-Provides consulting and communications services to the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) Acquisition Directorate Strategic Planning Office-Develops & edits strategic documents to guide short-term and long-term policy, including workforce-wide strategic plans, annual action plans & close-out memos-Collaborates with USCG clients to ensure strategic planning needs are met by providing briefs, notes, dashboard updates, project plans, weekly reports, & daily updates-Oversees & plans… Show more -Provides consulting and communications services to the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) Acquisition Directorate Strategic Planning Office-Develops & edits strategic documents to guide short-term and long-term policy, including workforce-wide strategic plans, annual action plans & close-out memos-Collaborates with USCG clients to ensure strategic planning needs are met by providing briefs, notes, dashboard updates, project plans, weekly reports, & daily updates-Oversees & plans Strategic Offsites and Periodic Strategic Review meetings, where future goals, initiatives and objectives are formulated and determined Show less

-Led all communications and media for Center projects and events, including its monthly newsletter, “Gray Matters” podcast, website content, invitations, programs, press releases, photography, and videography-Engaged with Center’s clients to promote their research and public appearances, while developingcommunications deliverables to share with the public regarding the clients’ work-Managed, designed, and advanced the Center’s social media channels to ensure brand messaging… Show more -Led all communications and media for Center projects and events, including its monthly newsletter, “Gray Matters” podcast, website content, invitations, programs, press releases, photography, and videography-Engaged with Center’s clients to promote their research and public appearances, while developingcommunications deliverables to share with the public regarding the clients’ work-Managed, designed, and advanced the Center’s social media channels to ensure brand messaging wasconsistent and events were socialized across all platforms Show less

-Wrote weekly international soccer stories within the Last Word on Sports network-Provided analysis and features on major players and teams within the global soccer community-Helped promote work on social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit)

-Developed graduate master's project on the closing and final season at Arlington International Racecourse in Illinois and its impact on the local community-Reported in-person at the 147th Kentucky Derby, live-tweeting the event on social media platforms-Published impactful sports stories, ranging from local Chicago axe-throwing to Northwestern Universityutilizing best social media practices

-Taught high school students key historical concepts in U.S. history ranging from the years 1607 to the present day in an intensive learning environment-Provided honors-level students with opportunities to practice mock historical press conferences and debates, learning how to craft media response-Engaged students in rigorous communication exercises and essay workshops, ingraining in them the values of good, clear academic writing

-Planned and implemented daily lessons year-long to 9th grade Civics classes -Coached students to generate essay responses for national submission concerning the 50th anniversary of the Selma civil rights protests-As member of Urban Scholars Program, participated in professional-relationship building activities each week with students, to help their succeed in the school environment