Job: I'm chief of staff at Beacons!

Content: I headed content for Elpha (YC S19, platform of 45K+ women), the Boston Techstars Startup Digest (15K+ subscribers), and Harvard in Tech (10K+ subscribers). I also ran my own content series on seed and Series A founders (Medium top VC and startup writer 2020). I was a contributor at TechCrunch and writer for Pinduoduo and BIOS (a life sciences publication) and Bottomless (Series A, Y Combinator backed startup). I previously headed content for the Emerging VC Association, a group of 700 investors. I was a Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year nominee.

Advising: I was an advisor to Hatchub, AiChemist (backed by Plug and Play and Alchemist in the clean tech space), and the Yale Board for Diversity, Equity, and Digital Health. I was a mentor at Techstars, 500 Startups, Alchemist Accelerator, Plug and Play, Envision, MassChallenge, SOSV, IndieBio, FoodX, Harvard Ventures, and Acceleprise and worked closely as an advisor to 8 Y Combinator startups. I was a judge with the Tech Trailblazer awards. I was an EIR for the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. I was a community manager at Mozilla Builders and part of the Pinduoduo Thought Partner Program. I was a fellow at On Deck in their community program and founding fellow at On Deck Catalyst.

VC: I was a marketing consultant for TSVC (Zoom's first institutional investor) and venture fellow with Pear VC (the first ever industry fellow) and ecosystem director with CerraCap Ventures. I was a part of the All Raise inaugural associate cohort and a venture scout at Gold Rush, Global Founders Capital (first ever scout), and Grishin Robotics (part of the second ever cohort).

I am an angel investor with The Council and Hustle Fund.

I have previously worked in VC with Soma Capital (employee #1), General Catalyst, Romulus Capital (venture team lead), Female Founders Fund (fellows co-lead), and Global Founders Capital (venture arm of Rocket Internet).

School: I graduated from Harvard in May 2019 with high honors and summa honors thesis. My research was on game theoretic approaches to the analysis of multilateral bargaining in China (advised by Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel laureate). During school, I also conducted economics research with Robert Lawrence (Bill Clinton's council of economic advisors) and Larry Summers (previous World Bank Chief Economist). I am on the gift committee and a Boston area activities chair for the Harvard Class of 2019.

Finance: I worked with Morgan Stanley's Global Technology Investment Banking Group, in portfolio management with Northwestern Mutual, in securities lending consulting with Charles Schwab, and asset management with Roundview. I invest independently in the public markets and was previously Chief Investment Officer at Smart Woman Securities, partner at the Charles River Growth Fund, and on the finance board of Harvard Student Agencies (world's largest student run company).

Startups: Prior to Beacons, I was on the growth marketing team at ZAGENO, a General Catalyst backed growth stage startup building the world's largest life sciences supplies marketplace. I was an early team member and core operator with startups including Morning Brew (Forbes 30 U 30, scaling to 1mm+ subscribers), Luxe (acquired by Volvo), Real World Playbook (Techstars), Rialto, bSmart, and Allo (YC W19). I was BostInno 25 under 25.

Education: I have been a teaching fellow at Harvard, learning lab fellow at the Derek Bok Center, ESL teacher, Crimson Education tutor, computer science teaching fellow with the Digital Literacy Project, and head of inreach at ProMazo. I founded the EdTech community through the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching. I founded and manage The Concord Review Academic Coaching Service for humanities interested high school students.

Fun: In my free time, I run 100 miles a week, work with a lagree pilates studio, hike, box, do yoga, and (try to) read 1 book a week.