Worked one-on-one with high school students to guide them through the college essay writing process from brainstorming to drafting to final polishing.

• Developed syllabi, crafted essay assignments, and led dynamic lessons as instructor of record for undergraduate courses in composition and creative nonfiction.• Worked compassionately and enthusiastically with students to develop ideas, organize thoughts, and revise with care and creativity.

Steered the magazine’s arts and culture coverage, both in print and online. Also managed the hiring, training, and mentoring of interns.

• Helped shape editorial strategy for pdxmonthly.com, provided day-to-day website management, ran social media platforms, and monitored email campaigns, all while maintaining smart, crisp, exuberant voice.• Covered everything from banana slug-eating survivalists to octogenarian drag queens to women-owned weed businesses. Oversaw the execution of myriad multipart feature packages about bikes, health and wellness, adult education, the fall arts season, and more.

• Wrote and edited theater and dance coverage for Exberliner, a monthly English-language city magazine in Berlin and the largest of its kind in Germany.• Reviewed performances, interviewed artists for feature stories, and produced robust events calendar.

• Oversaw performance and film sections at Portland’s largest alt-weekly. Wrote weekly reviews and features for print and web, assigned and edited freelance coverage, and produced annual Fall Arts Guide. • Significantly expanded comedy coverage, including launching and editing a now-annual comedy issue.• Mentored editorial interns during their three-month terms.

• Taught environmental science at a residential program serving sixth graders in the Multnomah County region. Provided conflict resolution, positive role modeling, and empathetic behavior management.• Trained high school volunteers in leadership and instruction skills; provided ongoing mentorship.• Worked closely with a team to coordinate and implement program activities and community building.

• Granted yearly to one Brown University senior who shows “exceptional promise of future leadership.”• Carried out yearlong independent research project in Blantyre, Malawi, studying gender issues facing young women in the city’s most populous township and organizing sensitization activities to raise awareness .• Implemented skill-building seminars, including HIV/AIDS trainings and empowerment workshops.

• Selected for highly competitive correspondents program, supported in part by National Geographic.• Published feature stories, wrote weekly blog entries and compiled insider tips and slideshow about Malawi.

• Completed 160 hours of outdoor skills, group facilitation, and first aid training as preparation to guide leadership-oriented, weeklong backpacking trips for Brown University students in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.• As mentor and steering committee member, designed and facilitated trainings for 2009 leader class.

Developed lesson plans and taught English in remote, rural villages for six weeks; lived with host families.