Experience

City Year Seattle / King County

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Impact Program Director

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Ultimate Impact

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Programs

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2022

  Envision and fulfill Ultimate Impact's mission to empower youth from underrepresented communities to develop confidence, teamwork, and accountability through the sport and community of ultimate Frisbee. Works directly with the Executive Director to partner with organizations and individuals; design programs, curriculum, and procedures to develop on and off the field skills of youth, connect with the larger community, and provide consistent long-term mentoring; and coach ultimate Frisbee. As of 2020, Ultimate Impact coaches over 250 youth age 6-18 years old in 18 schools weekly throughout southeast San Francisco. Show less

• Program Manager

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019



California Ultimate Association

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member At Large

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2020



Bay Area Disc Association

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Girls Advisory Board President

  • Dec 2017 - Aug 2019

  President of the Girls Advisory Board for Bay Area Disc Association. President of the Girls Advisory Board for Bay Area Disc Association.



Teacher Guild Oakland - IDEO

• Catalyst

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Pilot program partnering with IDEO to empower educators as the innovators we have been looking for to redesign education. Catalyst led a series of workshops with educators using the IDEO design thinking process to innovate (including testing!!) projects in our schools, classrooms, and organizations. Pilot program partnering with IDEO to empower educators as the innovators we have been looking for to redesign education. Catalyst led a series of workshops with educators using the IDEO design thinking process to innovate (including testing!!) projects in our schools, classrooms, and organizations.



East Bay Innovation Academy

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intersession Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

  Built interim and afterschool programs that delivered outcomes essential for continued school funding and charter approval through OUSD as a founding member of an equity focused Oakland public charter school rethinking the education model for the 21st century. Led both yearly workload and program project management as well as 3 - 5 year strategic planning while expanding from 120 to 500 students in four years. Reported to the Head of School as a member of the school’s executive leadership team.Responsible for finding, recruiting, hiring, coordinating, and retaining outside instructors and partner organizations for up to 80 STEAM and wilderness focused classes and trips over 6 weeks of programs across multiple sites each year. Intersession themes include Fall Changemakers focusing on community service and service learning); Winter STEAMfest focusing on Arts, Engineering, and Design Thinking; Spring Back to the Wilderness focusing on camping, environmental education, and social and emotional learning; and the Upper School Connect Program focused on college and career readiness, internships, social entrepreneurship for high school students. Show less

• Intersession Coordinator

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2017

  Built interim and afterschool programs that delivered outcomes essential for continued school funding and charter approval through OUSD as a founding member of an equity focused Oakland public charter school rethinking the education model for the 21st century. Led both yearly workload and program project management as well as 3 - 5 year strategic planning while expanding from 120 to 500 students in four years. Reported to the Head of School as a member of the school’s executive leadership team.Responsible for finding, recruiting, hiring, coordinating, and retaining outside instructors and partner organizations for up to 80 STEAM and wilderness focused classes and trips over 6 weeks of programs across multiple sites each year. Intersession themes include Fall Changemakers focusing on community service and service learning); Winter STEAMfest focusing on Arts, Engineering, and Design Thinking; Spring Back to the Wilderness focusing on camping, environmental education, and social and emotional learning; and the Upper School Connect Program focused on college and career readiness, internships, social entrepreneurship for high school students. Show less



Galileo Learning

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Camp Director

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2017

  Led the Palo Alto camp location which served up to 1,700 campers (Pre-K through rising 5th Graders) per summer. Galileo Learning is a for-profit certified B Corporation that offers STEAM focused summer camps teaching the Stanford D school inspired design thinking process to youth and staff. Responsible for a 40 – 50 staff member team directly supervising classroom instructors and 3 - 4 management level leadership and administrative staff who directly supervised 25 - 30 team leaders and summer interns. Show less



DiscNW

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

• Lead Counselor, Seattle Youth Ultimate Camps

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2015

  Organized and facilitated groups of up to 120 youth ranging from 8 to 18 years old for mixed, girls, and boys groups as a counselor and then lead counselor for week long Ultimate Frisbee camps throughout the summer. As a lead, trained and managed up to 12 paid counselors and high school volunteers. Developed and led curriculum. Organized and facilitated groups of up to 120 youth ranging from 8 to 18 years old for mixed, girls, and boys groups as a counselor and then lead counselor for week long Ultimate Frisbee camps throughout the summer. As a lead, trained and managed up to 12 paid counselors and high school volunteers. Developed and led curriculum.



The Northwest School

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ultimate Frisbee Coach

  • Aug 2011 - Oct 2014

  Coached a Junior Varsity High School Boys Ultimate Frisbee team for 5 seasons and a Junior Varsity High School Girls Ultimate Frisbee team for 2 seasons. Teams had practices and games 4-5 times a week. Coached a Junior Varsity High School Boys Ultimate Frisbee team for 5 seasons and a Junior Varsity High School Girls Ultimate Frisbee team for 2 seasons. Teams had practices and games 4-5 times a week.



Galileo Learning

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Instructor

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014



Ba Futuru, For the Future

• Timor-Leste

• Education Consultant

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Developed a Positive Classroom Management curriculum and tools for a teacher training and mentorship program working with a local NGO. The curriculum training and mentor program were translated into Tetun and led by local Timorese staff working at Ba Futuru. Developed a Positive Classroom Management curriculum and tools for a teacher training and mentorship program working with a local NGO. The curriculum training and mentor program were translated into Tetun and led by local Timorese staff working at Ba Futuru.



Seattle Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Education Paraeducator

  • Oct 2010 - Jan 2014

  Paraeducator for an Emotional Behavioral Disabilities class at Asa Mercer Middle School a diverse, Title 1 middle school on Beacon Hill in Seattle. The program transitioned from self-contained to fully inclusive during this time.

• Mentor

  • Sep 2009 - Oct 2010

  Supported and supervised students during and after school at Asa Mercer Middle School, a diverse Title 1 school on Beacon Hill in Seattle.



Seattle Parks and Recreation

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Instructor

  • Sep 2009 - Aug 2012

  Developed and led classes for summer programs at Asa Mercer Middle School for Summer Public Achievement Program and SPLASH, What's up with Our Water?. Worked as an after school program instructor at Asa Mercer Middle School for multiple classes including Girls Sports Fitness, Adventure Science, Discuss and Debate, Lunar New Year, and Improv Acting. Designed, taught, and recruited students for the classes. Developed and led classes for summer programs at Asa Mercer Middle School for Summer Public Achievement Program and SPLASH, What's up with Our Water?. Worked as an after school program instructor at Asa Mercer Middle School for multiple classes including Girls Sports Fitness, Adventure Science, Discuss and Debate, Lunar New Year, and Improv Acting. Designed, taught, and recruited students for the classes.



Amec Foster Wheeler

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fisheries and Wetlands Biologist

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

  Performed natural resource assessments, wrote technical documents, wrote and submitted environmental permits, attended client meetings, maintained grants databases, conducted business correspondence with clients as well as local, city, state, and federal agencies. Performed natural resource assessments, wrote technical documents, wrote and submitted environmental permits, attended client meetings, maintained grants databases, conducted business correspondence with clients as well as local, city, state, and federal agencies.



Underwater Sports, Inc.

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Associate

  • Jun 2005 - Oct 2005



Seattle Mariners

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ball Girl/ Fielder

  • Apr 2005 - Oct 2005



Seattle Mariners

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Associate

  • May 2003 - Dec 2004



Fena Flowers, Inc.

• Greater Seattle Area

• Floral Assistant

  • Mar 2002 - Mar 2003