Experience

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archivist (Volunteer)

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  ▪ Preserve, catalogue and archive valuable LGBTQIA+ artifacts from Chicago, the US and across the world. ▪ Archived rare documents used for informative exhibits on LGBTQIA+ history. ▪ Organized, planned and helped execute a book sale that raised thousands for the library and archive. ▪ Preserve, catalogue and archive valuable LGBTQIA+ artifacts from Chicago, the US and across the world. ▪ Archived rare documents used for informative exhibits on LGBTQIA+ history. ▪ Organized, planned and helped execute a book sale that raised thousands for the library and archive.



Sex Workers Outreach Project Inc; SWOP

• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Outreach Volunteer

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  ▪ Assist people on the ground with access to clean, safe drug use supplies and education. ▪ Lead through non-judgement, discretion and harm reduction. ▪ Helped hundreds of individuals on the street get safe supplies and provided them with information on counseling services. ▪ Assist people on the ground with access to clean, safe drug use supplies and education. ▪ Lead through non-judgement, discretion and harm reduction. ▪ Helped hundreds of individuals on the street get safe supplies and provided them with information on counseling services.



La Casa Norte

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Engagement Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  ▪ Restarted and single-handedly managed the Community Outreach Program. ▪ Co-chaired the Northwest Food Partners Network (NFPN) a local consortium of Food Banks and Soup Kitchens. ▪ Designed distributable brochures listing service providers and tips for 9 distinctly segmented categories of service in English and Spanish. These brochures became the company standard. ▪ Restarted and single-handedly managed the Community Outreach Program. ▪ Co-chaired the Northwest Food Partners Network (NFPN) a local consortium of Food Banks and Soup Kitchens. ▪ Designed distributable brochures listing service providers and tips for 9 distinctly segmented categories of service in English and Spanish. These brochures became the company standard.



Uber

• United States
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 700 & Above Employee

• Uber Driver

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  ▪ Ensured a positive customer experience that generated brand loyalty and company referrals. ▪ Rated as one of Chicago’s Five Star Drivers based on courtesy, professionalism and safe driving record. ▪ Ensured a positive customer experience that generated brand loyalty and company referrals. ▪ Rated as one of Chicago’s Five Star Drivers based on courtesy, professionalism and safe driving record.



BIZ 3 Publicity

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Publicist

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2014

  ▪ Managed PR and marketing campaigns that focused on emerging and mainstream electronic and alternative music that led to substantial sales and audience awareness. ▪ Collaborated with key press to secure coverage of concert tours, music videos, album releases and press days. ▪ Cultivated and fostered relationships across all levels including clients, online social media and traditional media outlets. ▪ Scouted and secured new talent for the agency and liaised with artists’ management and label representatives. ▪ Utilized meticulous reporting and mastery of the written word to compose marketing and public relations documents. ▪ Clients: Mainstream and Independent Artists: Worked with hundreds of artists including Daft Punk, Lauryn Hill and Skrillex. ▪ Labels: Skrillex’s OWLSA, Diplo’s Mad Decent, 4AD, Young Turks, etc. ▪ Hospitality and Restaurateurs Longman and Eagle, Dusek’s, Parson’s Chicken and Fish, Land and Sea, One Off Hospitality. ▪ Pitched features for a wide array of artists that resulted in high profile print features including covers of Rolling Stone and Chicago Magazine, breakout feature in September print issue of Vogue, multi-page in-print features in The New York Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. ▪ Collaborated on campaigns that led to multiple Grammy awards - Skrillex and Daft Punk. ▪ Worked press for restaurants, not limited to: Parson’s Chicken and Fish from pre-opening to inception. Various restaurants grew to empires that garnered national attention. Dusek’s was awarded a Michelin Star. Show less



Smithsonian Institution

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  ▪ Developed and led planning and implementation of a promotional campaign for a newly released Tejano album, Borders Y Bailes by the band Los Texmaniacs. ▪ Integrated communications with media outlets (online social media, retail promotions and traditional media). ▪ Manned Smithsonian Folklife Festival, gathered and evaluated feedback from artists and audience. ▪ Developed and led planning and implementation of a promotional campaign for a newly released Tejano album, Borders Y Bailes by the band Los Texmaniacs. ▪ Integrated communications with media outlets (online social media, retail promotions and traditional media). ▪ Manned Smithsonian Folklife Festival, gathered and evaluated feedback from artists and audience.