Brief CV

Education

Toronto Metropolitan University, expected Fall 2026

M.A. Early Childhood Studies

• ECS MA Course Union Secretary
• Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses in ECS
• ECS Field Education Office intern

University of Toronto, 2023 - 2025

Honours B.Sc. Psychology Specialist

• Senior Project: Toddlers' persistence: Mental effort and contingent process praise

Dalhousie University, 2020 - 2022

Coursework in Neuroscience & Early Modern Studies

University of King's College, 2020 - 2021

Foundation Year Program

• Thesis: Constructing the modern self: Narrative psychology and The Waste Land

Research Experience

University of Toronto, Toronto Early Cognition Lab | Jan 2024 - May 2025

Independent Project Student

• Investigating the early development of mental effort and how infants reason about problem solving through eye-gaze experiments and semi-naturalistic experiments

Research Assistant

• Recruiting, scheduling, and assisting with in-person testing for infants and caregivers
• Transcription and behavioural coding

Dalhousie University, Songbird Neurobiology Lab | Sept 2021 - Dec 2022

Research Assistant

• Assisting with laboratory work (tissue sectioning, processing, histology) for research on seasonal neuroanatomical changes in temperate-zone songbirds

Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant, TMU | Sept 2025 - Present

• Providing academic support for undergraduate courses in Interpersonal Communication (CLD 251) and Creative Arts II (CLD 315)

Camp Counsellor, Campfire Circle | August 2024 - Present

• Providing hourly care, supervision, and specialized support for children and adolescents affected by childhood cancer in an overnight camp environment

Recruitment Manager, Toronto Early Cognition Lab | May 2024 - May 2025

• Recruiting families to participate in play-based developmental research through social media marketing, community outreach, and department-affiliated events

Speaking

2025 Psychology Undergraduate Research Community Symposium

Symposium talk: Exploring the relationship between mental effort and process praise in infancy, presented April 8, 2025

Honours & Awards

2025: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Toronto Metropolitan University (Value: $15,000)

2024-25: Dean's List, University of Toronto

2024: Regents Scholarship, Victoria College (Value: $1000)

2020-22: President's List, Dalhousie & University of King's College

2020: Entrance Award, University of King's College (Value: $10,250)

What Else?

I'm a classically-trained pianist (RCM ARCT) and have received honours for performance, harmony/counterpoint and analysis work. I have taught keyboard and music theory to children ages 4-16 in one-on-one and group settings. I have experience music directing amateur productions, accompanying choirs and solo performers, and conducting. I play bass in a Toronto-based alt-countryish band.

What's that gap in 2023?

I moved cross-country to be with family and consequently transferred to the University of Toronto to finish my bachelor's degree. During my semester off of school I read 33 books, including Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet, four books by Magda Szabó, three books by Margaret Atwood, two books by Annie Ernaux, and The Drama of the Gifted Child. If that doesn't sound like enough books to you, I also learned how to bake sourdough bread, went on a lot of long walks around my new neighborhood, and re-downloaded and deleted Duolingo a few times.