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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United States
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Program Assistant
Himalyan Destinations
Kathmandu, Nepal
Operations Assistant
Master's degree
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University of Oregon
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Bachelor's degree
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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
• Regularly checked wildlife cameras (replacing batteries, memory cards), collected hair samples from traps, reapplying bait and scent lures.
Camera trap volunteer
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Let's Share Forum
• 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.
Relief Volunteer
Social Services
Galesburg Community Kitchen
•	Help local church with fundraisers and serve food on a biweekly basis
Volunteer
Arts and Culture
Film South Asia
•	Marketed films, ushered patrons and conducted discussions among audience and film directors
Volunteer
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Portland, OR
Katie Stringer
Small Business Development Organizer @ Unite Oregon/ Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Student @ Portland State
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Portland, OR
Andrew Neuman
GIS Solutions Architect at City of Portland
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Troutdale, OR
Heidi Hinshaw
Graduate student of urban & regional planning
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Portland, OR
Walle Brown
Equity and Data Analyst  at City of Portland: Office of Equity & Human Rights
https://cn.linkedin.com/in/claire-huang-a603826b
Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Area
Claire Huang
developer at Nike Asia
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Schaumburg, IL
Tania Neri Arias
Instructional Designer
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Cream Ridge, NJ
Pamela Lamb
Senior Accountant at FMC Corporation
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Chicago, IL
Alex D.
Graphic Designer at UI Health
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Greater Chicago Area
Lomash Shrestha
President at Chicagoland Nepali Friendship Society
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New York, NY
Brian Lutz, CPA, MBA
Manager of Financial Systems
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Silver Spring, MD
Allan Maharjan
MBA - Information Systems Managament
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Lawrence, KS
Sejal Thapa
Business Analytics Student at the University of Kansas School of Business
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Greater Chicago Area
Joe Krush
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Philadelphia, PA
Saugat Ghimire
Product Owner - US Payments at TD
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Philadelphia, PA
Peter Menakis, MBA
Business Strategy Consultant at Accenture
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Greater Cleveland
Max Herzog
Program Manager at Cleveland Water Alliance
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Fort Collins, CO
Bethlehem Abebe
Conservation Social Scientist
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San Francisco, CA
Luke Elder
Global Sustainability at Google • Yale MBA, Yale MEM
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Dallas, TX
Jay Duncan
Assistant Coach at SMU
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Champaign, IL
Leela Sushitha Chinnakotla, EIT
Pavement Engineer
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