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Manchester Center, Vermont, United States

Manage parent- and public-facing communications for PK-8 independent school: website, social channels, digital communications, and print materials. Produce communications accessible to students, parents, donors, board, and community at large. Write and design newsletters and annual reports; handle emergent communication and support needs. Oversaw successful data migration and adoption of new student information and communication systems; redesigned and relaunched website.

Bennington, Vermont, United States

Created web content that was simultaneously optimized for search engines, appealing to humans, and on-voice for clients. Built clients’ page credibility and captured the most relevant searches for e-commerce. Conducted keyword and query research; proposed and wrote articles or optimized descriptions. Supervised and developed other writers.

Greater New York City Area

Produced patient-facing content for websites of Columbia Neurosurgery and Columbia Spine. Proposed, researched, and wrote articles highlighting doctors’ backgrounds, professional activities, and research interests; interviewed patients and wrote compelling patient stories; created an understandable glossary of neurosurgical conditions and treatments; pitched and wrote other articles relevant to patients and prospective patients. Supervised and developed other writers.

Edited and contributed content for department newsletters, website and blog. Assisted with scholarly research; performed other research projects.

Edited and prepared internal reports. As needed, assisted: Development Department with editing; IT Department with system roll-out; Training Department with client follow-up. Maintained Filemaker database. Used Office suite.

Trained groups of dogs to become guides for blind handlers, then led month-long residential courses for handlers, ensuring they could apply the complex spatial and behavioral concepts necessary for safe travel with a dog guide. Instructed Deaf-blind handlers in ASL.

Created and edited content for Math & Verbal sections of SAT-prep course.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology (Neurobiology And Behavior)

Bachelor'S Degree, English Literature

Activities and Societies: Cornell Tradition Fellowship, Peer Educators in Human Relations

Ma, English Literature