Wrote winning nomination for board chair who received the prestigious 2019 Ray Hartstein Trustee Achievement Award and landed a nursing student the coveted 2020 Lifelong Learning Award from the Illinois Community College Trustee Association.Ghostwrote for college president, board of trustees and other high-level administrators.Developed website navigation, implemented content strategy and drafted, edited and proofread content for COMMUNITY and PROGAM FINDER sections of website. Authored, edited and proofread various materials including EDMs, digital and print ads, annualreports, catalogues, news articles, social media posts and scripts.Wrote and disseminated emergency and crisis communications via text, email and social media.Sourced content through interviews with students, staff, faculty, senior leadership and stakeholders to generate compelling stories for print and digital media.Planned, coordinated, researched, wrote and disseminated public relations communications including press releases and letters to the editor.Built relationships with local media and key stakeholders to enhance college image and securemedia presence at college-wide events.Drafted speeches for students, staff and administration for campus events, including grandopenings, donor events and commencement.Developed brand voice and messaging guidelines.Coordinated with web developer for recruitment and marketing efforts, including regularposting of press releases, adjustment of web content to optimize KPIs and revisions of contentto match new, refreshed brand voice and messaging.Partnered with graphic designer to generate copy for various print and digital ads.

Taught middle school language arts, high school English and college composition to 1,000+students aged 11 to senior citizens.Developed original course content for courses in developmental reading, freshmen English,sophomore English, American literature, developmental composition, composition I,composition II and film appreciation.Fostered student learning through strategic lesson delivery, emphasizing the recursive natureof writing and encouraging students to fall in love with the process.Served on committee to rewrite ENG98 and ENG101 curricula which included general coursedesign and textbook selection for adjunct instructors at Elgin Community College.Spear-headed committee to rewrite Sophomore English curriculum for the third largest schooldistrict in Illinois, U-46.