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EDUCATION
Harvard Divinity School, Dean’s Fellow, Society for the Promotion of Theological Education William’s Scholar, William and Lucille Nickerson Foundation Scholar,
Master of Divinity, conferred May 2025
Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service May 2022
Bachelor of Science in International Culture & Politics – Independent Concentration in Disability and Art in Religious Practice
Minors in Religion, Ethics, & World Affairs and Modern Standard Arabic
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Old South Church, Nancy S. Taylor Resident for Mission in the City (Boston, MA) (Seminarian, September 2024–May 2025), September 2025 – present
Partners with a highly collaborative ministry team to lead the newly reconfigured Thursday Night Church service, a more casual and theologically progressive worship gathering
Facilitates the Thursday Night Supper Club, fostering community by bringing people together over shared meals and meaningful conversations
Preaches sermons and contributes to the design, preparation, and leadership of worship across Old South’s three weekly services
Harvard Divinity School Admissions, Graduate Assistant (Cambridge, MA) August 2022 – May 2025
Served as the first point of contact for prospective and admitted students considering divinity school, providing one-on-one counseling on all aspects of student life including writing personal statements, selecting recommenders, navigating degree requirements, and choosing courses
Coordinated and facilitated prospective and admitted student recruitment events for up to 200+ attendees at each stage of the Admissions cycle
Lead campus tours focusing on the history of the institution and HDS’s current vision for pluralistic religious community
Plymouth Congregational Church (UCC), Field Education Intern (Belmont, MA) August 2023 – May 2024
Facilitated weekly spiritual formation small groups dedicated topics such as gaining religious literacy, dialoguing across faith differences, and standing in solidarity with marginalized communities
Prepared all materials for weekly worship services by leading and writing responsive prayers, selecting readings and hymns, and crafting age-specific lessons for children’s religious education sessions
Preached and wrote sermons to be delivered in regular rotation with the church’s Senior Minister
Georgetown University Gelardin New Media Center and Maker Hub, Teaching Assistant, Workshop Instructor, Operations Coordinator (Washington, DC) August 2018 – May 2022
Recruited and oversaw 60+ undergraduate volunteers each semester as they ran Georgetown’s “center for all things creative,” training them to serve as “innovation coaches” for their peers using dangerous, and often unfamiliar tools within the space
Taught students to conceptualize, draft, and design technology-focused art pieces resulting in 40 independent art installations over six weeks
Led weekly workshops for students seeking to master any aspect of the Adobe Suite, such as digital drafting with InDesign, design in Adobe Illustrator, or video editing in Premiere Pro
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs and Georgetown Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, & Service, Education and Social Justice Research Fellow (West Bank, Palestine) December 2020 – May 2022
Interviewed students, clergy, faculty, and administrators in Arabic and English at Bethlehem University (BU) in West Bank, Palestine, to determine the efficacy of the university’s human rights initiatives in protecting student safety outside the classroom
Authored case study evaluating the impacts Bethlehem University’s integration of Catholic social teaching into human rights doctrine courses
Georgetown Disability Studies Department, Program Assistant (Washington, DC) June 2021 – October 2021
Wrote the first accessible design guide for Georgetown’s departmental websites, which now serves as the university standard for public announcements and event advertising
Served as speaker and live event illustrator for the Disability Studies Program Spring 2021 commencement ceremony
Redesigned the Disability Studies Program web interface using HMTL code to make all previous programming accessible for screen-readers
U.S. Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom, Strategic Religious Engagement Unit Intern (Washington, DC) August 2020 – June 2021
Crafted over 20 weekly news reports for synthesizing current developments at the intersection of religion and foreign policy for internal State Department distribution
Designed @StateIRF social-media campaigns addressing international religious leaders’ response to Covid-19, combatting anti-Semitism, and dispelling myths about minority faiths
The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Government Relations and Protocol Intern (Washington, DC) August 2019 – December 2019
Served as the personal attendant for foreign dignitaries attending the Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize award ceremonies
Maintained correspondence on behalf of the Kennedy Center with U.S. Congress, Supreme Court, and the U.S. Embassies
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
First Church of Somerville UCC, Deacon July 2023 – present, Leadership Team July 2023 – present
Harvard Divinity School, Student Lecturer August 2024 – present
Instructs a weekly student-lead HDS Reading and Research course titled “Topics in Disability and Fat Studies”
Harvard Divinity School Ecstatic Dance, Co-Facilitator August 2023 – present
Facilitates an extemporaneous, improvisational dance/exercise group for 30+ Harvard affiliates each week during the academic year
Georgetown Student Advocacy Office, August 2018 – May 2022
Served as a free, confidential peer advocate, providing resources and counsel to students navigating each step of the university’s adjudication and rehabilitation process after a student conduct or honor code violation