I provide residential garden consulting services in-person and virtually. My services include advising, design, maintenance, education, and installation. My particular area of interest is helping people reduce unnecessary lawn and replace it with native and other non-invasive plants that are best suited to the location and local ecosystem.

Responsible for programming engaging and providing value to all alumni of the Critical Language Scholarship Program.Develop and oversee alumni activities including administering small grants competitions, managing the CLS Alumni Ambassador Program, implementing mentoring programs and re-entry activities, and assessing long-term program impact.Design and implement program outreach activities and prepare regular alumni stories and highlights for social media, the CLS website, and grant reports to demonstrate impact of the CLS Program. Communicate program impact to key stakeholders, including funder, U.S. Department of State.Maintain and update database of alumni and facilitate peer-to-peer networking for alumni.

Served as a member of the Communications Committee on the Board of Directors of a Washington, DC-area professional organization for international educators.Managed email campaigns including event announcements and a quarterly newsletter.Initiated and managed organization's Facebook page.Contributed to development of organization's strategic plan.

Responsible for application and placement process of outbound and inbound students to or from sites in my regions (Africa, the Middle East, Northern Europe, Belgium, and France).Launched organization-wide Diversity & Inclusion working group.Advised students on choosing appropriate programs based on academic, career, and personal goals and advised on the application and placement process.Actively engaged and retained students from interest to accepting placement.Maintained site-specific knowledge on over 60 programs in my regions abroad and sites in the U.S.Served as Alternate Responsible Officer for SEVIS.

Assisted in ongoing development of practices and protocols for the functioning of a newly established education abroad office.Designed and implemented marketing and recruiting strategies to perform outreach to the 90,000 students across four campuses on the existence of the new Education Abroad Office at PCC.Developed programming and materials for faculty to serve them throughout the process of proposing and facilitating faculty-led programs abroad. Advised students on options for education abroad at our institution and with partnership through Portland State University. Informed and coached students on scholarship opportunities.

Maintained relationships with current institutional partners and worked to develop new partnerships in the western half of the United States.Assisted in redesign of flagship program and development of new program, as well as development of customized faculty-led program efforts.Created and implemented social media strategy to increase footprint on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

I completed my practicum as an intern in the Education Abroad office at PSU while finishing my MA in International Education Management. I worked on a number of projects, including creating an intercultural training for the pre-departure orientation, advising students, coordinating the first annual NW Symposium on Faculty-Led Programs, researching crowdfunding for education abroad opportunities, designing an assessment of the peer-advising program, and more.

Used financial software designed for municipal governments to track and maintain the utility accounts of the residents of Fairview, ORImplemented a new system of meter reading for the municipality's water and sewer accountsPerformed other administrative work as needed, such as processing accounts payable and receivable, and supporting the Court ClerkServed as Notary Public

I taught conversational English classes, sized 12 to 30 students, at a high school in Le Mans, France through the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF).

Took minutes at weekly student senate meetings and other student government meetings, updated student government website.

Assisted admissions counselors with visit process, hired and managed tour guides, made visit schedules for prospective students.