Sarah Abby Alger, M. Ed Email & Phone Number

Provo, Ut, Us

I lead the visual strategy of Gabb's blog, ensuring the content is engaging. Our content empower parents to raise children safely in this digital age.

Lehi, Utah, United States

Part-time mentee to the UX/UI team. I assist in research and design initiatives, including creating empathy maps, building customer personas, conducting usability testing, designing website pages and product needs, and more. I work closely with the UX manager and other members of the UX team as I improve my skills and gain experience.

• Re-strategized structures and implemented new schedules to gain a 2 week lead time on project deadlines. • Ideated and applied procedures to increase effectiveness and reduce workload on team members. • Coordinating across multiple departments to ensure that everyone is on track with a projects deadlines and requirements.

Lehi, Utah, United States

I support parents and caregivers raising children in a digital rich world by providing research and resources to empower them.

Belmont, California, United States

Leader of an academic research project with the goal of recommending public policy decisions for supporting LGBT+ youth in religious communities. SPEARHEADED RESEARCH ON A SENSITIVE TOPIC, approaching the work with the attitude that the community’s needs are the most critical driver of the project’s results. Recognized for generating outstanding project results for a challenging topic.- Implemented a MIXED-METHOD RESEARCH MODEL to gain a comprehensive understanding of the topic.- IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF STAKEHOLDER-NEED by identifying central tendencies of Likert scale survey participants.- Gathered qualitative data through semi-structured interviews, and completion of thematic analysis to identify common needs of the community.- Increased insight into participant needs through SYNTHESIZING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH RESULTS.- RECIPIENT OF OUTSTANDING THESIS AWARD for superlative project results.- Praised for top-notch assignment quality, with all work recognized as “thoughtful, engaging, and well- written.”- Recognized for producing “engaging and humbling research, and demonstrating an unwavering commitment to LGBT+ youth.”

Provo, Utah, United States

Facilitated understanding of current and future project locations through data collection, outreach, and research to inform and inspire decision-making of Encircle’s executive-level leadership. Project objective was to understand the impact areas of expanding homes as safe spaces for LGBT+ youth- IMPROVED VISIBILITY OF ANNUAL RESULTS by generating the organization’s first annual report from scratch.- Synthesized all monthly and quarterly data into a single presentation, highlighting the most relevant data changes over the year- Drove insight into decision-making for future project locations as LEAD PROJECT MANAGER of a research paper.- STRENGTHENED ORGANIZATIONAL UNDERSTANDING by conducting community assessment reports and gathering information about possible future project sites.- Fostered excellent presentation by creating the report template, organizing research results, completing works cited, and tailoring the paper to APA format.- EXPANDED SUBJECT BASE as a liaison between Encircle and LGBT+ community members, explaining a collaborative study with Encircle and University of Utah and answering all questions. -Increased insight into Encircle’s monthly and weekly data by STREAMLINING THE COLLECTION PROCESS.- REDUCED PREPARATION TIME OF EXECUTIVE-LEVEL RESUME BY 50% BY implementing a Qualtrics dashboard integration tool to source relevant data.- Improved presentation of data through graphic design background.

Belmont, California, United States

MANAGED ALL ASPECTS OF THE VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT including budget expansion, department meetings, curriculum development, and performance reviews. Liaison between art teachers and administration. - Guided department through distance learning challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing the concerns of teachers and students to drive solutions.

Belmont, California

Elevated photography curriculum for a new demographic of students. Tailored curriculum to student needs and interests, implementing individual education plans, 504 plans, and English as a second language plans.- PIONEERED 3 NEW MULTI-TIERED PROGRAMS (Photography I-III +Honors, Video Production I-III, Graphic Design I-III) after a highly positive response to the photography course. - Photography I, II & III: I develop curriculum to teach my students the principles of art, composition, the history of photography, film and digital photography, natural and studio lighting, and photographic manipulation using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. - Video Production I II & III: I teach the basics of media production including audio production, video broadcasting packages and short narrative movies using Adobe Premier. In 2019 I reinstated and maintained our student-run school news broadcasting station. - Graphic Design I, II & III: Using primarily experiential learning technics, students learn the history and basics of design, communication, color theory and typography. Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop are utilized.

San Jose

Hired as an instructor for a brand-new course type for the school. Developed a curriculum from scratch, continuously improving over 3 years, tailored to students’ educational needs and interests.- Achieved an engaging and continuously improving curriculum through backward planning.- Dedicated after school hours tutoring historically underserved students requiring more support graduate.- Fostered an environment of cultural sensitivity and collaboration through actively listening to students’ needs and interests.

Master'S Degree, Education

Teaching Credential

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Bachelor’S Degree, Photography

Activities and Societies: Divine Comedy