Experience

Pen to Paper Grant Consulting

• Grant Consultant

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Pen to Paper Grant Consulting Inc. is a specialty non-profit consulting firm with a client base of small to midsize non-profit organizations working in the health & human service, youth development, arts, and education sectors. Based in Southern California, we offer our clients comprehensive, focused, and strategic grant consulting services. These include: Grant Readiness Assessments, Prospect Research & Identification, Grant Project Development (Letters of Inquiry, Grant Applications, and Grant Proposals), and Grant Award Management services. As a Grant Consultant, I am responsible for drafting grant applications, letters of inquiry, and reports to corporate and private foundations for Pen to Paper Grant Consulting clients; coordinating grant application and report submissions; and providing clients with copies of all finalized grant materials. Show less



MissionQuest, Inc.

• United States
• Professional Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grant Writer

  • Jun 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Writing/editing timely, high-quality, competitive letters of inquiry, grant proposals, and reports for current and prospective foundation, individual, corporate, and government supporters • Creating compelling, persuasive, well-structured grant narratives through effective storytelling, relevant data, and superior prose • Project Coordinating: communicating with clients and MQI leadership; researching, identifying, and responding to potential grant opportunities; obtaining letters of support • Administrative work: tracking, maintaining, updating project management database and client records • Preparing briefings, talking points, presentations, and collateral for leadership and in advance of donor meetings; assisting leadership on special projects • Supporting a variety of clients: education, technology, workforce development, arts & arts education, youth development, health & human service sectors, etc. Show less



Angels Gate Cultural Center

• United States
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Arts Education

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2022

  Implementation and evaluation of the entirety of AGCC’s education programming in the visual and performing arts: Artists-in-Classrooms (K-12 in-school programming), Model Arts School, Community Classes, Arts Exploration Field Trips; recruiting, reviewing, and supporting a staff of 15 artist-teachers. Development: identifying funding opportunities, tracking annual education budgets, writing all education grants and reports. Advocacy: arts education outreach locally, representing AGCC at arts education events, leading collaborations with other organizations and the education community, including arts nonprofits, artists, teachers, district administrators, and local advocates. Supporting AGCC as needed: designing marketing (print and digital) materials, aiding in gallery installations, providing support during on-site events, community engagement and outreach, working with studio artists. Show less


Rhode Island School of Design
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• MA Candidate: Art + Design Education

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017


FirstWorks

• South Africa
• Construction

• Development & Education Intern

  • Feb 2017 - May 2017

  • Assisted Executive Director, Development Director, and team on grant-writing, educational programming, and program evaluation to help engage Rhode Island youth and families with art programs that strengthen academic achievement, broaden world perspectives, and build pathways to college and career • Collaborated with Education Program Director on FirstWorks’ Arts Learning Program, helping to provide 4,300 students from over 30 under-resourced schools access to standard-aligned art education with world-class artist collaborations, in-depth school workshops for students K-12 & college-level, curriculum development, teacher training, and program assessment Show less



UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE)

• Programming & Design Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  Worked closely with Barbara Drucker, Founding Director of UCLA’s Visual & Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) on internal departmental tasks, research, partnership-building, publication and marketing design. Worked closely with Barbara Drucker, Founding Director of UCLA’s Visual & Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) on internal departmental tasks, research, partnership-building, publication and marketing design.



DownCity Design

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education & Design Intern

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Collaborated with Executive Director on design projects: print materials, including outreach and marketing items, and assessment booklets for youth program participants to measure the impact of DownCity’s educational programs and assist with funding proposals • Aided Program Director with youth education program, assisted with design and build process at one of DownCity’s programs with high-school students • Collaborated with Executive Director on design projects: print materials, including outreach and marketing items, and assessment booklets for youth program participants to measure the impact of DownCity’s educational programs and assist with funding proposals • Aided Program Director with youth education program, assisted with design and build process at one of DownCity’s programs with high-school students



Bloomsbury USA

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Designer

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Art directing, hiring and collaborating with freelance designers and illustrators; monitoring progress, budgets, & maintaining schedules; organizing and maintaining department databases• Completing all aspects and stages of book design in the Children’s Department for novels, middle-grade, and picture books; conceptualizing each project’s visual direction & utilizing design-thinking and problem-solving skills to execute designs, distilling complex information into clearly communicated products, executing original designs effectively and efficiently• Communicating and collaborating with Art Director & all internal departments, including production and marketing; partnering closely with authors; commissioning and directing freelance artists & illustrators• Research, scheduling, managing timelines and preparing files, completing project edits & securing approvals, administrative and organizational department tasks Show less

• Designer

  • May 2015 - May 2016



Oxford University Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Designer

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015

• Temp Designer

  • Apr 2014 - Jun 2014



Kensington Publishing

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Designer

  • Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

• Designer

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2013


Penguin Group USA
• Graphic Design Intern

  • Feb 2011 - May 2011

Phillips Van Heusen
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Graphic Design Intern / Freelance Designer

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010