Experience

Full Spectrum Therapy LLC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Therapist and Site Supervisor

  • Jan 2021 - Present



RECLAIM!

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mental Health Therapist

  • Jun 2018 - Sep 2020



PrairieCare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Art Therapist

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018



Resilience

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Therapy Intern

  • Sep 2016 - May 2017

  Saw individual, couples, and group clients for trauma-informed, feminist counseling. Saw individual, couples, and group clients for trauma-informed, feminist counseling.



CJE SeniorLife

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Art Therapy Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Sep 2016

  - Support creative arts therapy and life enrichment at residential skilled nursing and adult day service facilities; lead 1:1 and group therapy with older adults and dementia clients - Support creative arts therapy and life enrichment at residential skilled nursing and adult day service facilities; lead 1:1 and group therapy with older adults and dementia clients



School of the Art Institute of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  - Advise second year art therapy students in researching, writing, and editing thesis projects - Advise second year art therapy students in researching, writing, and editing thesis projects



SteppingStone Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Artist

  • May 2014 - Aug 2015

  - Designed and excecuted curricula utilizing age-appropriate teaching goals - Empowered students toward creativity, self-expression, & confidence - Taught drama, maskmaking, paper mache, puppetry, improv, maskwork, dance & movement, conflict resolution, teamwork, & yoga for ages 6-16 in various settings - Designed and excecuted curricula utilizing age-appropriate teaching goals - Empowered students toward creativity, self-expression, & confidence - Taught drama, maskmaking, paper mache, puppetry, improv, maskwork, dance & movement, conflict resolution, teamwork, & yoga for ages 6-16 in various settings



In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Artist, Mayday Staff Artist

  • Jan 2014 - May 2015

  Teaching Artist and set/puppet/costume design and construction • Lead breakout groups, supervise puppetry build and performing, lead warm-ups featuring mind-body connection exercises • Assist lead teaching artist in lesson planning, administrative duties, conflict resolution • Assistant to lead artists, led volunteer crews during public workshops • Coordinated design and build of several large floats and puppets • Taught mask performing, puppetry, maskmaking, paper mache and painting techniques Show less



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Health Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

  Field Associate placed at Minnesota Department of Health in two positions: Violence Prevention Coordinator, Sexual Violence Prevention Program: • Liaison to Minnesota college campuses in sexual violence prevention efforts • Developed online database of campus sexual violence prevention resources, with hundreds of original hits per month • Published original research detailing dynamics of sexual violence on college campuses • Presented at MNSCU, Metro State, and North Central American College Health Association Asthma Program Assistant: • Performed PHAP recruitment at colleges in MN, boosting MN applications by over 40% • Designed, measured, and analyzed MDH program evaluation measures to provide data to improve functioning of asthma prevention initiatives • Spearheaded unique project with the goal of increasing medication adherence among children with asthma in school-based settings; project reach became national in scope with more than 1370 posters currently in use in schools, clinics, and hospitals • Analyzed epidemiological data relating to health disparities, asthma in K-12 population Show less



AmeriCorps

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant/ Americorps volunteer

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  • Provide academic and emotional support for 45 4th graders at & below grade level in reading, writing, math, science, and engineering through tutoring & group facilitation • Initiate ‘In the Style of’ art classes during enrichment period of 6th grade afterschool program; replicated in 5th grade afterschool classroom; projects include Matisse and batik • Co-organizer of monthlong Read-a-Thon, school carnival, bookfair • Produced positive behavior intervention videos for promotion of respectful school culture • Receive trainings including Everyday Math, Math in the Middle, Teambuilding, Neighborhood House’s Cultural Competency (Hmong, Somali, Latino), Disability Awareness, Child Protection, and Minnesota Reading Corps’ ABCs of Tutoring. Show less



Saint Paul Public Schools

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

• Program Assistant, Multicultural Resource Center

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  • Facilitated monthly teacher trainings on issues of white privilege and multiculturalism • Developed environmental justice curricula for elementary and high school students • Facilitated monthly teacher trainings on issues of white privilege and multiculturalism • Developed environmental justice curricula for elementary and high school students