Use detail-oriented approach to evaluate Language Arts and History materials for gaps in equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Identify concerns and explain impacts of misinformation and curriculum design flaws. Communicate Recommended improvements using clear and professional language. Revise existing materials and write original materials in alignment with specific project goals and restrictions. Track project information in Smartsheet for multiple concurrent projects. Create, submit, and track invoices

As Faculty in Lighthouse's Young Writers Program, I connect children and teens to literature, new friends, and a writing community. My workshops are designed to foster creativity and self-expression and to empower youth to strengthen their voices through creative writing. I specialize in Speculative Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction and prioritize topics related to equity and understanding identity as intersectional.Young Writers Program (Ages 8-18)Facilitate creative writing workshops focused on identity, culture, community, and understanding how our real-world environment and systems impact our experience in order to create worlds which portray, challenge, and expand, our realities in addition to imagining the worlds we want to make for our communities

As Faculty in Lighthouse's Community Engagement Program, I connect adults to literature, new friends, and a writing community. My workshops are designed to foster creativity and self-expression and to empower adults to strengthen their voices through creative writing. Hard Times Facilitate community creative writing workshops to empower people experiencing homelessness, addiction, poverty, systemic violence, mental or physical health concerns or other difficult situations to tell their stories through art. More information here: https://www.lighthousewriters.org/community-engagement-0#hard-timesLGBTQIA+ Classroom Inclusion and Competency Training Train faculty and staff in creating welcoming environments and inclusive curriculums in addition to navigating open conflict, defensiveness, perfectionism, and either / or thinking in favor of embracing a nuanced, “yes, and” approach to discussion and conflict

Served as end-to-end lead on all event logistics for monthly Queer Creatives virtual meetups (30 attendees), Poetry Out Loud State Competition (20 competitors + 100 attendees), & 3-day Annual Queer Creatives Conference: 2022: (100 attendees), 2023: (300 attendees)Managed budgets and tracked receiptsWrote and administered surveys, synthesized results, and drafted reports for grants and marketingDeveloped naming conventions & file organization procedure in order to maintain event files on network drives & keep history of event materials Created marketing materials: graphics, newsletters, web copy, etc. Recruited high school youth participants and worked with schools and community partners to prepare them for the State and local Poetry Out Loud competitionsSolicited in-kind donations including food, gifts, and materialsManaged Poetry Out Loud InternDeveloped & maintained effective internal & external relationships with co-workers, volunteers, event youth & adult participants, & event / program partners, i.e., Colorado Creative Industries, Denver Public Schools, Aurora Library, Jeffco Library, Denver Public Library, Children's Hospital, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry 719, the Bookies, The Center, Birdcall, Meowwolf Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility CommitteeCo-wrote Accessibility and Inclusion Guide and facilitated staff and volunteer trainingWrote LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Guide and facilitated staff and volunteer trainingFurniture, Fixture, and Equipment CommitteeAdvocated for physical accessibility and inclusion needs for people with disabilities, youth, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ peopleAs chair of Kitchen and Cafe committee, designed a welcoming, accessible space for community members

I collaborate with authors of Fiction & Nonfiction to prepare your work for publication by providing feedback & troubleshooting on themes & characters centering Queer & Transgender communities, Mental Illness, Non-Monogamy, & Interpersonal Violence.Administrative and Marketing work including writing website copy, communicating with clients, scheduling virtual and in-person meetings, creating contracts and invoices, managing budgets, and creating graphics to market servicesClients include: Writers and content creators, Penguin Random House, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Vox, Harper’s Bazaar, Candlewick, Doubleday, Chronicle Books and othersWriting, Arts, Sensitivity / Authenticity Reading and Social Justice Workshops:2022 Profoundly Gifted Retreat: Writing Non-Human and Superhuman Characters / Alien Worlds: Environment in Story 2022 margins. Conference: It is Better to Speak: Authentic Voice in Workshops2022 Mile High MFA, Regis University: Authenticity Matters2023 (W)rites of Passage: Authenticity Matters, Activism for Introverts2023 Transformative Language Art Network: TLA in the World: Transforming Communities Through the Power of Words Panel2024 margins. Conference: Collaborative Storytelling in Tabletop Role-Playing Games2024 JLF Colorado Litfest: Reclamation: Space, Truth, and Context 2024 Petals and Pages: Writing With Tarot and Oracle Cards2024 Lighthouse Writers Workshop Queer Creatives Fest: Writing Utopia2019-2020 Colorado Creative Industries Career Advancement Grant recipient

Consulted at local day shelter, The Gathering Place, on intersectional transgender inclusion policies, trained staff and volunteers and co-wrote a chapter in Handbook of Sexuality Leadership: Inspiring Community Engagement, Social Empowerment, and Transformational Influence called, “Feminist Activist Leadership and the Five Stages for Matching Values With Practice”Fostered positive internal & external relationships with staff, faculty, students, & community partnersCreated marketing materials in Adobe, Canva, & Microsoft PublisherMaintained 4 budgets: making purchasing decisions, tracking expenses & revenue, reconciling accounts, organizing and storing receipts, purchase orders & vendor recordsHelped write and practice a reparative conflict process focused on accountability, community wellness, and addressing systemic harmProficient in Banner CRM including managing sensitive & confidential personal informationHired & trained 11 events staff team members using strengths-based mentorship Fostered positive internal & external relationships with staff, faculty, students, & community partnersCreated marketing materials in Adobe, Canva, & Microsoft PublisherMaintained 4 budgets: making purchasing decisions, tracking expenses & revenue, reconciling accounts, organizing and storing receipts, purchase orders & vendor records

Managed events team and served as end-to-end lead on all logistics for 100+ social justice and community organizing events in 2 yearsRevamped lending library to address physical and database organization and research and purchase materials to make sure that disabled, transgender, and QTPOC voices were well represented in the collection

In March, 2015 started as a volunteer for AfA as a part of a service learning project before becoming hired on as Coordinator of both the Events and Volunteer teams in June, 2015.Organized volunteer information in Civicore online databaseFundraised over $8000 for LGBTQIA youth workshops via the annual Running of the Gays Event making 2015 its most financially successful year on recordCreated the now annual Mad Hatter Tea Party and Fundraiser raising $600 for youth empowerment programs in its inaugural yearCentered the voices and experiences of youth at events and in the volunteer recruitment process