Education
California State University, Channel Islands
Master of Business Administration (MBA), expected Aug. 2025 - I gained a comprehensive foundation in business administration topics, from finance to business operations to strategy and leadership. I have been applying this knowledge to all-encompassing capstone projects, including writing my own case study and developing a business plan I might use to start my own company. I gained insight into the various tools for running a business, and I developed an interest in the problem-solving and strategy mapping techniques of Business Analytics.
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. Integrative Biology, Ecology emphasis - I obtained a hard science background with an interest in learning about environmental protection. I spent my junior year studying at the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. I wrote my senior thesis on my research on the underwater vocalizations of river dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon.
B.A. Rhetoric, Political Discourse emphasis - I learned about crafting organized and well-reasoned communication. I studied how philosophers, politicians, lawyers, and other orators use rhetoric as a crucial skill for conveying the truth of their arguments. One of my professors said, "Rhetoric is the only study that will help you with all your other studies." I found this to be true, recognizing its value in my studies of business and law, my fiction writing, and even organizing my notes from lectures and presentations into easily readable outline form.