Experience

Trader Joe's

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Service

  • May 2006 - Present



Home, Health and Hospice Care

• Merrimack, New Hampshire

• Director, Wellspring Threshold Choir

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Provided thought leadership, training and musical direction for innovative. volunteer, 30-person, palliative choir for the purpose of singing for Hospice patients and community groups in the final stages of life. Provided thought leadership, training and musical direction for innovative. volunteer, 30-person, palliative choir for the purpose of singing for Hospice patients and community groups in the final stages of life.



Peace Jam

• Presenter

  • 2009 - 2010

• Presenter

  • 2009 - 2010



Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church

• Peterborough, New Hampshire

• Director of Religious Education

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2007

  Planned and wrote curriculum, provided materials, trained and coordinated volunteer teachers. Supported programs and managed communication for educational program, nursery to high school. Collaborated with minister to increase level of thought leadership and development during this congregation’s ministerial transition years. Implemented adult program of Buddhist meditation. Teacher of Coming of Age Class (ninth grade), Cross Cultural Communication Class (middle school) and Parents as Spiritual Guides Class. High School Youth advisor, Peace Jam Program, 2005-07. Show less



Hollis Upper Elementary School

• Foreign Language Exploratory Teacher

  • Aug 1999 - Nov 2000

  Implemented a Federal Grant-sponsored World Language Program, Hollis Upper Elementary School, Hollis, NH. Wrote curriculum, equipped classroom, taught and assessed over 400 students weekly. Students were introduced to Spanish, German, French and Japanese. Connected students with community individuals from various nations including Nigeria, France, Spain, Germany, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Attracted a Sowing Together for Earthly Peace (S.T.E.P.) exchange teacher to support the Japanese language section of the course. S.T.E.P. is an educational not-for-profit in Japan whose purpose is to share the culture and language of Japan with American school children for the purpose of creating peace through cultural understanding. Other responsibilities included: grant-reporting, reports to the school community and mentoring the Spanish teacher, 1999-2000. Show less