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Traverse City, Michigan, United States

• Design and teach specialized creative writing classes for middle school and high school students.

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

•Lead writing workshops and prose discussion groups with senior citizens. •Developed innovative creative writing curriculum to teach the craft of prose writing to adults motivated to begin a regular writing practice later in life.

Interlochen, Michigan, United States

Taught Fiction and Creative Nonfiction to middle school aged campers.

Boyne City, Michigan, United States

• Independently researched, wrote, and edited multiple publications on very tight deadlines, including the entire 2023 issue of Crossings, the official magazine of the S.S. Badger, and other local tour guides and chamber of commerce publications.

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

• Provided specialized content and copy editing for client products and reports.

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Write and deliver assigned book reviews, focusing on fiction and social science titles.

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

• Created and implemented strategic program development plans for small nonprofits looking to expand their community impact. •Conducted community needs assessments for organizations looking to successfully expand their programing reach.•Provided organizational development consulting for organizations looking to shift their mission focus. •Created curriculums and training materials for new programs and oversaw recruitment and training of both staff and volunteers to run new programs. •Developed and revised organizational marketing material in order to fully engage prospective clients in the services offered.•Oversaw development and implementation of organizational storytelling strategy for new and existing client programs.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Conducted, transcribed, and translated in-depth qualitative interviews for a public health study on food insecurity in the Chicagoland Latinx community. (Employed by Headway Workforce Solutions)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Oversaw international outreach, marketing and distribution programs for innovative social enterprise water purification startup. • Built and maintained sales connections with government leaders and NGOs in Latin America.• Wrote, designed & edited technical manuals for water purification products. • Developed bilingual marketing materials.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Developed & implemented individualized language curriculum for professionals.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Peru

Worked in partnership with multiple large NGOs and fair trade, organic coffee cooperatives in rural Peru to develop sustainable income diversification projects including the marketing and sustainable production of sugar, cacao, traditional handicrafts, and eco-tourism. • Collaborated with cross disciplinary team including coffee cooperatives and local organizations in developing and managing projects aiding small-scale farming families.• Organized and co-founded an innovative women's weaving cooperative.• Developed business skills literacy pedagogy to teach pricing, product design, marketing, business management and sales innovation to women artisans who previously had little access to education.• Designed unique internal micro-loan system which guaranteed the long term sustainability of this cooperative business.• Oversaw innovative artisan product design, adapting traditional handicrafts into products appropriate for both local markets and the international export market.• Designed and oversaw all aspects artisan product marketing plan, including logo design, PR and sustainable market outreach. • Worked with international team of writers and journalists to design and publish a detailed multi-lingual brochure to promote fair trade eco-tourism in the region.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Co-developed, designed, wrote and managed innovative web-based DUI prevention initiative.• Oversaw all marketing, fundraising and storytelling for the project, and presented our accomplishments at both local and international conventions.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Provided administrative support to Executive Director in all aspects of running the organization.• Wrote & edited newsletters, press releases, academic papers, reports, curriculum, and grant proposals.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Wrote and Edited articles on HVAC businesses and industry for multiple publications.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Fiction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International/Global Studies