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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Provide long-term strategic direction for programmatic design, implementation, quality improvement, and expansion.
• Develop and implement anti-racist transformation efforts that respond to organizational health and culture, refreshing operational systems and human resource policies, and developing an equitable hiring practices.
• Spearhead the development of virtual programming platforms; transform in-person and virtual programming towards anti-racist, culturally responsive modules that provide multiple pathways for accessibility through.
• Lead all curatorial projects to include the development of an online art gallery.
• Strengthen partnerships with the Chicago Public School system, suburban school districts, hospitals, and cultural institutions.
• Evolve organization’s theory of change; design internal learning assessment rubrics to reflect the needs of early childhood and neuro-diverse learners.

Greater Chicago Area

• Provide program development and leadership for 7 programs in 4 neighborhoods, driving quality improvement for services, with a focus on the arts, education, wellness, and STEAM learning.
• Train and lead department of 15 staff through a period of vast cultural and structural change; grew department 53% to diversify talent and support organizational growth.
• Manage grant portfolio of $388,000; responsible for fiscal management of $316,000 department budget.
• Develop and implement department work plans, logic models, and curriculum-driven to produce outcomes indicated in strategic plan.
• Facilitate continuous quality improvement process, including Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI), to support staff development, participant-centered learning, and youth engagement.
• Develop and lead training on current pedagogical trends, trauma-informed care, social-emotional learning, restorative practices, positive youth development, and art & technology integration.

Chicago IL.

• Generated strategic plans and curriculum; expanded department reach and capacity.
• Recruited & hired top-level instructors; led high-performing teams under strict deadlines and limited resources, including instructors, interns, and volunteers.
• Built strategic partnerships that benefited the organization’s program objectives and expanded funding sources: engaged local and regional organizations, cultural workers, instructors, and schools creating diverse.
• Integrated restorative practices into cross-functional programs, including clinical services, crisis intervention, substance abuse, and workforce development.
• Secured $80,000 Right Livelihood service grant that produced contemporary remodeling of organization program space.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

2016-17 Opera-Matic | 2016 Moos Elementary | 2016 North-Grand High School | 2013 Woman Made Gallery in partnership with Arts for Life | 2012 Woman Made Gallery in partnership with Center on Halsted | 2012 Harper High School | 2012 Prescott Elementary School | 2010-11 Free Street Theater Company | 2010 Multi-Cultural Arts High School | 2010 Gwendolyn Brooks.

Master Of Arts, Art Education

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Photography/Film/Electronic Media