Experience

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  North Carolina Democratic Party

  • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

  • Regional Organizing Director - Piedmont Region

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

    - Led several successful direct voter contact events over multiple GOTV days of action that were crucial to the election of Gretchen Williams as the first African American woman to the Clayton Town Council on November 7th, 2023- Coaching county party, precinct, and auxiliary organization leaders in 34 counties (soon only 18) in the Piedmont Region on organizing best practices, event building strategies, direct voter contact methods, and tips to nurture grassroots volunteer teams at the neighborhood, precinct, and county levels- Co-launched canvasses in 23 counties in central NC thus far- Leading a weekly volunteer recruitment virtual phone bank with the YDNC Rural Caucus on Wednesdays from 6-8pm Eastern targeted at high-priority rural and “Countrypolitan” counties across North Carolina - Ensuring all volunteer outreach and engagement is tracked in VAN and reportsare submitted daily- Planning and executing voter registration drives, canvasses, phone banks, and party meetings- Developing relationships with Democratic activists, local county parties, and progressive groups and coaching them to launch their own field events in their counties

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  Cabela's

  • Garner, North Carolina, United States

  • Camping Sales Outfitter

    • May 2023 - Oct 2023
    • Garner, North Carolina, United States

    -Led by example to promote Cabela’s legendary company values: driven by passion, making the customer #1, delivering quality and value, teamwork and family, and ingenuity and pioneering spirit-Received the May 2023 Outfitter of the Month Award for my high standard of work performance and exceptional service as determined by my colleagues-Recognized on a conference call by our Cabela’s Southeast Regional Manager for securing 25 new Cabela’s Club Members in a remarkably expeditious period from May 2-July 13, 2023-Co-organized and co-led an engaging End of Summer Kids’ Camping Event with our Deputy HR Director on 7/22/2023 during which we taught middle school-aged youth essential camping equipment and skills -Drove long-term loyalty for our company by connecting conservationists to exclusive Cabela’s Club Member products and five star conservation experiences in the great outdoors by following the SWAT(sell what's available today) and hook, line, and sinker sales strategies-Served as a camping and hiking product expert through product knowledge training and my extensive experience in the Boy Scouts of America-Delivered a Johnny Morris-approved, trademarked, and world-class experience for every customer, every time by assisting conservationists in making purchasing decisions through: identifying and evaluating their needs, making product recommendations based off of this analysis, and promoting programs including Cabela’s Club Membership, GEAR GUARD®, and the Great Outdoors Conservation Fund

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  North Carolina Democratic Party

  • United States
  • Political Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Deputy Distributed Organizing Director

    • Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

    -Directed our entire statewide Distributed Organizing Program that helped defend Governor Cooper’s veto and elect Wiley Nickel in CD-13, Jeff Jackson in CD-14, and Don Davis in CD-1 -Recruited, trained, and empowered a volunteer team of sixteen volunteer leaders who mobilized voters  -Forged close partnerships and served as the liaison with nine out-of-state progressive organizations whose volunteers and our Coordinated Campaign staff made over 2.1 million calls, sent over 6.9 million texts, organized relationally on social media, and canvassed door-to-door in high priority precincts-Personally made 36,395 calls, knocked 454 doors, and led a team of out-of-state canvassers who knocked over 3,408 doors-Led a successful GOTV phone bank that was critical to the reelection of Democrat Zack Gray to the Nash County Board of Education in a runoff election on 12/6/2022 by 175 votes

  • Regional Organizing Director

    • Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

    -Served as the primary point of contact between NCDP and eight county parties in the Research Triangle and part of ENC including: Lee, Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Wilson, Nash, Franklin, and Edgecombe-Achieved the highest levels of experience using and teaching VAN, Scale to Win, Mobilize, OpenVPB, & MiniVAN to candidates, county party leaders, and volunteers-Organized both virtual phone banks and in-person Day of Action canvass launches in Wilson, Nash, Franklin, Lee, and Johnston Counties

  • Field Organizer

    • Sep 2021 - Feb 2022

    -Made 18,381 calls from 9/7/21-2/28/22 and made more calls than any other Democrat in NC in 2021-Built distributed organizing capacity and began early infrastructure building and mobilization efforts among historically marginalized constituencies across NC through daily phone banks that focused on: helping North Carolina Democrats receive their COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots, educating our supporters about the historic Child Tax Credit in The American Rescue Plan, and deep canvassing supporters in two critical state legislative districts to listen to folks’ concerns and connect those concerns to historic legislation of the Build Back Better Agenda including The American Rescue Plan and The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-Co-organized a successful January Weekend of Action in January 2022 with a colleague and the invaluable help of two volunteer leaders-Supported our volunteers through strategic year-round organizing and training to create the sustainable infrastructure required to move NC forward in 2022, 2024, and beyond

