My dear friend and fellow graduate student, Charity Woodrum, recently founded a charity in loving memory of her son, Woody Thomas. Woody's Stars is focused on supporting college students with a passion for STEM at the University of Oregon, by alleviating financial burden and providing impactful mentorship that will nurture and guide them through their academic journey. To learn more about Woody’s Stars and Charity’s life story, visit Space, Hope and Charity. If you can help, donations are accepted here: Donate Here

In 2020, I co-founded a volunteer initiative called the SODEI, which stands for Steward Observatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It is an unofficial group that consists of graduate students, postdocs, and faculty who want to make our community better. Learn more.

Space Drafts is the name for the Tucson chapter of Astronomy on Tap, where professional astronomers get to give a science talk at a bar in front of people who want to drink (non-alcohol included) and learn about space at the same time! I’ve given a Space Drafts titled “The History of Supernova Observations”. Learn more.

The Teen Astronomy Café program is an out-of-school program that offers high school students opportunities to interact with scientists who work at the forefront of astronomy. I volunteer to lead the high school students through a hands-on coding activity that takes place after a science presentation with a guest Astronomer. Learn More.

This program provides an opportunity for K-12 teachers to connect with professional astronomers. I volunteered for this program in 2019 and was paired with a high school teacher at Catalina High School. I helped with extra credit observing nights and gave a science lecture on “The Deaths of Stars”. Learn more.