Internship period: June 2018 - August 2018
Internship Location: Los Angeles, CA; Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO), CA
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO) is a National Recreation Area located outside the greater Los Angeles region. It is overseen by the National Park Service. The summer of 2018 I was an intern at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area's Los Angeles Urban Engagement Office. This position primarily involved education and outreach roles related to environmental issues, natural science, and climate change.
My responsibilities included:
Internship Location: Los Angeles, CA; Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO), CA
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO) is a National Recreation Area located outside the greater Los Angeles region. It is overseen by the National Park Service. The summer of 2018 I was an intern at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area's Los Angeles Urban Engagement Office. This position primarily involved education and outreach roles related to environmental issues, natural science, and climate change.
My responsibilities included:
- Developing and conducting Audience-Centered Community Dialogues with local community groups connecting community concerns with environmental issues and climate change
- Communicating with local Los Angeles museums and developing temporary museum programming and interactive exhibits connecting museum focus and current exhibits with environmental topics and climate change
- Conducting interpretive and educational programming focusing on natural science
- Training and overseeing volunteers helping with interpretive and educational programming
- Developing programming that is relevant and mindful of an audience from a diversity of backgrounds and experience
Museum Posters
These are posters I created for local LA museums as a form of temporary exhibitions.