Experience

Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Attys

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Editor

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Proofreading and fine copy editing of content generated by Client Relations -- material addressed to the organizations and individuals who retain the firm's services -- as well as intellectual property (e.g., tech patents); some court pleadings as well. Specialty areas include natural resources, ports and maritime law, real estate and construction, technology, Indian Country and Alaska Native corporations, healthcare and life sciences, and consumer products/manufacturing and retail. The firm also has offices in Eugene, Salem, Bend, Vancouver WA, and Mountain View CA I serve remotely. Show less



Various Companies

• United States
• 700 & Above Employee

• Actor

  • Jul 2004 - Present

  I have acted in productions with Oregon Children's Theatre, Broadway Rose, Lakewood Theatre, Classic Greek Theatre, Portland Actors Ensemble Shakespeare-in-the-Parks, and other local companies. I have also done commercial video and print modeling for Ponzi Vineyard, Microsoft, Verizon, Caterpillar Inc., SELCO Community Credit Union, Intel, and Blackberry. I made a guest appearance in the NBC series "Grimm" and appeared in indie feature films such as "Coup de Cinema" and "Deep Dark."

• Voice Over Artist

  • Mar 2003 - Present

  Principle character in two current science-fiction podcast series: "Exoplanetary" and "253 Mathilde" as well as other short projects on the QuietPlease.org website. Also do monthly live literature readings at Rose City Book Pub in an ongoing series known as "Story Time for Grownups." Have done past voice projects for commercial clients and for the Oregon Council on Aging. From 1980 to 1987 I recorded books as a volunteer for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind in Boston, and between 1992 and 1998 I recorded books for audio broadcast to blind and housebound elders for "Golden Hours" in Portland. Show less

• Freelance Journalist

  • Sep 1986 - Present

  Features, interviews, and reviews published in the Oregonian, Willamette Week, the Portland Tribune, the Northwest Examiner (Seattle), the Boston Herald, Harvard Magazine; and websites Entrepreneur.com, the Oregon Encyclopedia, The California Literary Review, DocumentaryFilms.net, Book Drum, and AllReaders.com



Self-employed

• Portland, Oregon, United States

• Author

  • Mar 1984 - Present

  Published _The Unofficial Book of Harvard Trivia_ and _Boston College High School 1863-1983_ with Quinlan Press; _Watching Sex: how men REALLY respond to pornography_ with Thunder's Mouth Press; and coauthored _From Thorns to Blossoms: a Japanese American family in war and peace_ with my mother, Mitzi Asai Loftus, due for publication in 2024 by Oregon State University Press. I have been publishing the story of my paternal grandmother's life in Alaska Territory a century ago on Patreon. Published _The Unofficial Book of Harvard Trivia_ and _Boston College High School 1863-1983_ with Quinlan Press; _Watching Sex: how men REALLY respond to pornography_ with Thunder's Mouth Press; and coauthored _From Thorns to Blossoms: a Japanese American family in war and peace_ with my mother, Mitzi Asai Loftus, due for publication in 2024 by Oregon State University Press. I have been publishing the story of my paternal grandmother's life in Alaska Territory a century ago on Patreon.



Portland Streetcar, Inc.

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Customer Service Representative

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2023

  I answered riders' questions about routes, fares, schedules, and how to get where they wanted to go in the city; administered customer surveys regarding fares, travel routes, signage improvements, and other service issues; promoted safety and awareness among passengers; and assisted with crowd control during fun runs, street fairs, and city festivals. (That's also me playing the mime in the promotional video.) I answered riders' questions about routes, fares, schedules, and how to get where they wanted to go in the city; administered customer surveys regarding fares, travel routes, signage improvements, and other service issues; promoted safety and awareness among passengers; and assisted with crowd control during fun runs, street fairs, and city festivals. (That's also me playing the mime in the promotional video.)



