Community Outreach Manager

• Jun 2021 - Present

The mission of Speak for the Trees is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in Boston, with a focus on under-resourced and under-canopied neighborhoods. The mission of Speak for the Trees is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in Boston, with a focus on under-resourced and under-canopied neighborhoods.

Education & Volunteer Coordinator

• May 2017 - Dec 2020

Developing programming and supervising summer youth staff; instituting leadership roles for youth to perform the work giving by farm staff. Organizing community-based projects, organizing events for community residents. Organizing farm-volunteer workdays for diverse groups throughout Metro Boston. Connecting our participants with hands-on work on urban farms. Developing programming and supervising summer youth staff; instituting leadership roles for youth to perform the work giving by farm staff. Organizing community-based projects, organizing events for community residents. Organizing farm-volunteer workdays for diverse groups throughout Metro Boston. Connecting our participants with hands-on work on urban farms.

Youth Development Specialist

• Aug 2015 - May 2017

Supporting youth through urban farming and community engagement. Helping personal development and social, academic and citizenship competencies necessary for adolescence and adult life based on their capacities, strengths and formative needs. Designing programming, responsible for youth recruitment and supervising academic school year and summer youth staff. Supervising groups of volunteers on farms to performing farm specific tasks, responsible for youth roles as leaders to give thorough instructions to volunteers and to perform the work given by the farm staff. Organizing around, planning for, and building out one vacant lot annually as a permanently-secured, community growing space, in partnership with interested neighborhood residents.

Youth Crew Leader

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Leading and managing a crew of eleven youth members. Supervised training & safe tool usage to crew members. Ensure successful and timely completion of work projects. Promote leadership development within the team. Leading team-building activities and energizer games.Manage physical and emotional well-being of the crew. Oversee crew operations by managing the quality and technique of work. Help create and implement environmental education and job skill curriculum. Leading and managing a crew of eleven youth members. Supervised training & safe tool usage to crew members. Ensure successful and timely completion of work projects. Promote leadership development within the team. Leading team-building activities and energizer games.Manage physical and emotional well-being of the crew. Oversee crew operations by managing the quality and technique of work. Help create and implement environmental education and job skill curriculum.

Board Of Directors

• Sep 2012 - Jun 2015

The Franklin Park Coalition’s mission is to serve as a voice for Franklin Park, a 527-­acre historic green space located in the geographic heart of Boston and surrounded by some of the cities most diverse neighborhoods. We work to engage all park users and community members through advocacy, programs, and restoration. The Franklin Park Coalition’s mission is to serve as a voice for Franklin Park, a 527-­acre historic green space located in the geographic heart of Boston and surrounded by some of the cities most diverse neighborhoods. We work to engage all park users and community members through advocacy, programs, and restoration.

Account Manager

• Jun 2008 - Jul 2014

Senior Adminstrative Bookkeeper

• Oct 1998 - Oct 2007

I went from being temporarily employed with Accountants On Call, to a full time Collections Assistant, then promoted to Senior Administrative Bookkeeper before leaving the organization. I went from being temporarily employed with Accountants On Call, to a full time Collections Assistant, then promoted to Senior Administrative Bookkeeper before leaving the organization.