Experience

CIVIC ENSEMBLE INC

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Aug 2018 - Present



The History Center in Tompkins County

• Ithaca, New York Area

• Director of Youth Education

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2020



youTHink

• Non-profit Organizations

• Program Director

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2018

  I led the development and implementation of all creative youth development programming for 3,000 youth across Los Angeles. Programs include the Student Ambassador Program, school-based artist residencies, college access services, enrichment and action programs, and multi-session arts- and action-based projects such as Teens and Government in Action. I conceptualized and piloted the Neighborhood Program, where over 10 sessions youth collaborate with a Teaching Artist to explore the assets and challenges of their community. The Neighborhood Program now operates at 5 sites and serves 100 youth/year. Show less



John Jay College (CUNY)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Program

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Design and co-teach freshman-level courses: "Gender in Theater and the Law" (Spring 2013), "Justice: Who's in and Who's Out?" (Fall 2013), "Those People: Stereotypes and Identity" (Fall 2013) Design and co-teach freshman-level courses: "Gender in Theater and the Law" (Spring 2013), "Justice: Who's in and Who's Out?" (Fall 2013), "Those People: Stereotypes and Identity" (Fall 2013)



Voices UnBroken

• Artistic and Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2013

  Facilitate poetry workshops with incarcerated young people in NYC juvenile and residential facilities; support other facilitators in the programs, evaluation, and reflection. Facilitate poetry workshops with incarcerated young people in NYC juvenile and residential facilities; support other facilitators in the programs, evaluation, and reflection.



Prison Production

• Co-Director and Actor-Teacher

  • 2011 - 2013

  Prison Production is a participatory theater piece that explores the impacts of the prison system on urban and rural communities. Prison Production is a participatory theater piece that explores the impacts of the prison system on urban and rural communities.



Safe in This Place: A Franklin Avenue Theater and Dialogue Project

• Crown Heights, Brooklyn

• Co-facilitator, researcher

  • Sep 2011 - May 2012

  Develop and co-facilitate the neighborhood-based theater and dialogue project "Safe in This Place," exploring what it means to be safe in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood Crown Heights in Brooklyn, NY; research how neighborhood residents take action on local issues through this applied theater project Develop and co-facilitate the neighborhood-based theater and dialogue project "Safe in This Place," exploring what it means to be safe in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood Crown Heights in Brooklyn, NY; research how neighborhood residents take action on local issues through this applied theater project



Apollo Theater

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Teaching Consultant

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

  Facilitate a theater residency with 5th grade classes and The Significant Elders of Harlem, using oral history and play devising techniques. Facilitate a theater residency with 5th grade classes and The Significant Elders of Harlem, using oral history and play devising techniques.



Appalshop, Inc

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager - Thousand Kites Project

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2009

  Manage the national story-based campaign Thousand Kites, supporting local communities in organizing around criminal justice issues using the arts; host weekly Holler to the Hood/Calls From Home radio show; develop and facilitate a creative arts program at a local women's prison Manage the national story-based campaign Thousand Kites, supporting local communities in organizing around criminal justice issues using the arts; host weekly Holler to the Hood/Calls From Home radio show; develop and facilitate a creative arts program at a local women's prison



Prison Creative Arts Project

• volunteer

  • 2005 - 2008

  Facilitate creative arts workshops in men and women's prisons and juvenile facilities in southeast Michigan; serve on the Executive Committee and chair the Speakers Bureau Facilitate creative arts workshops in men and women's prisons and juvenile facilities in southeast Michigan; serve on the Executive Committee and chair the Speakers Bureau