Nature Center Supervisor

• Jun 2022 - Present

Program Specialist

• Jul 2019 - Jun 2022

Lead public programming at a Nature Center on Chicago's north side, adjacent to various diverse communities and serving 75,000 visitors per year. Develop strategic tools and processes to establish community partnerships and public programs. Prioritize programming that fosters the connections between community and environment. At the request of the local community, develop a nature-based, early-childhood education program. Lead and teach with an emphasis on community-based content development, social-emotional learning, and the stewardship of self and place.Coordinate and lead Scout and Girl Scout experiences. Support youth in their specialized community-learning projects throughout the community, within the preserve and inside the Nature Center.Support, develop and organize the Nature Center's social-media content, online program and event information and community newsletter.I address environmental justice and racial equity in Chicago by leveraging institutional wealth and resources with various diverse, local communities partnerships. I develop mutualistic goals with partners that allow communities to uplift their own existing skills. Show less

Instructor

• Oct 2014 - Jul 2019

Developed and facilitated community programs for all ages focusing on wellness, skill-building and the environment. Instructor of Archery (Certified Level 1 Instructor, USA Archery), Yoga, Early-Childhood, STEM, nature-based, and youth sports programming.

Program and Event Coordinator - Nature Oasis

• May 2014 - Oct 2014

Provided leadership for staff and programming of the Nature Oasis outdoor and environmental education program, serving 35,000 children throughout Chicago through nature-based, team building, and E-STEM activities.Developed and Coordinated: Coastal Ambassador, an environmental education program under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funded by an Environmental Protection Agency Grant. Programs included weekly after-school experiences, family friendly festivals and staff-training.Coordinated a team to deliver quality experiences for communities that focused on fishing, canoeing, and aquatic ecology. Developed educational lending-kits for the public, to promote community science through the use of instruments and recorded biological, chemical, and physical data. Facilitated community training events and maintained lending-kit equipment. Show less

server

• Aug 2012 - Jun 2014

Server, Wine Ambassador Server, Wine Ambassador

Lead Teacher

• Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

Teaching in a facility in the heart of downtown Detroit, I lead a preschool program for children ages 3-4 years old that focused on art and science in early-childhood education. Teaching in a facility in the heart of downtown Detroit, I lead a preschool program for children ages 3-4 years old that focused on art and science in early-childhood education.