What’s your educational and professional background?

Note: This list is adapted from a graphic created by my Professor Michael Geffel. I took inspiration from the insight of this simplified resume structure. Glancing briefly, I can quickly understand the jobs I’ve gravitated towards throughout my life and the associated skills. I can see from my decades of experience that I have great training and experience in community building, communications–specifically in artistic and environmental work settings.

My educational and professional career has been broad and the path circuitous.

• In 2014, I graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and a minor in Dance.

• Directly following graduation, I worked as an adventure guide for the YMCA Camp Seymour in Gig Harbor, Washington.

• During the spring of 2015, I worked on a homestead in Camas, WA as part of the WWOOF––World Wide Organization of Organic Farms––community with my partner, Robert Uehlin.

• Following this experience, my partner Rob and I participated as Artists-In-Residence in Fergus Falls, MN, with the organization Springboard for the Arts, where we created a couple of dance-for-camera art pieces.

• Returning to Portland, I worked for a few years as a front desk receptionist at an insurance agency. Shortly into the work, I transitioned into a marketing assistantship.

• Additionally, I served as an AmeriCorps member with Metropolitan Family Service for a year and a half. In this position, I served as an after-school counselor and a financial education counselor for adults and children. I also provided multimedia and communications support for the Economic Empowerment department, including social media graphics, short videos, photos, and other promotional material.

• My most recent job before graduate school was working as a marketing associate for Financial Beginnings USA, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching relevant financial education skills to children of all ages.

• Lastly, since 2015, I have also served as a freelance filmmaker and photographer. Following my acceptance into graduate school, I have transitioned out of this work to focus on my studies.