Experience

BACKBONES

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

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2009 - Present

  BACKBONES exists to help people with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) and their families connect with their communities. We do that by creating events and experiences that promote awareness and engage people of all abilities. BACKBONES exists to help people with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D) and their families connect with their communities. We do that by creating events and experiences that promote awareness and engage people of all abilities.



ReelAbilities Film Festival Chicago

• Greater Chicago Area

• Co Director

  • Sep 2015 - Present



SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Equal Justice Fellow (Art Residency)

  • Oct 2017 - Nov 2017



Kartemquin Films

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Diverse Voices in Docs Fellow

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) is a nine-month professional mentorship and development program for documentary filmmakers of color, organized by Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago. Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) is a nine-month professional mentorship and development program for documentary filmmakers of color, organized by Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago.



Vermont Studio Center

• United States
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Access (Art Residency)

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2014



MercyCorps Northwest

• Portland, Oregon Area

• Nonprofit Resident

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2011



Oregon Health & Science University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• LEND Trainee in Social Work

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2011



Danceworks

• costume design

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2008



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2008



Shriners Children's

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Transition Coordinator

  • 2004 - 2006