Teaching English in Israel's Arab Community. The position included five months in Nazareth, Israel's largest Arab City, and five months in Tel Aviv. Taught children who did not speak my language and worked volunteered in a research role for a nonprofit dedicated to bringing Arabs and Jews together. Worked to find outside funding for the organizationTwenty-five hour work weeks, with an additional five hours of mandatory volunteering. Learning Hebrew and Arabic, the former of which has become quite strong.

Assist in research for a project on what Dr. Vasquez has named the Pig Skin Triangle, linking sports, militarism, and politics Demonstrate analytical thinking skills by extracting pertinent information from journal and book readings assigned weekly Engage in brainstorming with the professor, presenting my findings verbally, and recommending new ideas for future research

Research, coding, and input of qualitative data meant to create a database of leader from history’s verbal material Assist in ICCAE programming on campus, plan, set up, and host events open to students in which they can listen and network with members of the Intelligence Community Produce complete open source intelligence projects, including papers, briefs, and presentations for the ICCAE Director

In depth research on Middle East geopolitics to compose an interview with former Egyptian diplomat, Karim Haggag, for the PMBF Podcast, quickly learned and utilized podcasts editing software, Audacity, in making the final product As a team, my fellow interns and I researched topics such as politics, history, economy, and culture of designated regions to build full briefing books for both our guests traveling to campus for our events, and our staff traveling abroad. Engaged in a multitude of diverse office related tasks with little instruction, commended for being action and results oriented

Full time position in which I was responsible for producing up to ten articles per week on topics related to World War I; including interviews with military historians, hobbyist, and representatives of historical and charitable organizations Identified topics related to WWI to publish, and genealogical research on WWI-connected ancestors of high-profile figures Exposed to the many facets of public affairs work, including the drafting of press advisories, press releases, and other press sources to support media events hosted by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission

Spoke to up to fifty constituents a day by phone and in person, at times overcoming high pressure situations when engaging with multiple angry or dissatisfied constituents at a time Adapted to complete the many tasks that were asked of me, including quickly and efficiently learning the inquiry input system, assisting office staff in the research and writing of letters for the Congressional Record, and organizing mail-in inquiries

I was hired as a host/busboy at Egg Harbor Cafe almost immediately after turning 16 in 2012. Beginning in 2017 I became a server, and have loved it. The company has been very good to me, allowing me to go to school out of state and coming back during the breaks to work. I credit my time working with this restaurant for my ability to handle past-paced, high pressure situations with smile on my face. This job made me adaptable as I have been moved from position to position, and this has served me well in other jobs, as I have constantly become my boss' go-to guy. There is no job I can't pick up on the fly.