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Courses include:Writing and ResearchBusiness EnglishWriting for Health CareEssay FundamentalsFundamentals of WritingShort Form Composition and Reporting

Gillette is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the diagnosis and treatment of children, teens and adults who have disabilities and complex medical conditions. As a Contract Writer-Editor with Internal Communications, Public Relations and Marketing, I:• Wrote, edited and updated patient and patient-family education materials with internal clinical experts to create handouts, inpatient unit binders, surgery manuals and rehabilitation guides. Included communicating complex health and scientific concepts to patients and families written in a fifth grade reading level or below. • Researched and wrote about medical conditions, treatments and services under direction of Public Relations for public website (www.gillettechildrens.org). Consulted with numerous hospital medical experts to develop appropriate content. • Edited, redesigned and standardized inpatient unit binders. Used as prompt to delivery essential information to patients and families. Worked with nursing team members from pediatric intensive care, orthopedics-surgery, neurosciences, rehabilitation and adult units. • Edited four years of full-color, 24-page, annual nursing report. Consulted with chief nursing officer, internal clinical experts and graphic designer.• Effectively led project development team to design and bring online United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota website (ucpmn.org). Created a strong team atmosphere with individual accountability. Team members included Manager of Neurosciences Programs, United Cerebral Palsy Associate, PR Specialist-Digital Content Developer and Interactive Graphic Designer.

Hennepin Technical College, a MnSCU member, provides excellence in career and technical education for employment and advancement in an ever-changing global environment.As a Writing Centers Specialist working with APA and MLA styles, grammar and punctuation, I:• Supervised two newly established writing centers located on two campuses including six student tutors including managing weekly time sheets, schedules and writing resources.• Tutored college students in academic and creative writing.• Researched, wrote and created PowerPoint workshop on best practices in teaching writing.

As an Educator/Trainer in K-12 and adult education, I:• Taught in 5th-6th grade classroom as language arts specialist, St. Louis Park.• Substitute taught in K-6 Spanish immersion school; high school special education, English, Spanish, ELL and orchestra; adult ESL/ABE/GED, St. Louis Park, Hopkins.• Instructed adult education workshop sessions which I created at four community colleges.

Friends of the Hennepin County Library (Formerly Hennepin County Library Foundation) provides more than $1.3 million in total support for cultural and educational programs, public awareness, literacy initiatives, technology and collections. In this 80-hour Internship, I served as the Communications Assistant for the Public Awareness Director on supporting and facilitating fund raising for library initiatives, advocating on behalf of essential public funding, and sponsoring library-based cultural programming. I:• Created copy for newsletters and website, updated website and social media.• Designed layout and graphics for paper media and e-newsletters.• Researched potential authors for programs and library history.• Pitched author events to media and evaluated programs.

Read over 50 short story submissions and evaluated, promoted, defended, and recommended for publication in Water~Stone Review 2009, the nationally recognized literary publication of the University of Hamline. Collaborated within the 14 member board in the final selection of 4 pieces for publication. (2014) Served on the 2015 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Prose review panel, evaluating 54 grant proposals for funding awards.

The Minnesota Literacy Council shares the power of learning through education, community building and advocacy reaching 90,000 children and adults each year thanks in part to the more than 2,000 volunteers and 115 national service members trained annually.During this 6-month internship as Editor, I: • Selected 325 writings and artwork from over 700 submissions, designed cover and interior pages using InDesign, and coordinated with out-of-state publisher.• Marketed and promoted book at Minnesota ESL, Bilingual and Migrant Education Conference.• Produced and presented conference sessions on effective uses of the anthology as an educational tool.• Developed web-based lesson plans and teaching guidelines for use with anthology.• Received Outstanding Volunteer Award for “high quality and quantity of volunteer service that is unique, innovate, and creative” at annual Journeys Reading and Awards Ceremony.