Aakash Upraity
Program Assistant at CAPA STRATEGIES, LLC
M&E, Research, and Communications within the interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences
Namaste! I am a climate adaptation/resilience professional and social scientist fascinated by the human-environment nexus. I am skilled in qualitative & quantitative methodologies, as well as in program management, and am curious by nature. I find that creativity motivates me in communicating my results, and I approach projects with a focus on providing concise, actionable deliverables. I am passionate about wildlife and "the outdoors", as well as the interplays between resource usage and extraction and vulnerable communities.

I assist in implementing volunteer urban heat-mapping campaigns (Heat Watch) with CAPA Strategies (www.capastrategies.com). Please reach out if you're interested in organizing a campaign in your community, or would like to work with our open source data, or would like to collaborate to publish. I would also encourage you to check out our website (www.capastrategies.com) to examine the suite of other environmental assessment and capacity building services we provide!
CAPA STRATEGIES, LLC
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Program Assistant
United States
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Himalyan Destinations
Operations Assistant
Kathmandu, Nepal
Master's degree
University of Oregon
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Bachelor's degree
Knox College
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The University of Texas at Arlington
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A Level Graduate
Rato Bangala School
Building ex ante resilience of disaster-exposed mountain communities: Drawing insights from the Nepal earthquake recovery
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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Aid and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Nepal / Independent impacts and recovery monitoring Nepal
The Asia Foundation
Cascadia Wild
Camera trap volunteer
• Regularly checked wildlife cameras (replacing batteries, memory cards), collected hair samples from traps, reapplying bait and scent lures.
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Let's Share Forum
Relief Volunteer
• Provided immediate, on ground assistance in high impact areas of Nepal following the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Organized on ground distribution of relief material, constructed metal frame houses.
• Coordinated logistics of transportation of food, medicine and shelter relief items.
Social Services
Galesburg Community Kitchen
Volunteer
•	Help local church with fundraisers and serve food on a biweekly basis
Arts and Culture
Film South Asia
Volunteer
•	Marketed films, ushered patrons and conducted discussions among audience and film directors
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Katie Stringer
Small Business Development Organizer @ Unite Oregon/ Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Student @ Portland State
Portland, OR
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Andrew Neuman
GIS Solutions Architect at City of Portland
Portland, OR
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Heidi Hinshaw
Graduate student of urban & regional planning
Troutdale, OR
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Walle Brown
Equity and Data Analyst  at City of Portland: Office of Equity & Human Rights
Portland, OR
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Claire Huang
developer at Nike Asia
Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tania-neri-arias-60a5236b
Tania Neri Arias
Instructional Designer
Schaumburg, IL
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Pamela Lamb
Senior Accountant at FMC Corporation
Cream Ridge, NJ
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Alex D.
Graphic Designer at UI Health
Chicago, IL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lomash-shrestha-83a9502a
Lomash Shrestha
President at Chicagoland Nepali Friendship Society
Greater Chicago Area
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Brian Lutz, CPA, MBA
Manager of Financial Systems
New York, NY
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Allan Maharjan
MBA - Information Systems Managament
Silver Spring, MD
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Sejal Thapa
Business Analytics Student at the University of Kansas School of Business
Lawrence, KS
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Joe Krush
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Greater Chicago Area
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Saugat Ghimire
Product Owner - US Payments at TD
Philadelphia, PA
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Peter Menakis, MBA
Business Strategy Consultant at Accenture
Philadelphia, PA
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Max Herzog
Program Manager at Cleveland Water Alliance
Greater Cleveland
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethlehem-abebe-astella
Bethlehem Abebe
Conservation Social Scientist
Fort Collins, CO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeelder
Luke Elder
Global Sustainability at Google • Yale MBA, Yale MEM
San Francisco, CA
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Jay Duncan
Assistant Coach at SMU
Dallas, TX
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Leela Sushitha Chinnakotla, EIT
Pavement Engineer
Champaign, IL
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