Maria Bruno Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Write, film, and edit videos including initiative updates and story videos• Design Print Materials for Bible studies and sermon themes• Lead communications, for generosity initiative, which included a rebrand• Oversaw building of new website• Manage volunteers for weekly livestreams• Maintain social media accounts• Write weekly and quarterly newsletters

• Coordinated volunteers, via email, telephone, and in person• Assigned tasks appropriate to a variety of skill levels• Maintained volunteer data• Trained in de-escalation techniques

• Facilitated learning for the course Religion, Ethics, and Global Environments• Organized and moderated six online discussion groups, consisting of 10 students each• Graded and provided constructive feedback of course essays• Assisted students in developing writing skills

• Drafted questions for programmatic review• Wrote program proposal and agreements• Taught teenagers about the refugee crisis through an interactive learning program at the National Youth Gathering of over 30,000 youth

(Summers 2013-2015, 2017) • Sorted all promotional materials for shipment to dealerships • Conducted inventory tracking, organization of mailing information, and copy editing• Reviewed websites and made enhancement recommendations• Entered orders and quotes for complex products into business system

• Selected as one of ten honors seniors to lead weekly discussion sections for honors freshman• Facilitated students’ discussion and analysis of major texts in the humanities• Graded weekly writing assignments• Participated in weekly pedagogy seminar with honors faculty and fellow tutorial assistants

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Studied assets based community development• Supervised youth and organized community outreach• Conducted phone surveys about service patterns with other local churches• Wrote reflective blogs for the CAPS website

• Assisted in the writing of grant applications• Researched grant opportunities• Processed donor acknowledgement and funder follow-up materials

Master Of Arts - Ma, Religion/Religious Studies

Master's Thesis “Recognizing One’s Neighbors: An Exploration of How to Navigate a World of Religious Pluralism”

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Creative Writing