGBTQIA+ identity and rights, queer networks of care, queer healthcare and perceptions of the body, and other queer-adjacent topics.

 

I believe in intersectionality, placing emphasis on a socially-constructed, holistic understanding of identity and in particular the hierarchies of identity in which:

  1. identities are not silos but rather intertwined throughout a person and

  2. certain identities carry with them privileges that stratify.

I investigate the experiences within the blurred boundaries of intersectional identities knowing that these voices are historically rendered invisible because of their failure (or refusal) to fit into the neat categories that maintain harmful societal structures.

And because they have been rendered invisible or declared “unfit for study,” I lean into “nontraditional” academic sources, methodological approaches, “challenging” subjects, and experimental practices.

 

Past and present work

  • Columbia University School of General Studies | New York, NY | Sept. 2017--February 2021

    B.A. Human Rights and Gender & Sexuality Studies, Magna Cum Laude

  • Guest Lecturer, class session on “Trans and Non-Binary Menstruation” | Central European University | February 2022

    Speaker, “A Realm of Possibility: A Queer and Gender Studies Symposium” | Online/Alanus University, Germany | November 2021

    • 3-day international conference on queer masculinity, presented “Penguin, Werewolf, MANstruation: A Cyberethnography of Linguistic Strategies by Trans and Nonbinary Menstruators”

    Guest speaker and panelist, menstruation panel | Santa Clara University If/When/How chapter | March 2021

    Fellow, Columbia University Menstrual Justice Working Group | May 2020-present

  • Freelance writer, DEI online consulting firm | October 2021-present

    Facilitator and workshop lead, LGBTQ+ DEI training | Gregory’s Coffee | June 2021

    • Consulted on company-wide LGBTQ+ online training module focused on queer identities, pronouns, history

    • Co-facilitated 2 hour in-depth workshop for C-suite tier of Gregory’s Coffee

  • Editor and staff writer, Columbia RightsViews Human Rights blog | September 2018-December 2020

    Intern, Symposium on Indigenous Peoples, Columbia University | October-November 2019

    Official UN Notetaker & report writer, “Informal Interactive Hearing on Indigenous Peoples” | April 2019

    Intern, PA’LANTE (People Against Landlord Abuse and Tenant Exploitation) | NYC | June-August 2018

    • Non-profit Harlem-based tenant advocacy organization, working on legal advocacy for tenants

    Winner, Columbia annual Human Rights Essay Contest | April 2018

    • Essay “When Catholicism, Government, and Social Movements Come to Play: A Historical Comparison of Abortion Policy around the World and its Implications on Human Rights”

    Legal Intern, Connecticut Legal Services | New Britain, CT | September 2016-July 2017

    • Public law firm, worked primarily in family and immigration law with clients who were survivors of domestic violence

  • Volunteer/administrator/board member, QueerCare Inc. | February 2021-Present

    • NYC & SF-based nonprofit providing free pre- and post-op services to transgender and gender nonconforming individuals recovering from gender affirming surgeries

    Member, Columbia University Writing Center Anti-Racism Working Group | January-December 2020

    • Focus on implementing anti-racist pedagogy into Columbia Writing Center, development of WC antiracism statement, establishing community connections on campus

  • Freelance research assistant, “Women and Leadership”/”Negotiations” | University of Virginia Business School | October 2021-Present

    Freelance website copywriting | 2021

    • Clients include a photography business, IT DevOps mentoring business, retail seller

    Writing Center Peer Consultant, Columbia University | September 2019-December 2020

    • Consultant of the month, February 2020

    • Workshop leader, “Using Evidence Effectively”

    Research Assistant, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights | Columbia University | Summer 2020

  • Producer, feature length film Cry with Me | November 2019-present

    • Pre-production, production, and post-production coordination including grant writing, contracts & payroll, written communications, location agreements, equipment rentals, COVID-19 safety procedures, set operation, film festival applications, social media, marketing and distribution plans

    • Film declared “Hot Film in the Making” by From the Heart Productions, featured on website and in newsletter

    Writer, Editor, Producer, short documentary film We’re Still Here: Prisons, a Pandemic, and the Pursuit of Education | December 2020

    • Co-written and co-produced by Julia Udell and Bella Radosti

  • NYC Food Handlers’ Certificate | 2021

    Defend Yourself De-Escalation & Assertiveness Training (2 hours) | October 2021

    NYC Workplace Sexual Harassment Training | 2021

    Certified opioid overdose and Naloxone administrator | July 2021

    CPR & First Aid Certified | 2019

    Certified PADI Open Water Scuba Diver | 2017

    American Immigration Lawyers’ Association Immigration Court Crash Course and Webcast (8 hours) | March 2017

    CT Office of Victim Services Victim Compensation Training (6 hours) | January 2017

    Powerful Non-Defensive Communications Training (6 hours) | December 2016