Girls Empowerment Network knows girls are powerful and it’s our mission to help them know it too. Since 1996, Girls Empowerment Network has offered programs which improve self-efficacy in girls by teaching them to believe in their ability to succeed. Currently, Girls Empowerment Network brings Girl Connect to more than 80 Texas schools and facilitates summer camp, Pathfinder, the Radiant G Conferences, parent workshops, virtual groups, and professional development workshops. Engages directly with girls, families, schools, and communities by facilitating self-efficacy increasing curriculum at schools, camps, and conferences, and maintaining positive relationships with those involved in Girls Empowerment Network programming. The primary responsibility of this role is to facilitate the Girl Connect program in schools.

Founded in 1996, Girls Empowerment Network’s mission is to ignite the power in girls by teaching them the skills to thrive and believe in their ability to be unstoppable. Girls in grades 3-12 experience our self-efficacy curriculum at schools, camps, and conferences in Central Texas, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.Serve 200 girls each school year through the facilitation of up to six Girl Connect School groups per semester focusing on social-emotional learning, coping skills, and developing self-efficacy in youth grades 3-12. Facilitate professional development, parent, assemblies, and Girl Connect workshops. Work closely with school campus partners by overseeing logistical details with school contacts such as MOU meetings, recruiting participants, making reminders to participants, and administering program evaluations.Oversee logistical details of a group such as scheduling, recruiting participants, making reminders to participants, and administering program evaluations.Assess the effectiveness of curricula and update them as appropriate based on students' needs and levels.

Freelance writer, editor and journalist specializes in lifestyle writing, blogging and editorial pieces. Write nonfiction and informative articles for local and national publications.Strategize, create and manage marketing content for various clients including Love Intently, Brungot Farms, Creative Leverage, and Om & the City.Design, edit, and approve marketing collateral in both digital and print.Copy edit and provide writing guidance for potential graduate students as an Editing Specialist for The Art of ApplyingProvided strategic counsel. Recommend, established and administered marketing policies, procedures and products.Current and former clients include: - Acting Director of Marketing and Editorial, Love Intently - Consultant, Editor and ghostwriter, Om & The City - Writer & Editor, Brungot Farms - Writer & Contributor, Movers & Makers - Acting Director of Integrated Marketing, Creative Leverage

Plan twice-monthly Youth Sundays, including meal delivery, games, and spiritual formation. Conduct youth leadership development programs to help them gain ownership of the ministry – including planning and leading sessions as well as fundraising.Assist in the organization of annual fundraising events Communicate with parents and the parish by email, newsletter, and website.

Teach writing skills, grammar, and writing techniques to University students through peer-to-peer consulting both virtually and face-to-face. Work one-on-one with undergraduate and graduate students to enhance writing skills, incorporating various writing styles, including Chicago, AP, APA, and MLA. Lead and organize writing seminars and workshops for undergraduate and graduate students on technical writing, grammar, research papers, ESL, and more.

Provide strategic marketing recommendations to reach the Higher Education audience within the HR and Technology market. Generate SEO content marketing; such as webinars, email campaigns, blog posts, social media posts, press releases, and conference content for the PeopleAdmin brand. Manage an email list of 20,000 to generate organic leads Create and manage marketing outreach and conference content for PeopleConnect, the annual PeopleAdmin Customer Conference.

-Researches and develops marketing plans to increase brand, product and service awareness, by creating and maintain a coherent brand message.- Assists in building and engaging audiences in both B2B and B2C environments.- Assists in integrated marketing messages, images and content types as relevant including key messages, talking points and scripts, news releases, emails, website copy and images, posters, flyers, advertisements, TV and radio PSAs, videos, webinars, and social media posts. - Assists in creating integrated marketing messages and content across all possible and/or relevant channels including online properties (Internet, Intranet, and social media platforms), earned media via public relations and paid media via advertising (when possible). Implements and evaluates marketing communication plans. Collaborates with internal and external constituencies. Understands and manages analytics to drive website growth.Reports on performance, learnings and recommendations for future initiatives. Provides strategic counsel. Recommends, establishes and administers marketing policies, procedures and products. Designs, edits, and approves marketing materials.Considers a rapid process improvement approach toward data collection and work process.

- Created and published a campus wide 400 page yearbook to the University of Mississippi student body with circulation of 5,000. Created content, edited and finalized the content within the yearbook- Managed a staff of 20. Created and established a multimedia platform of web and social media presence, theolemissyearbook.com - Launched a website and campaign to further engage students. In-depth understanding of InDesign, Photoshop, CSS, SEO and Google Analytics

- Performed administrative tasks and research for UM faculty - Worked as a liaison for students, while helping manage grades and curriculum

- Taught writing skills, grammar and writing techniques to University students - Worked one-on-one with undergraduate and graduate students to enhance writing skills incorporating various writing styles, including Chicago, AP, APA and MLA - Led and organized writing seminars for undergraduate and graduate students

- Led a team of 10 college students in outreach as mentors to high school students. - Organized camp trips, weekly meetings, events and fundraisers. Raised $10,000 in fundraising efforts - Developed relationship with local community, administration and parents

- Selected as editor of campus newspaper with circulation of 13,500 - Led a staff of 10 publishing a paper twice a week - Created content for web and print including writing, design and photography

Managed a classroom of 14, planned weekly lessons, worked with parents

- Created “The Grove Edition,” a weekly section pull-out focused on local art, music and books - Managed a staff of 15 reporters, designed section - Assigned articles and photography assignments and edited content

Managed staff of 20, copy edited articles for publication, reported break news, managed social media, worked on a diverse team for publication