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• Collaborate with communities, artistic teams, and wellness practitioners to produce/manage projects + write life-changing, message-rich content that impacts social change, and financially benefits artists +.
• Adeptly define projects' scopes, goals + deliverables.
• Design multiple position descriptions per the unique needs of each project, recruit talent, review/evaluate applications, hire/onboard, oversee work, and close out engagement at the conclusion of each project.
• For nonprofit clients, write appealing content for optimum stakeholder communications, including audiences and funders, connecting both to their programming.
• 78 collaborations, 10 full-length scripts for stage + screen, 9 skits, 4 short plays, 4 books — including all necessary research and human resource oversight.
• Ethel Woolson Lab Recipient and Bay Area Playwrights' Festival Semi- nalist for Wild & Free (2021).

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Aligned with the vision and seasonal themes of the company, and alongside the workflows of other teams — design, plan + produce 2 seasons of the Atlanta Regional Next Narrative (TM) Monologue Competition, including.
• Co-designed curriculum to train faculty, and expanded the process for recruiting, training + managing the faculty of teaching artists and college artist-assistants - virtually + in-person.
• Elevated the documentation and packaging of the year’s programming + process data to be systematized, as well as available for use in performance management, future (strategic) planning/implementation, evaluation +.
• Began working with TCTC’s community director to design an engaging + effective alumni strategy to keep former students integrated in the life of the competition as well as the Company overall.
• Helped to strengthen TCTC's culture of nurturing/cultivating + ensuring a safe, productive + educational environment for all participants.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Introduce new, strategic external partnerships/collaborations by integrating meaningful + significant intersections of topics of faith, life, and theatrical themes to support community members’ inner growth aspirations.
• 300 unique new attendees (some repeating) + 89 new community leaders, artists + guest speakers over just 9 months.
• Increased attendance consistently by 50+% with new programming I designed + curated in just 9 months.
• Designed and distributed effective organic marketing that harnessed the support of funders (financial + in-kind), and of external partners and participants.
• Secured a $5K district grant to help support this immediately successful, innovative, new programming.
• Researched + cultivated creative/design, talent, technical, practitioner, and administrative teams to implement programming designs.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Somatic Counseling

Clinical degree w/ a concentration in Dance/Movement Theories & Practice, 1 of only 7 dance therapy degrees approved by the American Dance.

D.Min., Christian Spirituality, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Travel Seminar, South AfricaD.Min. Thesis - Who Told You that You Were Naked? Creating Space for Black Women to.

Education record

M.Div., Homiletics/Worship And Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)

Activities and Societies: International Society of Theta Phi President, Student Council

Diploma, College Preparatory

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society Drama Club French Club

B.S., Public Relations/Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: Black Student Union, BSU Black History Month Celebrations, Kappa Alpha Psi Sweetheart