Experience

Los Angeles Public Library

• Libraries
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Public Relations Specialist

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Public Relations Specialist for the Los Angeles Public Library, serving a community of 4 million people, the largest and most diverse urban population of any library in the nation. Project management • Community outreach • Promotion • Branding • Media monitoring (Cision) • Event planning • Leadership development • Collateral creation & editing Public Relations Specialist for the Los Angeles Public Library, serving a community of 4 million people, the largest and most diverse urban population of any library in the nation. Project management • Community outreach • Promotion • Branding • Media monitoring (Cision) • Event planning • Leadership development • Collateral creation & editing



Freelance

• Children's Author

  • Oct 2005 - Present

  Author of nine picture books with most recent release being "Piper and Purpa Forever!"(2022). "Hey Ho, to Mars We'll Go!" (2018) was read by an astronaut on board the International Space Station for Story Time from Space. Author of nine picture books with most recent release being "Piper and Purpa Forever!"(2022). "Hey Ho, to Mars We'll Go!" (2018) was read by an astronaut on board the International Space Station for Story Time from Space.



University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Coordinator, Kuali Financial System

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2015

  Fixed term assignment to communicate university-wide rollout of new enterprise systems: Revamped Kuali@USC website, increasing traffic from 3000 to 30,000 views per month • Newsletters • Surveys • Employee engagement • Special events Fixed term assignment to communicate university-wide rollout of new enterprise systems: Revamped Kuali@USC website, increasing traffic from 3000 to 30,000 views per month • Newsletters • Surveys • Employee engagement • Special events



The Planetary Society

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Events and Communications

  • Feb 1988 - Jun 2011

  Media relations and community outreach for space science non-profit founded by Carl Sagan. Media relations and community outreach for space science non-profit founded by Carl Sagan.