ENGAGEMENTS
PUBLIC SPEAKING + THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
IDEO + CSAA + AON + Environmental Defense Fund: Climate Resiliency Challenge Judge 2023
Venture For America: Design Thinking + Prototyping Workshop Facilitator 2023
Fashion Institute of Technology: Environments & Experiences Student Pitch Judge 2022
Venture For America: Design Thinking + Prototyping Workshop Facilitator 2022
Stanford GSB Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative: Design Thinking Workshop Facilitator 2021
World Economic Forum: Global Shaper San Francisco Hub 2020
Rockefeller Foundation + OpenIDEO: The Food Systems Vision Prize 2050 Challenge Judge 2020
Gates Foundation + OpenIDEO: Immunization Demand Generation Accelerator Pitch Mentor 2020
Climate Restoration Forum: Delegate @ United Nations HQ 2019
Ashoka U Exchange: Storytelling Coach & Panel Emcee @ Tulane University 2019
Under 30 Changemakers: Stories of Purpose Featured Contributor 2017
Audacious Institute: Innovation in Cuba Pitch Competition Facilitator 2017
Blue Ocean Strategy: Pitch Competition Judge 2016
Brand Entrepreneurs Annual Business Boot Camp: Panel Speaker 2016
American Express + Ashoka Changemakers: Emerging Innovators Thought Leader 2015
United Nations Foundation: Inaugural Global Accelerator Organizer @ United Nations HQ 2014
College of William & Mary: Political Economy Development Guest Lecturer 2014
Feeding the Planet Summit: Thought Leader 2013
Ashoka: Nutrients for All Innovation Competition Judge 2013
Boehringer Ingelheim + Ashoka - Making More Health Accelerator: Transforming Health Systems Competition Judge 2013
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Ignite Retreat: Speaker 2013
College of William & Mary: 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Speaker 2011
HONORS
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Award
+ In 1987, the Student Assembly established an award to honor 40 well-rounded graduating students who best exemplify a liberal arts education through their activities as well as studies. This award was named in honor of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, the 16th President of the College, who by ringing the Wren Building bell kept the College alive when its doors closed during the Civil War and continued the spirit until the students could bring life back to campus.
Wren Society 1832 Award
+ In tribute to the year of its founding 1832 the Wren Society annually grants its most prestigious award to 1 student organization, 8 graduating seniors, 3 faculty members, and 2 members of the staff - who in the eyes of the Society have been especially noteworthy and deserve special recognition for their efforts to benefit the College.
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Fellowship
+ Selected student to participate in a grant funded program to be immersed as a social entrepreneurship & service fellow in Costa Rica. Developed and implemented business plan and strategy for Huacas Community Center project securing land donated by the village with construction fees successfully fundraised and constructed in October 2014 utilizing an innovative partnership model with other local NGOs to have a sustained operating model.
Washington Sustainability Scholar
+ Selected as one of thirty students to participate in the Sustainability focused study program based in Washington, DC
Inaugural English-Stonehouse Fellowship
+ Selected as one of two inaugural student fellows selected alongside a Faculty fellow for this prestigious two-year-term honor. This further funded microbiology research projects under Dr. Mark Forsyth. Girolama’s project involved determining the sequence of a cryptic, partially deleted prophage sequence (a viral DNA sequence contained as a genetic parasite within a bacterial DNA genome). ‘Girolama's work has helped show that this unusual viral DNA element may be present in isolates of a human stomach bacterium at frequencies higher than most researchers ever imagined.’ - Dr. Forsyth
Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA-PHAGE Selected Research Assistant
+ Selected as one of thirty students to participate in the second cohort year of this nation wide research effort lead by HHMI. The initiative was designed to give selected freshmen in-the-lab familiarity with the techniques and concepts used in microbiology, molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics. Students practiced advanced biological concepts in addition to working to create new knowledge about isolated phages and their genetic structure.
Gateway Scholarship
+ Merit based full scholarship for Virginia residents, selected as one out of approximately 200 students selected to receive coverage for tuition, room and board for all 4 years for the college that allows the brightest minds to attend coming from households with low incomes.