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Fresno, California, United States

Fresno, California, United States

Coordinate and develop Arts Education programs and contracts, Fresno County Poetry Out Loud program, organization events, and Communications for Arts nonprofit in Fresno, California. Major responsibilities include Event Coordination for annual juried art exhibition and reception, Arts Alive in Agriculture; County Coordination for Poetry Out Loud, Arts Education program development and coordination; Teaching Artist recruitment, instructional design, and training; Fresno City Poet Laureate program coordination; Quarterly Newsletter composition, design, and publication; public communications and social media management; grant proposal contribution, guidelines development, and community liaison; Fresno Arts Council associate member representative to Cultural Arts Rotary Club; Fresno County Arts Now Leader and arts education advocate via Create California; FAC representative on Arts Education Advisory Council for Fresno Unified School District.

Fresno, California, United States

Promoted to Shift Lead in October 2020, Front of House Manager in May 2021. Open and close restaurant, support staff daily by performing management functions, including cash outs, item comps, client satisfaction and problem resolution. Assist General Manager with scheduling, payroll, recruiting and training, orders, inventory, and invoices, while continuing to perform daily restaurant operations, including reservations and private dining coordination, guest and vendor communication, support staff leadership, and food expediting.

Reservations Coordinator and Maitre d’ in fine dining establishment. Manage reservations, including group events and private dining to ensure positive guest experience, facilitate service efficiency, and increase sales. Prepare restaurant for service, manage front desk during service, and contribute to general restaurant operations, including expediting food, bussing tables, and addressing guests’ needs and requests. Develop relationships with guests, vendors, and third party event and meeting coordinators through frequent written and verbal communication. Assist General Manager and owner with special projects, including marketing, special events planning, and writing and editing needs. Act as liaison between management, employees, and guests.

Experienced lecturer in HSI-designated Research University. Expertise in teaching and assessing composition, creative writing, and writing in the disciplines courses. Committee work spans personnel (hiring), curriculum (development, events, assessment), and climate (sustainability and diversity initiatives). Conference and symposium participation and presentations attend to community and environmental writing, digital writing and pedagogy, and creative writing.

Visalia, California Area

Instructor for developmental and transfer-level reading and composition courses in a community college. Writing Center Faculty tutor. Literary journal faculty editor. Program assessment participant.

Fresno, California Area

Leveraged knowledge of cookware, food preparation, and communication to sell kitchenware and products in retail setting. Earned specialty sales certifications in cookware, cutlery, coffee, and baking.

Fresno, California Area

Instructor of record for composition and lower division creative nonfiction courses as a graduate student. Participated in program assessment, pedagogy seminars, and English and Creative Writing program activities.

Fresno, California Area

Read, solicited, and copy-edited submissions for potential publication in internationally-distributed literary magazine. Led creative writing contest operations, maintained database of contributors and subscribers, and planned and participated in promotional events, conferences, and public readings.

Clovis, Ca

As management member and key holder, coached and motivated team members to drive sales and credit card applications in busy specialty retail environment. Opened, maintained, and closed store while meeting and exceeding daily and weekly sales goals.

Berkeley, Ca

Prepared for and contributed to nightly fine-dining service in San Francisco Chronicle "Top 100 Restaurant." Managed reservations, VIP clients and customer experience, deliveries, dining room set-up. Developed deep food and wine knowledge as host and occasional server/bartender, food runner and table busser.

Oakland, Ca

Administrative and Field Support for residential and commercial survey company. Collected and analyzed property data by researching city and county maps and historical data, taking photographs, and marking monuments. Drafted and verified survey maps using Auto CAD software. Assisted professional surveyors in the field.

Berkeley, Ca

Opened and closed busy take-out and delivery pizza restaurant. Took orders, prepared foods, maintained clean environment. Routed and assigned drivers to deliveries. Planned and participated in promotional events as official sponsor of Cal Athletics.

Berkeley, Ca

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: The Normal School, A Literary Magazine San Joaquin Literary Association Young Writers Conference Graduate.

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Outstanding Thesis Nominee Dean's Medalist Nominee The Normal School, A Literary Magazine San Joaquin Literary.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: KALX Radio Intern Democratic Education at Cal (DeCal) Instructor