Trystan Popish Email & Phone Number

• Guide guests during interactions with stingrays and giraffes
• Follow safety protocols to keep animals, staff, and guests safe during interactions

• Provide excellent customer service and cultivate a positive museum experience for guests

Greater Denver Area

• Organized events for Denver/Boulder alumni chapter including seminars, lectures, and social events
• Spearheaded fundraising effort to pay for special programming
• Managed email communications and marketing

Greater Denver Area

• Led Denver Botanic Gardens' teen volunteer programs and was an advocate for the teen volunteers' work and opinions within the larger institution
• Increased enrollment in the Summer Teen Volunteer Program by 60% from 2017 to 2018
• Matched talented, passionate people with meaningful volunteer opportunities
• Served as the link between DBG staff and volunteers, making sure that partnership is optimal for everyone
• Maintained accurate volunteer records and reports in Volgistics

Grand Junction, Colorado Area

• Researched teen programs and created a "paper chain survey" to get feedback from teens on the ideas
• Created new library accounts and maintained patron database
• Processed daily book deliveries, holds, and transactions with patrons
• Provided basic computer and technology assistance to patrons

Greater Seattle Area

• Partnered with a local teacher to develop and lead a class for middle school girls to design, build, and test a glider
• Connected 200+ middle and high school girls to mentors working in the aerospace field each year
• Coordinated Aviation Learning Center (ALC) program, an immersive aviation experience for grades 4-12
• Supervised full-time staff, part-time staff, and volunteers in facilitating the ALC program

• Connected 200+ middle and high school girls to mentors working in the aerospace field each year
• Coordinated Aviation Learning Center (ALC) program, an immersive aviation experience for grades 4-12
• Supervised full-time staff, part-time staff, and volunteers in facilitating the ALC program
• Co-led extensive technology and curriculum update to the ALC, including the integration of iPads and new flight simulators

Greater Seattle Area

• Edited written descriptions of WWI model planes for a new exhibit

Seattle, WA

• Trained in VTS method (which uses art to improve visual literacy and discussion skills)
• Analyzed evaluations from VTS trainings across the country/world

Greater Seattle Area

• Engaged visitors in the galleries one-on-one with science, math, and technology
• Interpreted and handled tropical butterflies, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, and tide pool animals

Greater Seattle Area

• Present science programs for families and children during weekend camp-ins and birthday parties
• Created liquid Nitrogen ice cream for consumption

Greater Seattle Area

• Supported curriculum creation and evaluation of tours

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Collaborated with a team to develop, conduct, and analyze evaluations for a front-end study on a new migration exhibition

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created and facilitated experiences to give non-Native families a context for the museum’s cultural objects

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Engaged 2-8 year old children and their families with aerospace stories and activities

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Designed the standard template for a self-guided family activity; evaluated the final product

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Composed compelling narrative and budget for a text message-based Alternate Reality Game about the Pygmy Dragon Panda

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led groups of strangers in role-playing as spies on a secret mission in order to deepen their understanding of spycraft

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Designed a museum program for adults with Alzheimer’s/dementia and their caregivers
• Provided support for staff members on-site (e.g. assisting with art activities, leading exercise, serving meals, etc.)

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Provided tickets and information to museum visitors

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Served as the student liaison between St. John’s College and prospective students and their parents

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Edited papers with students for science, math, music, language, and seminar classes
• One of only six writing assistants for the entire student body

Mat, Museum Education

Ba, Liberal Arts