Experience

Various online and print publications

• Writing and Editing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Aug 2011 - Present

  Writer of the probably famous news and gossip columns, The Trash Report and This Too Shall Pass! in The Portland Mercury, as well as regular contributions in film, community, parenting, and humor. Bylines in The Portland Mercury, The Willamette Week, The Stranger, The Rogue Valley Messenger, The East Bay Express, The Source Weekly, and xojane.com. Writer of the probably famous news and gossip columns, The Trash Report and This Too Shall Pass! in The Portland Mercury, as well as regular contributions in film, community, parenting, and humor. Bylines in The Portland Mercury, The Willamette Week, The Stranger, The Rogue Valley Messenger, The East Bay Express, The Source Weekly, and xojane.com.



SEIU Local 49

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Support Specialist

  • Feb 2017 - May 2022

  Advocate for working families in Oregon and SW Washington. As the lead support specialist in our Member Resources department, I manage a team that supports organizers in their efforts representing workers in the fields of healthcare, property services and light manufacturing. I also serve as an assistant to our Communications department through production, graphic design, and social media content. I developed and implemented a Welcome Wagon program, which uses strategic text and mail outreach to engage new members in our Union. I support our Legal team with research and communications with state and federal agencies.



State of Oregon

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Child Protective Services and Permanency Caseworker

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  Ensuring child safety through family engagement. Ensuring child safety through family engagement.



Waxler Immigration Law LLC

• Portland, Oregon Area

• Paralegal

  • Apr 2009 - Oct 2015

  Provide full scope of support to solo immigration law practitioner, including being front line of interaction with clients. Duties include preparing forms, gathering and organizing documents, writing affidavits, translating written documents, interpreting at USCIS interviews, and managing upwards of 100 cases simultaneously. Role requires professional flexibility, attention to detail, and developing trusting interpersonal relationships with the communities we serve. Provide full scope of support to solo immigration law practitioner, including being front line of interaction with clients. Duties include preparing forms, gathering and organizing documents, writing affidavits, translating written documents, interpreting at USCIS interviews, and managing upwards of 100 cases simultaneously. Role requires professional flexibility, attention to detail, and developing trusting interpersonal relationships with the communities we serve.



Parker, Butte & Lane

• Portland, Oregon Area

• Paralegal

  • Aug 2006 - Apr 2009

  Worked as immigration paralegal for associate immigration attorney, working with a wide variety of cases. Worked as immigration paralegal for associate immigration attorney, working with a wide variety of cases.



Immigrant Law Group LLC

• Portland, Oregon Area

• Paralegal

  • Nov 2004 - Aug 2006

  Served as paralegal and administrative support to office of three immigration attorneys. Served as paralegal and administrative support to office of three immigration attorneys.