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Greater Boston Area

Greater Chicago Area

Supports communication efforts for the Healthy Food in Health Care Program. Works on fast-paced advocacy campaigns, longer-term projects, as well as day-to-day communications and marketing necessities. As a member of the communications team, helps cultivate the HFHC narrative to support program goals, build audience and cultivate strategic partners.

Chicago, Il

Part Time Content Reviewer – Reviews and processes content produced by students and tutors on WyzAnt's website to ensure it meets standards proscribed by company along with general conventions. Offers suggestions and participates in team efforts to improve overall efficiency and meet team-wide and company-wide goals. ● Developed rate details FAQ which was incorporated into the company wiki ● Suggested admin processing improvements that were later executed ● Received positive performance reviews

Greater Chicago Area

Responsibilities I worked directly with Todd Jones, founder and CEO of Every Last Morsel (ELM) for 6 weeks on a graduate practicum. ELM is a social enterprise that offers an online market place and social network connecting community and backyard gardeners with their hungry neighbors. I acted as a grant-writing/communications consultant to ELM. My duties consisted research, writing and editing. My primary goal was to research possible funding opportunities and develop copy for grant-writing applications. My secondary goal was to create one or more communications that reflected ELM as a model for sustainability, in line with my thesis project. My work with ELM has provided me with insight into the economic and organizational challenges faced by small- scale growers, as well as possible solutions and innovations that can improve the economic viability of small- scale farming along with the efficiency and long- term sustainability. Accomplishments Researched and wrote two letters of inquiry and one pre-proposal for grants. Created boilerplate copy to describe ELM's mission and goals. The copy explored the ways ELM could offer entrepreneurship opportunities to disadvantaged communities using a public health and well being framing, while the grant messaging focused on how advanced recordkeeping tools and online marketing could help small-scale growers become more efficient in both growing and selling their produce.

Greater Chicago Area

Research Associate – Worked as an editorial coordinator, managing a team of interns along with acolleague. Helped to design and implement editorial process. Used Basecamp to manage, coordinate and train staff . Assigned, wrote and edited copy for the website. Managed posting of articles on website and basic website management using Expression Engine.Highlights:● Co-wrote three Huff ington Post columns● Helped plan and coordinate Food Tank’s first event, ‘ We Can Change the Food System, Chicago! ’● Prepared website for Google News application● Edited and coordinated copy for articles, op-eds and press releases f or World Water Day.

Greater Chicago Area

UES is a consulting firm that coordinates communications, marketing, networking and other services for unions, social justice and environmental organizations. As a communications coordinator, I was responsible for researching, writing, editing, and developing copy for communications. I also coordinated and manage communications tasks and general administrative needs among the partners and operatives.Highlights:● Wrote copy for union teletown hall forum scripts for Richard Trumka president of the AFLCIO, Benj amin Jealous, president of the NAACP and union leaders to endorse President Obama and Michigan Proposal 2 for the 2012 election.● Wrote copy for teletown hall to support and inform senior citizen members of the Alliance forRetired Americans about Medicare Part D.● Wrote newsletters f or Union Sportsmen Alliance, the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust, and the AFL-CIO Investment Trust Corporation

Greater Chicago Area

Wrote and edited all manner of copy for GiveForward publications such as landing pages for various fundraising categories on giveforward.com, brochures, press releases and blog posts.

Responsible for editing brochures and pre-tip materials for passengers and alumni professional association clients. Also managed assignments, deadlines and editing of the aforementioned materials written by freelance staff.

Content Writer & Editor – Was given various writing and editing jobs to assist the international relations of members and staff of the ADA. Created content for the international webpage. Wrote letters and promotional material to support philanthropic activities such as disaster relief for Haiti. Edited and composed myriads of correspondence, meeting notes, reports, and miscellaneous copy. Headed several research projects culminating in well-written detailed reports

Contract assignment in the copyediting department. Proofread manuscript (IN, LA Science Student Editions) working within Adobe InCopy and K4, precisely following the standards of the Pearson Style Guide and The Chicago Manual of Style.

Temporary Editor - Specialized reads of various K-5 educational products prior to printing. Read manuscripts for repetition, contradiction, mistakes like misspelling, punctuation and grammar. Inserted correct reference information. Checked factual information and looked for anything libelous. Used Adobe Acrobat Professional, Excel, Word, Outlook, various employer asset libraries, and intranets.

Editorial Project Coordinator, Elementary Reading Contractor for Pearson Education/Scott Foresman - Specialized reads of the nations best selling teacher’s edition text prior to printing. Read manuscripts for repetition, contradiction, mistakes like misspelling, punctuation and grammar. Inserted correct reference information, tracked various products from early stages to their completion through the publishing process. Checked factual information and looked for anything libelous. Used Adobe Acrobat Professional, Excel, Word, Entourage, various employer asset libraries, and intranets.

City Beat Reporter - Researched and wrote articles per assignment for newspaper. Also kept an eye out for interesting events and pitched ideas to editor. Worked on deadline with about a three week turnover.

Editor/staff writer – Wrote and edited seven articles for two issues of Spirit including several interviews of important people and advice features for both teens and adult issues. Editing experience includes both line editing and general proofreading using AP style. Also was closely involved in idea generating and magazine developing activities including research, networking and managing the “Teen Spirit” section.

Master’S Degree, Environmental Studies And Communications

My graduate studies helped me to become knowledgeable in climate communications and transition from a contributor to a leader. I now play.

Bfa, Fiction Writing, Teaching Of Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Member of Fiction Department Student Board, Student editor for Hair Trigger, Was a tutor and student teacher.