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Mexico City, Mexico

Berlin, Germany

Head of International Co-Productions

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Coordinate international film festival strategy and co-productions. Organize activities and deliveries for production-related objectives with all departments during pre-production, shooting and post-production. Communicate and translate documents and correspondences from Spanish/English and English/Spanish. Provide administrative support; manage expenses; book travel; maintain schedules; organize materials.

Quito, Ecuador

Developed creative lesson plans to teach fourth grade primary school subjects based on student inquiry and school standards. Achieved learning outcomes to meet the International Baccalaureate and Ecuadorian national curriculum standards; communicated with parents and mobilized academic and psychological support for students; coordinated with transdisciplinary team members; supervised teaching assistant. Translated lesson plans and classroom materials.

Quito, Ecuador

Established 8-month stay with host families and apprenticeships with local organizations for 10 fellows in Puerto Quito, Ecuador for a bridge year youth leadership program. Served as cultural translator for conflicts between fellows and partners, provided 1:1 personalized coaching sessions for fellows; assessed on-the-ground risk management incidents; organized logistics for training seminars; developed and facilitated curriculum for leadership development trainings for up to 50 teenagers. Conducted performance evaluations and maintained student case files. Managed budget; identified and developed local partner relationships, trained apprenticeship supervisors and families, and networked with community organizations. Translated training materials, correspondence, and fundraising materials.

Researched and monitored websites to identify job opportunities for students and graduating seniors to post on college career center web page. Coordinated logistics and staffed job and career fairs and for students. Performed general duties such as fielding phone calls, updating information using tools and databases, photocopying, mailings, and filings.

Portland, Oregon Area

Met with students of varying oral and written proficiency in Spanish, accommodating diverse learning styles.

Portland, Oregon Area

Translated Professor Morgan Luker’s article, “Contemporary Tango and the Cultural Politics of Música Popular” (30 pages) from English into Spanish.

Portland, Oregon Area

Served as a resource for international students attending Reed College; met monthly for student advising for 6 student and event planning; organized the orientation for international students to help them integrate into campus life.

León, Nicaragua

Served as a member of an inter-disciplinary team of students in medicine, public health, and anthropology working for a public health and human rights NGO conducting research and policy on the chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes among sugarcane workers in Latin America. Conducted over 100 door-to-door surveys in Spanish about living, economic, nutrition and health conditions; developed educational curriculum for community health fairs; translated report for the EU commission on biofuels and performed real time translations for investigators. Served as patient advocate in rural hospitals. Organized speaking engagement for Founder Jason Glaser.

Simi Valley, Ca

Created daily leadership development programs for children and youth of different ages for six weeks at a residential summer camp. Planned programing related to Jewish education; created a safe and comfortable environment for the campers; lived alongside campers as a mentor and facilitator, ensuring their wellbeing. Communicated with parents. Handled incidents with camp director.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Film & Digital Media

Master Of Arts - Ma, Visual Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish Language And Literature

In addition to Spanish Language and Literature, I also took a heavy course load in Anthropology.