Emma Comeau
Sturbridge
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience in event coordination, community outreach, and program management, specializing in environmental initiatives. Proven ability to foster collaboration and enhance connections to nature among children while delivering engaging environmental education to diverse audiences. Committed to promoting accessibility and inclusivity in all educational efforts, ensuring participation and benefits for all community members in environmental programs.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Engagement Coordinator
AmeriCorps- Opacum Land Trust
Brimfield, Massachusetts
09.2022 - Current
- Coordinated community outreach events to enhance local engagement and participation
- Developed partnerships with local organizations to promote and expand collaborative initiatives
- Facilitated workshops and presentations to educate the community
- Created promotional materials to increase awareness of community services offered
- Create social media material to educate public on local conservation initiatives, local species and ecology
- Developed educational homeschool content and events for grades K-12
- Develop and lead guided hikes to educate community members on local history and ecology
- Use Multiple software to track event attendance and send out email reminders and news letters
Seasonal Laborer
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
09.2021 - 05.2025
- Maintained and efficiently cleaned 55 campsites daily, ensuring visitor satisfaction
- Operated various tools including backpack blowers, weedwhackers, and pole saws to maintain grounds
- Monitor and maintained trails with off-road vehicle to ensure accessability and safety
- Assist visitors, checking them into the grounds and providing beneficial information about the grounds
- Assist Educational Interpreter on guided hikes
- Generated and printed end of the day reports
Classroom Access Assistant
Disability Services, UMass Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
04.2022 - 09.2024
- Uploaded comprehensive notes weekly for different class types to support student learning.
- Facilitated student assistance both inside and outside classroom to enhance accessibility.
- Proctored exams and tests
Education
Bachelor of Science - Natural Resources Conservation- Wildlife Ecology
The University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA05.2025
No Degree - Human Services
Quinsigamond Community College
Southbridge, MASkills
- Community outreach and engagement
- Event coordination
- Enviromental Education
- Social media marketing
Certifications And Technical Skills
- Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- R Studio
- Arc GIS
- Survey 123
- Gaia GPS
- Little Green Light
Leadership And Volunteer Experience
Registered Student Organization Secretary, UMass Amherst
Worked at MassWildlife Deer Check Station to assist aging deer and collecting data
Identified and monitored species via 40 camera traps, contributing data to the UMass Amherst Camera Trap project,
Assisted in the UMass Amherst Bird-Window Collisions Data Collection
Assisted Local Land Trusts in invasive species removal and bridge construction
Coursework
- Environmental Education, Developed and delivered hands-on environmental education programs for public audiences. Created interactive activities to teach sustainability and local ecology.
- Restoration Ecology, Worked with local Land Trusts to help with restoration work on properties. Developed educational presentations and materials on local restoration initiatives.
- Wildlife Ecology, Digitized and documented data using various software programs. Conducted spatial analysis and visualizations on conservation data. Performed habitat and population assessments via transects across various habitat types and conditions. Drafted potential restoration and wildlife habitat management plans for local landowners. Trapped and banded small mammal species to track and analyze population trends.
Certification
- Microsoft Suit (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- Career Safe
Timeline
Community Engagement Coordinator
AmeriCorps- Opacum Land Trust
09.2022 - Current
Classroom Access Assistant
Disability Services, UMass Amherst
04.2022 - 09.2024
Seasonal Laborer
Department of Conservation and Recreation
09.2021 - 05.2025
Bachelor of Science - Natural Resources Conservation- Wildlife Ecology
The University of Massachusetts Amherst
No Degree - Human Services
Quinsigamond Community College