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  North Carolina Democratic Party

  • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

  • Field Organizer

    • Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
    • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

    -Cultivated strategic relationships with key constituencies through virtual events, campaign updates, one-on-ones, and a weekly virtual phone bank-Recruited, trained, and managed a volunteer team of ten volunteer leaders who mobilized and engaged voters and helped me run a welcoming and metrics-driven Virtual Staging Location-Used Votebuilder, Mobilize America, Slack, Google Suite, and social media daily for digital organizing, calling volunteer leads, and team communication-Committed to grassroots organizing, including: 13,465 MyC attempts and 2,958 voters canvassed, 64 one-on-one meetings with prospective volunteers, 421 total shifts completed, 1000 Call Club member, and a team of 194 active volunteers by Election Day

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  DJF Professional German Tutoring

  • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

  • German Tutor

    • May 2016 - Jul 2020
    • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

    -Tutor Conversational and Business German to highly motivated adults -Tutor German I, II, III, IV, and AP to secondary school students-Normally tutor in a study room in local public libraries-Have tutored German via Skype and could arrange online sessions.

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  Southern Wake Academy

  • Holly Springs, North Carolina

  • Substitute Teacher

    • Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
    • Holly Springs, North Carolina

    -Provided instruction, encouraged student progress, and managed the learning environment in the absence of the full-time classroom teacher-Maintained high ethical standards and professionalism -Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills interacting with students, teachers, administrators, and parents

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  Falls Lake Academy

  • Creedmoor, North Carolina

  • History Teacher

    • Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
    • Creedmoor, North Carolina

    -Taught Honors and academic U.S. History II, Honors Psychology, and 21st Century Global Geography-Worked closely with three Special Education teachers by attending numerous individualized education plan meetings and developing guided notes for students in my U.S. History II classes-Implemented Project-Based Learning (PBL) by having students in U.S. History II create Digital Historical Narratives-Founded Euro Club to share informative topics related to European culture with interested students

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  The Fulbright Program

  • Dessau, Germany

  • Fulbright Germany Alumnus

    • Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
    • Dessau, Germany

    -Attained proficiency in the German language by living and working in a region where Germans’ English skills were low, because Russian was the main foreign language East Germans were required to learn-Taught and tutored English lessons both individually and with other educators in grades 5-12 using various innovative teaching methods including Socratic seminars, fishbowl discussions, Think-Pair-Share, etc.-Facilitated discussions on topics such as English literature, writing in English, casual conversational English, differences between U.S. and British English, and Native American culture-Engaged young Germans in dialogue about everyday life via the Meet US Program of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin-Oversaw a pen pal exchange program between several of my German students and American students in Frau Petra Martignoni's German classes at Raleigh Charter High School-Travelled to historically and culturally significant sites throughout Germany and Europe

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  ECU University Writing Center

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Writing Consultant

    • Jan 2013 - May 2016

    • Led face-to-face and online consultations with undergraduate, graduate students, and university professors in many academic disciplines facing writing concerns ranging from sentence-level errors to higher-order organizational and rhetorical problems. • Identified recurring issues in writing, emphasized writing as a fluid process, and articulated constructive feedback carefully for students from a diverse array of cultures and age groups as a Writing Mentor in an introductory Political Science course.• Presented research at the 2016 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference in Columbus, GA, the 2013 National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Tampa, and attended the 2014 SWCA in Greenville, NC.• Developed informative videos describing how to format a paper in MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style.

  • Daytime German Tutor

    • Aug 2013 - Jan 2015

    -Tutored students taking German 1001-1004 courses by appointment at East Carolina University's Pirate Academic Success Center in German grammar, composition, translation, and culture

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  Porter Farms and Nursery

  • Garner, North Carolina

  • Customer Service Assisstant

    • Oct 2009 - Aug 2012
    • Garner, North Carolina

    -As my first job on a farm in southern Wake County, this position taught me the meaning and value of hard work, time management, communication, money management, customer service, and marketing-Served ice cream, stocked produce, organized displays, loaded pumpkins and other vegetables into customers' vehicles, and worked the cash register-Made a sincere effort daily to thank my diligent Latino farmworker colleagues who picked the crops we sold at Porter Farms

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  City of Raleigh

  • Pullen Park

  • Recreation Assisstant

    • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
    • Pullen Park

    -Collected tickets from park visitors and cleaned paddle boats and other park equipment

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  Raleigh Charter High School

  • Student

    • Aug 2007 - Jun 2011

    -Served two terms as Class Representative in the RCHS Student Government Association from 2009-2010 and 2010-2011-National Honor Society-German Club -German Tutor -Mathematics & ELA Tutor at Hope Elementary School -Track & Field