Luz Johnson

· Manage and maintain the CEO’s calendar, including scheduling meetings and appointments
· Coordinate travel arrangements, itineraries, and meeting logistics
· Draft, review, and organize correspondence, reports, and presentations
· Screen incoming calls, emails, and inquiries and respond or redirect appropriately
· Maintain confidential records, files, and executive documentation
· Assist with of

• Design engaging flyers to market yoga classes and special events on social media
• Monitor trends in engagement to tailor content to specific audiences
• Engage students and teachers to create meaningful, innovative content to welcome newcomers to the studio

• Survey recreational fishing captains and fishing vessel owners to capture the targeting of highlight migratory pelagic fish for NOAA’s Large Pelagics Telephone Survey (LPTS)
• Synthesize recreational pelagic fishing data using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system
• Interact with fisheries constituents to increase survey participation
• Review forms and procedures and monitor as

• Build long-term relationships with clients and their pets’ welfare and deliver exceptional pet care
• Exercise and reinforce positive behaviors in dogs using leash equipment, treats, and body language as encouraged
• Conduct constructive play and facilitate pleasant downtime with cats
• Carry out in-home feeding and meditation tasks during visits
• Foster reliable and thorough communication with

• Develop intentional movement and breath sequences for beginners
• Lead students in easeful, aligned flow, emphasizing mindfulness
• Offer modifications and props for ease of movement
• Coordinate the logistics of studio organization and student attendance
• Communicate meaningfully with students to ensure their needs are met by their yoga practice

- Identify funding and other opportunities for graduate school students
- Update PhD Network website to include resources and upcoming events for PhD students
- Establish and maintain a database of resources and events related to PhD students

- Conduct scheduled dog walks for different clients throughout the Boston area, helping them get exercise and reinforcing positive behaviors
- Manage and avoid dogs’ triggers as needed
- Provide detailed reports about scheduled walks for owners
- Introduce dogs to other walkers, giving detailed information about dogs’ behaviors, harnessing instructions, and potential triggers to avoid

- Identify species from samples collected from habitat trays as part of a project on juvenile recruitment and biodiversity at restored vs. mud oyster reefs
- Determine trends in biodiversity on oyster reef with respect to habitat type and sampling year
- Synthesize size-frequency data of prevalent crustacean and fish species at restored and mud oyster reefs

Conduct research through the Northeastern University Department of Linguistics—Interaction Lab, including reviewing literature and analyzing linguistic patterns in legal discourse. Review trial and cross-examination videos, compile preliminary findings on response frequencies and categories, and present preliminary results at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference.

Directed Study (Sep-Dec 2022)
• Reviewed literature on methods and studies about institutional and legal discourse with a focus on studies using critical discourse analysis and ethnolinguistics methods

Interaction Lab Research Assistant
• Reviewed videos of a defamation trial for linguistic patterns characteristic of legal discourse as part of the preliminary stages of a project investigation the

- Conducted scheduled in-water SCUBA dives for feedings for various fish, elasmobranch, and turtle species
- Conducted aquarium maintenance such as habitat cleaning and underwater vacuuming
- Educated visitors about aquarium species
- Prepared food, medications, and vitamins for aquarium species according to their specified diet
- Trained interns and volunteers on daily cleaning and maintenance ta

Mapping Cod Spatial Footprint in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
• Aided in conducting interviews with fishermen in coastal New England to document the variation and specificity of the cod spatial footprint
• Organized data and constructed Google Earth maps for R analysis to reflect changes in areas of ground fishing and cod-specific activity

Denitrification and Nitrogen Removal at Oyster Aqu

Measure dehydration/combustion of sediments using a muffle furnace to determine sediment organic matter in oyster aquaculture and restored habitat comparisons. Conduct species identification using dichotomous keys, maintain live habitat and animals for experiments, and collect abundance data for multiple invertebrate and fish groups.

Denitrification and Nitrogen Removal at Oyster Aquaculture Farms in comparison to Natural Benthic Habitats
• Measured the dehydration/combustion of sediments using a muffle furnace to determine sediment organic matter on oyster aquaculture farms in comparison to natural benthic habitats

Interactions between Novel Range-Expanding Species and Maine Lobster
• Constructed and maintained live habitats

Review health disparities literature and contribute to drafting a paper on risk factors and racial/ethnic disparities in postpartum depression. Attend trainings in information security, records management, and research ethics, and present a scientific poster on an ongoing project.

• Reviewed literature on health disparities
• Contributed to the drafting of a paper on risk factors and racial and ethnic disparities in post-partum depression
• Attended trainings on information security, records management, and research ethics
• Presented a scientific poster on an ongoing project on risk factors of post-partum depression

• Served and rang up customers.
• Collaborated with co-workers in taking inventory and cleaning and closing the store

• Assisted with administrative and organizational tasks, such as filing paperwork and entering case information into databases.

Earned a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and completed a minor in Linguistics.

Minor in Linguistics