Experience

Diversified Marine Services

• Annapolis, Maryland, United States

• Marine Canvas Team Lead

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Team Lead Roles: Estimating work order requests and lead times. Scheduling open work orders. Consulting with customers about work and maintaining contact for the duration of each job. Tracking progress on all open work orders. Making sure all fabricators understand and meet work order expectations. Ordering materials needed for each job. Maintaining stock and consumables to use for jobs. Reviewing invoices. Weekly lead and manager meetings. Communicating with other leads and managers when customers have work orders across multiple departments. Canvas Fabricator Roles: Templating, Fabrication, and Installation of biminis, connectors, dodgers, enclosures, covers, interior and exterior upholstery, sunshades; etc. Bimini and dodger frame installation. Templating projects on the boat and ensuring templates are ready for fabrication. Fabricating products efficiently, while maintaing quality expectations. Installing track, snap, lift-the-dot, twist-lock, and deck hardware onto wood, fiberglass, and rubrails. Filling out timecard and uploading photos to customer folders so email updates can go out to each customer daily. Performing regular machine maintenance on both the Juki LU-1508NH and Consew 206RB-5. Maintaining a clean and safe work environment. Experience working with the following: Sunbrella, Makrolon, Strataglass, Regalite, Aquaview, Ultrafabrics, Phifertex, Breakwater, WeatherMax, TopNotch, Evolution, and Softside Vinyls. Show less



Groundbird Gear

• Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Seamstress

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2021

  Production Fabrication of hiking packs, harnesses, and down quilts from cutting fabric to completion. Worked efficiently to adhere to deadlines and maintain product quality. Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe working environment. Learned how to operate and tend industrial sewing machines. Performance machine maintenance tasks such as replacing needles and oiling the machines. Production Fabrication of hiking packs, harnesses, and down quilts from cutting fabric to completion. Worked efficiently to adhere to deadlines and maintain product quality. Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe working environment. Learned how to operate and tend industrial sewing machines. Performance machine maintenance tasks such as replacing needles and oiling the machines.



Maryland Institute College of Art

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  Served as a teaching assistant for Alternative Processes in Photography facilitating class discussions and demonstrations, advising students on the technical and conceptual components of the course, and provided knowledge and skill of the use of cyanotypes, van-dyke brown, and palladium printing processes.

• Photography Department Work Study

  • Aug 2015 - May 2019

  Assisted the Department Manager and Assistant Manager with day-to-day department operations. Handled photo equipment checkouts with students and teachers. Maintained and organized equipment inventory. Managed the setup and breakdown of lighting studios, darkrooms, film developing room, and printing studios. Assisted students with troubleshooting for wide-format Epson printers, film developing and processing, darkrooms, and studio lighting gear.

• Residential Advisor

  • Aug 2016 - May 2018

  Built an inclusive community for 30 co-ed upperclass residents each year by providing on-campus resources, coordinating programs with an allocated budget, sharing on-call rotation for crisis management on a weekly basis, and enforcing institutional policies. Served as a peer counselor to residents and as a mentor for newer Residential Advisors.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  Served as a teaching assistant for “Black and White Photography I” facilitating class discussions and demonstrations while advising students on the technical and conceptual components of the course. Provided students with the knowledge and skill of using B&W 35mm film, developing film, and printing photos in the darkroom. Assisted the professor with lectures and grading.

• Teaching Assistant Residential Counselor

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Teaching Assistant/Residence Counselors (TARC) serve as residential leaders and teaching assistants for MICA's Pre-College Program, a month-long summer residential program for high school art students. Responsibilities included helping program faculty with class-related tasks, overseeing homework assignments during evening studio hours, helping to create a sense of community and well-being in the residence halls, and assisting with special events, program activities, field trips, and other aspects of the program as necessary. Show less



Force: Upsetting Rape Culture

• Baltimore, Maryland

• Digital Media Intern

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  Worked with a team to create video projects including a documentary sourced from archived videos, new event footage, and interviews with people involved in making the Monument Quilt. I composed, edited, and published video and audio content to post on Force’s social media platforms to promote the display of the Monument Quilt at the National Mall. Worked with a team to create video projects including a documentary sourced from archived videos, new event footage, and interviews with people involved in making the Monument Quilt. I composed, edited, and published video and audio content to post on Force’s social media platforms to promote the display of the Monument Quilt at the National Mall.



The Wilgus Gallery

• Baltimore, Maryland

• Gallery Committee Member

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2019

  Curated solo and group exhibitions along with 8 other MICA Photography undergraduates. Designed and installed and gallery shows that featured photography students, alumni, faculty and staff. Attended receptions and gallery openings. Curated solo and group exhibitions along with 8 other MICA Photography undergraduates. Designed and installed and gallery shows that featured photography students, alumni, faculty and staff. Attended receptions and gallery openings.