About
Exploring state craft, longevity, and edtech. Prev, Head of Operations @ Bloom (YC W21), Research Fellow @ Contrary Capital.
Work Experience
Focusing on HardCORE, which empowers BioTech and HardTech founders through networking, co-founder matching, and collaboration with VC firms.
$15.2B raised by Columbia startups in the past 12 months. $6.4M awards granted annually to Columbia startups by Columbia University. 3K+ Columbia startups created in the last decade.
Powering product, growth, and research for the most promising early-stage companies and world-class digital experiences. Working with YC backed companies with a focus on urban infra, web infra, and fintech.
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User research, competitive analysis, and wire-framing for startups across urban infra and fintech, working directly with the CEO/CTOs as the primary designer.
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Designed Paxafe’s showroom demo, leading to 10+ enterprise contracts and revamping supply chain route planning software.
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Designed the flagship mobile payroll product for Checkr ($5 billion valuation in 2021).
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Revamped Pirros’ onboarding to maximize conversions from invite to enterprise team setup.
The investing app that teaches Americans how to build wealth. Raised $4.4 million, achieved profitability, and $3m ARR. Backed by Y Combinator.
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Oversaw day-to-day operations, monthly cash accounting to prepare investor updates, service provider contracts, payroll, and HR for 8 full-time employees, and 3 global contractors.
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Deployed $150K/mo in ad spend across TikTok, Meta, and Google to gain 1M+ users.
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Wrote 120+ financial education modules for the “Learn and Earn” product, taken by teens over 3 million times. Produced and scripted three “masterclass-styled” video scripts for famous CEOs and two college professors.
Illuminating private markets under Contrary Capital.
- Published 6 research reports that analyzed industry trends, product, business model, and corporate valuation, including Midjourney, Webflow, Klarna, Intercom, Greenlight, and Zapier.
Helping students cultivate passion and discover their futures. An opportunity database for high schoolers.
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Ideated, designed, and developed the web app that reached 24,000 students and connected 1,000 students to jobs and or programs.
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Raised $45K from Hack+ and $125K from YC Startup School in software credits, totaling $170K in software grants and $3K in cash grants.
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Led a team of 20 volunteers and oversaw HR, banking, legal, and our 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsorship.
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Led strategic partnerships with seven youth nonprofits and 2 VC-backed startups to reach more young investors.
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Led organic growth and managed five content interns to generate 30,000 sign-ups with a $0 budget in 3 months.
Redefining political strategy. Worked on three congressional, two senate, and two stealth startup campaigns.
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Sourced clients through cold outreach and networking to land an average deal size of $20k.
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Led six marketing and policy analysis fellows to manage client growth projects.
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Designed and developed the website, pitched and led the rebrand from “CTF” to Alect, and built the internal IT system.
Education
Columbia Quant Group, App Development Initiative Columbia, Columbia Women in CS, Design @ Columbia, Columbia Women's Business Society
Writing
Projects
Side Projects
What if we could use biomorphic shapes, specifically artificial cabbage coral, that protects shores, fosters marine fauna, and promotes human<>nature centric design?
A simple banking dashboard for peace of mind.
Building this to touch up on full-stack skills. Plus, would love budgeting, investment overviews, and tax calculators all-in-one.
Features
Bloom has raised, in total, $4.4 million in seed funding from investors, much of it in 2022. Investors include Contrary, Slow Ventures, Offline Ventures, Rocketship VC, Slope and a group of angel investors, including Andrew Yang.
This year's Call for Kindness is the biggest yet with a 70% increase in applicants from 2020, hailing from 35 states from around the country.
Projects promoting kindness, empathy and leadership were selected as national winners by the NYC-founded Riley's Way Foundation.
Volunteering
Turning NYC's archives into curriculum aids for public school educators.
Facilitating dynamic, authentic, and kind leadership through a development fellowship.
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2021 $3K Call for Kindness grant recipient for The Generation.
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2022 Youth Leadership Mentor. Helped young founders with growth, fundraising, operations, and volunteer retention.
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Learned about data privacy, media regulations, and childhood development from speakers and workshop leaders.
A national, nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress and the administration to advance peace, justice, and environmental stewardship.
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2021: Group Leader for lobby visits with Congresswoman Maloney’s office, researched and advocated for clear paths to citizenship.
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2022: Congressional Coordinator for a visit with Senator Schumer. Researched and submitted policy proposals that allowed climate refugees to sue polluting corporations for damages.