Senior Consultant

• Oct 2021 - Present

Self Employed

• Oct 2021 - Present

-Creative writing and editing consultation and coaching -DEIJ-centric communications consultation -Grant writing & editing, funder research, and fund development strategic consultation for nonprofit, literary, and education-based clients -Spanish/English text translation services -Creative writing and editing consultation and coaching -DEIJ-centric communications consultation -Grant writing & editing, funder research, and fund development strategic consultation for nonprofit, literary, and education-based clients -Spanish/English text translation services

Board Of Directors

• Sep 2015 - May 2022

Events Committee

• May 2015 - May 2022

Grant Specialist

• Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

Grants Manager

• Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

Board Member

• May 2019 - Apr 2021

Assistant Director, Upward Bound

• Mar 2016 - Oct 2019

-Coordinated and delivered academic year services to first-generation, low-income indigenous high school students from 6 reservation communities across a 5-state target area. -Co-directed a 6-week long residential Summer Academic Institute annually, providing 90-100 CUUB participants with a rigorous, holistic college preparatory experience each summer. -Managed CUUB outreach and remote learning systems. -Advocated for students and families navigating the application and matriculation process to combat summer melt. -Authored and updated student and employee handbooks, ensuring consistency with CU Boulder child protection policies and robust safety, wellness, and equitable pedagogical standards (co-authored original employee handbooks of the current grant cycle). -Provided CUUB Director with budget projections and actuals to ensure effective and accurate stewardship of grant funds (co-authored original application for Upward Bound grant, awarded $2.5 million by U.S. Department of Education). -Expanded and maintained the CUUB website (colorado.edu/cuub) Show less

Graduate Teaching Instructor

• Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

-Taught two sections of ENGL 1191: Introduction to Creative Writing (introductory level undergraduate course, approximately 20 students per section). Developed all lesson plans and curricula and served as sole instructor, covering the following topics: the elements of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction; introduction to the literary workshop format; reading like a writer; ethics, equity and authorship; the fundamentals of editing. -Taught five sections of ENGL 2051: Introduction to the Fiction Workshop (intermediate undergraduate course averaging 20 students per section). Developed all lesson plans and curricula and served as sole instructor, covering the following topics: voice; character; plot/shape; scene development; writing in and against genre; ethics, equity and authorship; heightened rigor in the literary workshop. -Continually revised syllabi to reflect both the interests of students and a dire, evident need for exposing students to more diverse authors. Show less

SAT Instructor

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

Summer Intern

• Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

General summer internship for David R. Godine, Publisher. Assisted in all aspects of the publishing office including: manuscript reading/proofing, copy editing, website content creation, marketing, and sales. General summer internship for David R. Godine, Publisher. Assisted in all aspects of the publishing office including: manuscript reading/proofing, copy editing, website content creation, marketing, and sales.

Branch Manager

• May 2010 - Sep 2010

Established and ran branch of Ivy Insiders SAT prep. Handled all marketing, sales, and classroom instruction. Established and ran branch of Ivy Insiders SAT prep. Handled all marketing, sales, and classroom instruction.