Hello! I'm Victoria
I am a recent graduate from UC Berkeley with a major in economics and minor in data science. I am passionate about the intersections between business, tech, and sustainability. Specifically, I am interested in utilizing the ubiquity of technology as a driving force in creating business-driven solutions to the climate crisis. I look forward to building innovative, impactful projects that will create a positive impact on the world today.
Victoria Dinov
ESG CONSULTANT & Sustainability Economist
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San Diego, CA
WORK EXPERIENCE
July 2024- present
Research Assistant
Technical University of Munich
· Generated a database of 50+ datasets for water quality indicators delineated by the EU project WEFE (water, energy, food, ecosystems) NEXUS
· Formulated the econometric design for a study analyzing the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for water pollution
· Wrote a literature review on the modern research for the Environmental Kuznets curve and its application to the relationship between water pollution and economic growth
June 2023 - August 2023
ESG Analyst Intern
Deloitte
· Conducted an ESG social impact analysis and created a stakeholder engagement tracker for a Fortune 500 company to identify related issues related to business and financial operations
· Prepared detailed reports mapping the ISSB final guidelines and the ESRS/CSRD final draft standards, EU Taxonomy and ESRS standards to Net Zero Targets, and disclosures in the ESRS standards related to the LEAP & TNFD recommendations
· Generated a text attraction natural language processing model to map various sustainability themes to different conference websites and agendas
· Formulated a proposal on the PRI & CDP services offered to a Fortune 50 financial services company, along with alignment on current climate services
May 2022 - August 2022
Boeing
Global Enterprise Sustainability Intern
· Conducted sustainability, human rights, and due diligence benchmarking
· Generated methodologies for creating an ICP (internal carbon price) utilizing market research techniques
· Analyzed and benchmarked various ESG rating agencies (MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS, S&P)
· Audited sustainability report and ensured it is in line with GHG Protocol, CDP, GRI, SASB, and TCFD (ESG standards and frameworks)
· Led the research on quantifying climate-related financial risks
January 2022 - May 2022
Economic and Business Bureau Intern
Department of State
· Conducted economic policy analysis and advise on economic policies
· Acted as a liaison between the government and business professionals
· Worked alongside mentors to lead the bureau’s strategic economic policy planning (specifically related to OECD goals)
December 2020- June 2021
Public Citizen
Public Policy Internship
· Hosted and led phone banking sessions with 200+ constituents
· Generated legislative reviews (specifically on the For the People Act) and generated press drafts
· Parsed and analyzed data using Parse hub and Excel
· Prepared event toolkits, assisted in the planning of nationwide events, worked with coalition leads
August 2020- September 2021
Youth Will
Programming and Organizing Associate
· Cleaned, transformed, and modeled data to improve organizational strategy and decision making
· Developed curriculum and agendas for each campaign and generating campaign progress reports
· Specialized in coalition-building and programming to generate positive cooperation among partner organizations
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
August 2023 - June 2024
UC Berkeley Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
Undergraduate Research Lead
· Led the randomized controlled trial creation to analyze health outcomes associated with energy optimization interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo
· Created a 5x2 stratification process for the above randomized controlled trial
January 2021 - present
UC Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law
· Led all continuing legal education events, project manager for CLE continuation program
· Conducted research and administrative tasks for the pay equity group to analyze discrimination in wages
· Contributed analysis, summary, and research to the 2022 Annual Report
Continuing Legal Education Director
August 2020 - May 2022
Human Rights Center
Research Associate
· Conducted open-source investigations of human rights violations partnered with Amnesty International's Digital Verification Corps
· Explored corporate and transaction records to map the relationships of relevant actors in illicit networks using geomapping and digital verification
· Contributed to investigations and summaries presented in the 2021-2022 Annual Report
EDUCATION
2020-2023
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's Degree
4.0 GPA
Major: Economics
Minor: Data Science
Relevant Coursework: International Environmental Economics, Introduction to Climate Change, Technology Entrepreneurship, Introduction to Statistics, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, Data Science Fundamentals, Discrete Mathematics, Concepts of Probability, Computational Structures in Data Science
2016-2020
Salutatorian - High School Diploma
4.5 GPA
Rancho Bernardo High School
AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholar Finalist, Honors Award
