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Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

New London, Connecticut

• Developed and promoted all historic boat and walking tours and coordinated with group leaders, tour guides, and boat operators.• Built group tour business by identifying and selling group tour products to tour operators.• Oversaw all online POS ticket sales, refunds, reconciliations, cancellations, and responded to customer inquiries.• Supported sponsorships, TRHP membership program, institutional donations, and other marketing initiatives.• Served as liaison between 20+ institutional partners and historical sites that make up the Park.• Scheduled and oversaw volunteer docent training and scheduling.• Drafted and submitted local and state grants and other administrative needs as requested.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Researched, drafted, and designed a brief institutional history book for Harvey & Lewis Opticians, a 130-year-old optical business founded in Hartford, Connecticut.• Utilized paper and digital archives from the Harvey & Lewis Collection, Hartford Courant, Connecticut Historical Society, Connecticut State Library, and the Library of Congress for book research and images.• Drafted a brief institutional history for Harvey & Lewis Opticians history website page.• Created ready-to-drop social media posts focusing on "this day in Harvey & Lewis history". Posts included historic images, vintage optical ads, newspaper articles, and Lewis family history.

Windsor Locks, Connecticut

• Assisted with on and off-site educational outreach programs.• Provided high-quality experiences for youth and family visitors via hands-on engagement.• Facilitated STEM-based educational experiences for k-12 school groups, scouting groups, and homeschooled youth.• Proactively engaged museum visitors through Build & Fly Challenges, interactive Flight Science demonstrations, Story Time, tours, flight simulators, and open cockpit experiences in historic aircraft.

Mystic, Connecticut

• Assisted with conservation and digitization of papers from Irving & Electa Johnson archival collection.• Researched & published an interactive story map using geographical information gathered from ship logbooks from Irving & Electa Johnson archival collection.• Regularly interpreted and taught in exhibits and engaged with diverse visitors through verbal historical mini-lessons.• Weekly analysis and discussion with experts from other museums detailing ethics, methods, and museum best practices.

Ligonier, Pennsylvania

• Aided in the creation and implementation of events, reenactments, and educational programs that take place in a "non-traditional classroom."• Provided fun, engaging and educational tours of museum exhibits and reconstructed military fortification using historical artifacts decommissioned from the museum's collection.• Operated admission and gift shop POS system, facilitate evening financial reports, and process visitor donations and membership applications.• Restocked museum store with new merchandise as needed.• Politely interacted with visitors in person and on the phone in a positive manner to ensure a friendly and welcoming visitor experience.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Public/Applied History

Awarded Academic Achievement Award from CCSU Graduate School. Awarded Out-of-State Scholarship from CCSU Graduate School.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Activities and Societies: • Phi Alpha Theta - Honor Society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. • Sigma.