Service Activities

Mycological Society of America SPORES Mentoring Program (Society Prioritizes Our Recruitment of Every Scholar)

• Chair (2023–2025)
• Board member and mentor (2022–2023)
• Click here for information about the SPORES Program

Mycological Society of America Student Section Executive Board

• Past Chair (2018-2019)
• Chair (2017-2018)
• Vice-Chair (2016-2017)
• Webmaster (2015-2016)

Mycological Society of America Student Representative on Committees

• MSA DEI Committee (2023–2025)
• MSA Nominations Committee (2021–2022)
• MSA International Committee (2017–2020)
• MSA Karling Lecture Committee (2016–2017)
• MSA Nomenclature Committee (2015–2016)

Invited Faculty 

• Organization for Tropical Studies (Summer 2021 and Summer 2022). Mentored two undergraduate students each summer leading fungal research at Las Cruces Biological Station in San Vito, Costa Rica
• For information about this program visit the NSF LSAMP REU website

International Student Orientation Leader

• Pennsylvania State University (Summer 2018, Fall 2018, and Summer 2019 orientations)

Adopt-a-Classroom Program
Western Illinois University – Biology Graduate Student Association, Volunteer conducting monthly science hands-on and outdoor activities with students in rural Illinois third grade classrooms.

Penn State Graduate and Professional Student Association ​

• ​At-Large Delegate (2018-2019)
• Delegate for the College of Agricultural Sciences (2019-2021)
• Speaker of the Assembly (2019-2020)

Penn State Plant Pathology Association

• President (2020-2021)

Penn State Food and Housing Security Task Force

• Graduate Student Representative (2020)

Penn State SACNAS Chapter – Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

• Events coordinator (2019–2020)