Teach seasonal creative writing classes at Lawrence Arts Center for adults and teens. Recent classes have covered POV, character development, short story writing, creative writing overview and creative writing workshops.

•Silver KC ADDY for copywriting on Resonate Pictures video for KU Endowment•Developmental Editing for Greenleaf Book Group •Shortlisted on The Master's Review's 2023 Winter Short Story Award•Named a finalist in Narrative Magazine's Winter 2023 Story Contest•Won Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award for Fiction•Wrote Script for short film "The Beauty Within" for art-related nonprofit Van Go, Winner of 3 KC Addys and 2 Regional Addys•Second Publication in Narrative Magazine in February 2023•Named a finalist in Narrative Magazine's Spring 2022 Story Contest.•Publication in Narrative Magazine in June, 2022•Received a fellowship for Writing By Writers Tomales Bay Workshop 2022•Wrote script for Douglas County Public Health Video for the Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Award application •Content Editing, Proofreading, Website Design, Project Management and Public Relations for fantasy novel Leafensong. •Content edited and proofread "Remembering Emmett Till" by Dave Tell, published in 2019 by University of Chicago Press.•Wrote script for short film "Bright Star" •Co-wrote the award-winning short film "And What Remains."

Scriptwriting, Copywriting, Content Editing, Copyediting, and Proofreading

Wrote company communications to customers, resellers, professional disc golfers on the GRIPeq Team, and job applicants. Helped hire and train staff and organize customer service, warranty and reseller programs.

Ran the HOSTS literacy program at Bresee. Tested students; planned student lessons; recruited, trained and managed volunteer mentors; mentored middle and high school students; managed progress reports for students and reported results to both Bresee and funding sources.

Taught 6th grade Math and Language Arts for one year, followed by a year of substitute teaching K-12.