Advocacy & Outreach
As the 2023-2024 AGU Voices for Science Fellow, I am obliged to reach out to policymakers and concerned citizens regularly to promote science and bolster the support of science on a regular basis. This page documents my outreach activities and media coverage.
Policy Maker Outreach
Meeting with Congress Representative as an AGU Local Science Partner
Scheduled on March 6, 2024
Symposium Attendance | From Scarcity to Abundance: Research and Strategies for Housing Policy
August 8, 2023
Pitched the need to investigate the trend of building inside or near California's high-risk zones of wildfire (WUI) to housing and planning researchers and local/state lawmakers
Promoted the 2023 AGU Congressional Visits Day event and recruited one student participant
July 15, 2023
Office meeting with Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)'s Los Angeles office staff, Adrian Vasquez (District Director)
May 23, 2023
Pitched the research on power outages caused by wildfire and extreme heat weather and how such disruption may affect our underserved communities in CA-34 district
Media Coverage
A Canopy of Data and Equity | Chapman Forward Magazine | 2023
Chapman University Researchers Confirm Increased Housing Growth Near Wilderness Puts More Homes at Risk of Wildfires | Chapman University Newsroom | 2022
Data scientists are using the most annoying feature on your phones to save lives in Ukraine | Fortune | 2022
The Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19 | WIRED | 2020
Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try | STAT News | 2020
Facebook data can help measure social distancing in California | Protocol | 2020
Facebook Data Has Implications for Disaster Planning | Chapman University Newsroom | 2019
Understanding Evacuation Patterns with Social Media | NASA Earth Observatory | 2018