Increased FIDM presence in the WA State territory through partnerships between over 275 high school and college educators and FIDM, a private arts and business college in CA. Professional public speaker to audiences of 20-300 +people. Trained and certified in over 50 educational presentations. Frequent workshop speaker at regional and national conferences, as well as college fairs. Advisory board member in 5 different school districts providing relevant, curriculum driven expertise for classroom enhancement. Fashion Industry Conference Board member orchestrating the state's largest fashion experience for high school students. Coordinated and moderated panel of professionals for student engagement and experience at conference. Co-coordinated local high school college fairs to increase student awareness in the collegiate process. Initiated course equivalencies between local community colleges and FIDM. Facilitated student interest in FIDM and served as a liaison in partnering with the FIDM Admissions department in LA, CA. Member and active participant in two local collegiate networking associations, ARROW and NW Step. Proficient in CRM - Salesforce program and Microsoft Word.

Founded and directed AZ's largest child care center serving families with infants through private Kindergartners, as well as school age children for holiday and summer breaks. Proven success in creating and implementing all marketing strategies to create awareness and build enrollment. Partnered with the Department of Social and Health Services to comply with all mandated regulations to meet and exceed standards to pass annual compliance review. Trained and executed all accounting for child care subsidies for low income families. Well organized in successfully running the day to day operations with 50 staff and hundreds of children on a daily basis. Wrote articles featuring different families each month for newsletter. Highly skilled at networking with community organizations to offer extra-curricular activities for children on-site, as well as participate in the child care's annual community event. Demonstrated leadership for 9 years in the successful operation of the center, always seeking new opportunities for growth and development. Master of Ceremonies for annual kindergarten and preschool graduation, annual Christmas production and other special events.

Founder of successful on-going program for the youth and families in Scottsdale, AZ. As the sole specialist, I was responsible for all the marketing within the city and surrounding community to create awareness and participation in the year-round program. I personally interviewed each youth and vetted the appropriate employment opportunity based on their age and skill level. Proven success in creating hundreds of partnerships with residents and businesses to meet the employment needs. Developed television spots on the City's cable network, featuring teens and their successful employment partnerships. Administrator and developer of the youth employment specialist's networking conference. Oversaw volunteers to help with the interviewing process of teens, during the busy summer months. Networked with the City of Scottsdale's Diversion Program to vet youth for their community service hours to fulfill their requirements. Facilitated monthly workshops for teens to increase their employ-ability skills. I did all of this in 16 hours per week. I received the Mayor's Award of Excellence for my Outstanding Work. The program was so successful that after 4 years, it was funded for a full-time employee.