Experience

Seattle Girls' School

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Performance & Media Arts (PMA) Teacher, Advisor, DEI Coordinator, & Resident Artist

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  I teach performance and media arts to 5th to 8th graders and advise 8th graders specifically. In recent years, I have become the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner at our school to create an Equity and Diversity Team that we will be implementing next year and lead Community Meeting for the whole school. I am the lead in my department of 1! I created the scope and sequence for our performing arts and media arts curriculum to infuse these arts into the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Media (STEAM) curricular aspects utilizing project-based learning and subject collaboration. I lead grade level culmination collaborations including 5th Grade Comic-Con, 6th Grade Science Fiction mask and storytelling unit, 7th Grade Audio Engineering, and 8th Grade Filmmaking Intensive & Final Production Culmination. As an 8th Grade Advisor, I support our Next Schools High School Program, Social & Emotional Learning, Academic Skill Building, Race & Social Justice, and 8th Grade Graduation. Show less



#LuluNation + Crew Talk Show

• Greater Seattle Area

• Creator, Producer, & Radio Host

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  More information soon. See: https://www.facebook.com/LuluNationTalkShow/?fref=ts More information soon. See: https://www.facebook.com/LuluNationTalkShow/?fref=ts



Uzuri Consulting & Productions

• Greater Seattle Area

• Independent Consultant, Producer, & Promoter

  • Jan 2008 - Present

  Uzuri* Consulting & Productions is dedicated to the empowerment and actualization of individuals, communities, and organizations that are centered on youth, low-income people, people of color, LGBTIQ, and those that have been placed on the margins that seek access to resources and understanding. Through networking & cross cultural communications, arts & educational presentations and event planning & production, Uzuri* Consulting & Productions contributes to the upliftment, enrichment, and holistic development of all people to reminds us all of our beauty, our survival, and our collective history. * Uzuri means beautiful in Swahili and was given to the first born daughter of a Filipino migrant woman who married an African American US military man. It was given to her along with a Filipino name, so that through her birth, development, and education, her parents would not forget their roots, their journey, and where they came from. Show less



KVRU 105.7 FM

• South Seattle, Washington

• Station Manager

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  As a Radio station manager, I take care of the business, technical, and administrative aspects of KVRU 105.7 local 100 watt station. I manage employees, making financial decisions, and purchase new equipment, software, and social media sites. I am making a race and social justice intiative and adjusting our values to incorporate a Media Justice lens. Currently, I am updating administrative files, creating new policies along with our board and volunteer recruitment and retention plan. In addition, I am creating our annual fundraising plan for our 3rd year anniversary and underwriting program. Show less



City of Seattle

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Co Chair & Commissioner

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2017

  Lead. "Coffee with Commissioners" Created & Lead, "People of Color Stakeholder Committee" Former, "Community Outreach & Engagement" and "Social Media Liason" Find out more here: http://www.seattle.gov/lgbt My goals for the Seattle LGBT Commission include contributing to the creation of policies that build solutions based on people's lived experiences; who identify at the intersections of the low-income, working class, LGBTQ, people of color, immigrant, and refugee communities. Show less



On the Boards

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ambassador

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

  Volunteer Volunteer



Roots Young Adult Shelter

• Seattle, Washington

• Change Team Program Consultant

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2016

  I work with Roots Change Team with their mission to undo institutional racism and oppression and coordinate with guests of color and allies to for a group to educate, discuss, and give feedback on racism and the interlocking systems of oppression. I work with Roots Change Team with their mission to undo institutional racism and oppression and coordinate with guests of color and allies to for a group to educate, discuss, and give feedback on racism and the interlocking systems of oppression.



Hollow Earth Radio

• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Youth & Young Adult Program Coordinator & Anti-Oppression Consultant

  • May 2015 - Jan 2016

  In Development and on-going. More information soon. In Development and on-going. More information soon.



YouthCare Seattle

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• On-Call Counselor

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2015

• Community Outreach Youth Counselor

  • Mar 2012 - Nov 2012

  Outreach to street involved youth that are in or at risk of sexual exploitation through creating intervention and prevtion programming in the community and within the homeless youth drop-in services

• Education and Employment Coordinator

  • Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

  I work for the Education and Employment Department at YouthCare. Specifically, I work with the Bridge Program with Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and Youth to find employment and educational opportunities by supporting their self-empowerment to explore options.



Washington Hall (of Historic Seattle)

• Washington Hall, 153 14th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

• Caretaker & Operations Manager

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2015



LGBTQ ALLYSHIP

• Seattle, Washington

• Community Organizer

  • Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

  Organize and educate with and for LGBTQ identified people around issues of economic justice and social justice. Organize and educate with and for LGBTQ identified people around issues of economic justice and social justice.