Sesame Communications

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Editor / Proofreader

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2023

  As a remote proofreader and copy editor of draft websites for the dentists, orthodontists, head-pain specialists, and other oral healthcare practices that are the clients of Sesame Communications, I was the last person to vet the content before it went to the client for final approval. As a remote proofreader and copy editor of draft websites for the dentists, orthodontists, head-pain specialists, and other oral healthcare practices that are the clients of Sesame Communications, I was the last person to vet the content before it went to the client for final approval.



Vitality Law PLLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Practice Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Aug 2023

  Scheduling, proofreading/editing, research, transcribing Scheduling, proofreading/editing, research, transcribing



AudienceBloom

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Editor / Proofreader

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2023

  I started with the company as a Content Provider, writing SEO articles for a variety of clients. After several months, I began to edit and proofread blog posts by the founder, Jayson DeMers, for the AudienceBloom blog, and by the spring of 2013 I was editing and proofreading the majority of SEO content generated by the company's team of freelance writers for its premium clients. AudienceBloom was sold to new ownership in early 2019, but I was kept on in my longtime capacity. I started with the company as a Content Provider, writing SEO articles for a variety of clients. After several months, I began to edit and proofread blog posts by the founder, Jayson DeMers, for the AudienceBloom blog, and by the spring of 2013 I was editing and proofreading the majority of SEO content generated by the company's team of freelance writers for its premium clients. AudienceBloom was sold to new ownership in early 2019, but I was kept on in my longtime capacity.



Portland Walking Tours

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident Expert (tour guide)

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2020

  I led two-hour walking tours of downtown Portland to introduce visitors (and occasionally long-time residents) to the history, art, architecture, urban design, alternative forms of transportation, and green values of our fair city. I led two-hour walking tours of downtown Portland to introduce visitors (and occasionally long-time residents) to the history, art, architecture, urban design, alternative forms of transportation, and green values of our fair city.



The Rosen Law Firm, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Administrator

  • May 2004 - Jul 2009

  Full-time legal secretary and receptionist for boutique (aviation) law firm. Typed, edited, proofread, and filed legal correspondence and other documents, maintained case files, made travel arrangements for principals. Full-time legal secretary and receptionist for boutique (aviation) law firm. Typed, edited, proofread, and filed legal correspondence and other documents, maintained case files, made travel arrangements for principals.



City of Lake Oswego

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Administrative Assistant

  • 1998 - 2004

  Secretary/receptionist for Assistant City Manager for Finance; created and updated content for the City's Web site, rewrote narratives that described various City departments' activities for the budget document, took and transcribed minutes at Citizens Budget Committee meetings, edited and proofed correspondence and reports Secretary/receptionist for Assistant City Manager for Finance; created and updated content for the City's Web site, rewrote narratives that described various City departments' activities for the budget document, took and transcribed minutes at Citizens Budget Committee meetings, edited and proofed correspondence and reports



Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

• United States
• Legal Services

• Evening Word Processor

  • 1998 - 1999

  Part-time evening-shift position handling word processing jobs at a large law firm Part-time evening-shift position handling word processing jobs at a large law firm



Portland State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Office Specialist II

  • 1991 - 1998

  Administrative assistant, secretarial, and back-up front desk duties in the university's Facilities Department: did word processing, organized and indexed all the department's architectural drawings, answered phones and issued campus keys to faculty, staff, and students Administrative assistant, secretarial, and back-up front desk duties in the university's Facilities Department: did word processing, organized and indexed all the department's architectural drawings, answered phones and issued campus keys to faculty, staff, and students



The News-Review

• Roseburg, Oregon

• Staff Writer

  • Oct 1987 - Dec 1990

  Police and medical reporter at this daily newspaper for a year and a half; then north county reporter, covering municipal governments, school boards, entrepreneurial businesses, and human interest in north Douglas County, Oregon. Also reviewed musical concerts and films, and wrote political and humorous op-ed columns. Police and medical reporter at this daily newspaper for a year and a half; then north county reporter, covering municipal governments, school boards, entrepreneurial businesses, and human interest in north Douglas County, Oregon. Also reviewed musical concerts and films, and wrote political and humorous op-ed columns.