Biography

Originally from Montreal, Canada, I recently completed an MPhil at Cambridge in Engineering for Sustainable Development. During this time, I investigated how to enable vulnerable communities to develop solutions around social and environmental problems they face. I built a framework to analyse and map inclusive innovation ecosystems in collaboration with the Centre for Global Equality and the Bahir Dar Institute of Technology in Ethiopia. Prior to Cambridge, I was with Engineers Without Borders Canada for two and a half years. I first worked to accelerate agribusiness enterprises and train local consultants in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. I then managed technology development for an early-stage social enterprise that improved access to markets and affordable finances for smallholder farmers in Kenya. Before that, I worked for two years in making buildings more sustainable through energy efficiency. I’m hoping to build on my research and work experience to further create systems-level change in the realms of climate action and social justice around the world.

Previous Education

Concordia University