Experience

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Public Programs Educator

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures

• Provo, Utah, United States

• Museum Technician

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2020

  Archived, digitized, and organized more than 300 manuscripts and archaeological excavation records for the BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Assisted in the creation of two museum exhibits (Puzzling Together Pacume and Returning to Bethlehem). This included selecting and researching artifacts, building, painting, and setting up displays, creating the text for the exhibit, and training docents. Supervised and trained a team of 11 volunteers in the conservation and restoration of more than 100 partial and complete vessels excavated by the BYU Ad-Deir Monument and Plateau Project (AMPP) crew. Conserved, restored, and accessioned collections of artifacts collected by the BYU AMPP crew in 2019 and the BYU Wadi Mataha Project in 2008. Learned how to handle and to properly store a variety of artifacts including paper, photograph, film, slides, wood, ceramics, stone, and metal artifacts.



Natural History Museum of Utah

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Museum Technician

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

  Created and updated records on the EMU artifact database system. Helped to conduct an inventory of artifacts in the collection. Assisted in the creation of conservation reports for 30 Ancestral Puebloan and Fremont vessels housed in the museum collection, and assisted in fulfilling research requests. Created and updated records on the EMU artifact database system. Helped to conduct an inventory of artifacts in the collection. Assisted in the creation of conservation reports for 30 Ancestral Puebloan and Fremont vessels housed in the museum collection, and assisted in fulfilling research requests.



Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Educator

  • 2014 - Aug 2015

  I actively interacted with the public, focusing on educating guests to the aquarium about the exciting animals on display. I created and presented interactive discussions and demonstrations to up to 150 guests at a time. I assisted in developing activities for visitors. I participated in and led classroom instructions for groups of 30 second-graders focusing on meeting the State Educational standards. I actively interacted with the public, focusing on educating guests to the aquarium about the exciting animals on display. I created and presented interactive discussions and demonstrations to up to 150 guests at a time. I assisted in developing activities for visitors. I participated in and led classroom instructions for groups of 30 second-graders focusing on meeting the State Educational standards.



Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology

• Provo, Utah, United States

• Laboratory Technician

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2014

  Cleaned and prepared dinosaur fossils for research and display. Guided more than 30 groups of 6-20 people on tours of the museum. Cleaned and prepared dinosaur fossils for research and display. Guided more than 30 groups of 6-20 people on tours of the museum.



Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology

• Provo, Utah, United States

• Laboratory Technician

  • Sep 2007 - Jul 2010

  Cleaned and prepared dinosaur fossils for research and display. Spent the summer of 2009 and 2010 in the field excavating, mapping, and collecting dinosaur fossils for research and study. Prepared more than 50 dinosaur bones including Apatosaur vertebrae and ribs, Utah Raptor fossils, and the fossils of several as of yet undescribed species for research and display. Worked at Dalton Wells and Cisco Dinosaur Quarries near Moab, Utah in the Summer. Cleaned and prepared dinosaur fossils for research and display. Spent the summer of 2009 and 2010 in the field excavating, mapping, and collecting dinosaur fossils for research and study. Prepared more than 50 dinosaur bones including Apatosaur vertebrae and ribs, Utah Raptor fossils, and the fossils of several as of yet undescribed species for research and display. Worked at Dalton Wells and Cisco Dinosaur Quarries near Moab, Utah in the Summer.



Cottonwood Animal Hospit

• Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

• Animal Care Technician

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2007

  Cared for up to 40 dogs and cats boarded at the Cottonwood Animal Hospital. Cleaned kennels, provided food and water for all animals, and walked dogs. Maintained a clean living environment for animals under the Hospitals care. Cared for up to 40 dogs and cats boarded at the Cottonwood Animal Hospital. Cleaned kennels, provided food and water for all animals, and walked dogs. Maintained a clean living environment for animals under the Hospitals care.