Washington Asian Pacific Islander Community Services

• King County Youth Detention Center

• Specialist

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2013

  Visit King County Juvenile Detention Center Visit King County Juvenile Detention Center



King County, WA

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Occupational Education, Training Coordinator, Program Manager

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2011

  Temporary summer employment through the stimilus package working with newly released juveniles from detention, on house arrest, etc. They receive 1 school credit and are paid hourly to learn about Water Quality. This class is designed with field trips, field work, and community speakers to give students a holistic and transformative learning experience. Temporary summer employment through the stimilus package working with newly released juveniles from detention, on house arrest, etc. They receive 1 school credit and are paid hourly to learn about Water Quality. This class is designed with field trips, field work, and community speakers to give students a holistic and transformative learning experience.



Franklin High School's Public Service & Political Science Academy

• Community Projects Manager & Service Learning Coordinator

  • Nov 2009 - Jun 2011

  I provide service learning & civil engagement opportunities for students by connecting them to community organizations, business, policy makers, non-profits, educational institutions, and more. I provide service learning & civil engagement opportunities for students by connecting them to community organizations, business, policy makers, non-profits, educational institutions, and more.



Hidmo Community Empowerment Project

• Program Development

• Development Director & Volunteer Coordinator

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

  I have always worked for Hidmo Eritrean Restaurant, as a volunteer since its founding and then as a community partner through Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA). Recently, it has branched out into four distinct programs; Hidmo Media Projects, Hidmo Community Empowerment Project; Hidmo Entertainment; and Hidmo Restaurant & Catering. I support all programs, but focus on the infrastructure, community partnerships, steering committee, and volunteer coordination. I am supporting the development of this organization, so that it can expand its capacity, stabilize their programs, and provide an evaluative process to make the organization sustainable while keeping its grassroots and community center. Show less



Hidmo Empowerment Project

• Community Liason

  • 2007 - Jun 2010

  Connected with community partners that were in organizations that were in the arts, non-profit, grassroots, culturally specific, hiphop, and various other sectors to Hidmo programming like Lunch and Munch and Vision Crunch and Community Forums. Connected with community partners that were in organizations that were in the arts, non-profit, grassroots, culturally specific, hiphop, and various other sectors to Hidmo programming like Lunch and Munch and Vision Crunch and Community Forums.



B-Girl Media

• Supporter

  • 2008 - 2010

  Promote events and collaborate on comunity partnerships Promote events and collaborate on comunity partnerships



Filipino Community Center of Seattle

• Volunteer

  • 2005 - 2010

  I worked with Pinay sa Seattle and the FilSTAR youth program I worked with Pinay sa Seattle and the FilSTAR youth program



State of Washington

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contractor

  • Apr 2009 - Jul 2009

  temporary contract temporary contract



Northwest Reproductive Justice Collaborative Project

• Planning Committee Representative

  • Dec 2008 - Apr 2009

  Planned on a commitee with other collaborators around Reproductive Justice and connecting community and grassroots organization to other political sectors Planned on a commitee with other collaborators around Reproductive Justice and connecting community and grassroots organization to other political sectors



Communities Against Rape and Abuse

• Ladies First Coordinator

  • Nov 2007 - Feb 2009

  Help coordinated a monthly women and trans showcase that centers women and trans folks, so that their voices are the norm. Coordinate volunteers, artists, managers, venues, and more. Help coordinated a monthly women and trans showcase that centers women and trans folks, so that their voices are the norm. Coordinate volunteers, artists, managers, venues, and more.



Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA)

• Community Organizer

  • Nov 2007 - Feb 2009

  Organizing events, workshops, and presentations that center rape survivors and survivors of violence from marginalized communities to empower themselves and their communities and organize with an anti-rape lens and anti-oppression and intersectionality analysis. Organizing events, workshops, and presentations that center rape survivors and survivors of violence from marginalized communities to empower themselves and their communities and organize with an anti-rape lens and anti-oppression and intersectionality analysis.



Legacy of Equality and Labor Organizing (LELO)

• Temporary Volunteer Coordinator

  • 2007 - 2009

  various work various work



Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center

• Youth and Young Adult Program Coordinator/Advocate

  • Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

  •Coordinate in-school & after school API high school young women & girls programs focused on cultural competency •Develop anti-violence prevention education curriculum for youth and young adults •Organize/Collaborate with community, youth and student organizations (community organizing) •Advocate & support healing for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors •Coordinate and present workshops on healthy relationships, sexual assault, and domestic/dating violence focused on intervention •Support Grant writing and reporting for Youth & Young Adult Program and agency funding •Present sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, healthy relationships, and anti-oppression curriculum to high schools, youth groups, student organizations, health classes, social service providers, community members and organizations focused on social change •Coordinate & train volunteers to be peer advocates & facilitators Show less



Edmonds College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Service Learning Coordinator

  • 2005 - 2006

• Service Learning Coordinator

  • 2005 - 2006



Washington State University Women's Resource Center

• Coalition for Women Students (CWS) Chair

  • 1999 - 2000