Experience

Children First: CEO Kansas Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education Director

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Directing the Garden to Kitchen Program, which provides experiential learning opportunities through sustainable education gardens and teaching kitchens for under-resourced schools in Wichita, KS for students in Pre-K - 8th grade.

• Curriculum Developer VISTA

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  Breaking the cycle of poverty by the creation of a food system playbook for education gardens. The playbook will incorporate teacher modules, in the garden modules, and home/cooking modules for grades kindergarten through eighth. The project impacts 850 low-income students, their families, and their neighborhoods, who are mostly minority individuals.



Alternative Gifts International

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Of Directors

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  Supported the nonprofit and its staff with various projects such as creating educational content, supporting marketing strategies, and assisting with Alternative Gift Markets. Supported the nonprofit and its staff with various projects such as creating educational content, supporting marketing strategies, and assisting with Alternative Gift Markets.



Storytime Village, Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education & Programs Coordinator VISTA

  • Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  Inspired a lifelong love of reading for underserved Kansas children from birth to age 8 through developing, implementing, and promoting programs and educational events. As an AmeriCorps VISTA, this was done through capacity building techniques in order to assist the organization for years to come.

• Special Events and Marketing VISTA

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Built capacity for Storytime Village, Inc. by planning and implementing special events and marketing efforts that are aimed at developing a lifelong love of reading for underserved KS children from birth to age 8.

• Education Development Intern

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2018

  Collaborated with leaders of the nonprofit to develop internationally-minded curriculum for grade school and middle school students to access online via Google Classroom. Collaborated with leaders of the nonprofit to develop internationally-minded curriculum for grade school and middle school students to access online via Google Classroom.



Boys & Girls Club

• China
• Education Management

• KidzLit Facilitator and Youth Development Officer

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2018

  Prepared and presented lessons through the KidzLit Program for kindergarten through third graders while collaborating with members of the community to bring guest speakers for each book. I also developed and implemented literature and art programs for 7-8th graders. Prepared and presented lessons through the KidzLit Program for kindergarten through third graders while collaborating with members of the community to bring guest speakers for each book. I also developed and implemented literature and art programs for 7-8th graders.