Leadership Program Coordinator

• Feb 2022 - Present

Co-Founder

• Dec 2021 - Present

The mission of FDP is to assist returning citizens with their re-entry process by providing free, helpful and detailed information that ranges from acquiring documentation to learning essential life skills. Additionally, to equip family, friends, and acquaintances of returning citizens with the tools they need to be a valuable support network. The mission of FDP is to assist returning citizens with their re-entry process by providing free, helpful and detailed information that ranges from acquiring documentation to learning essential life skills. Additionally, to equip family, friends, and acquaintances of returning citizens with the tools they need to be a valuable support network.

Business Owner

• Jan 2018 - Present

Vie Cycle offers courses in bicycle maintenance for women+*. Through experiential education techniques, discussions and group activities you’ll learn bike lingo, anatomy, basic maintenance, and how to fix things when you're in a pinch. The courses are focused around empowerment and confidence building, so you'll also learn about safe riding habits, fitting your bike to your unique body and how to access cycling communities in your area. *Women+ includes people who identify as female, trans, intersex, queer and gender non-conforming. If you aren't sure if this includes you, please contact us! Show less

Instructor

• Mar 2009 - Present

Planning classes and teaching skills to Cornell University students. Classes include: Mountain Biking, Basic Rock Climbing, Outdoor Adventure (canoeing, backpacking, rock climbing), High Adventure (rappelling, rock climbing, leadership skills, Tyrolean traverse), Bike Touring (repair skills, route planning, camping).Designed a new bike touring course for Cornell's rapidly growing outdoor education program. Created a curriculum that included bike repair and maintenance skills, route planning, bike riding skills, bike safety, endurance training, camping skills and map reading. Show less

Lead Ropes Course Facilitator

• Apr 2005 - Present

Planning, coordinating and facilitating team building programs and ropes course adventures for youth groups, college students and professionals.Working with clients and team building staff to design day programs centered around group development, bonding, communication skills and personal growth.350+ Program days

Outfitting Wizard

• Sep 2011 - Feb 2013

Issuing gear for Cornell Outdoor Education courses, repairing broken gear, renting and selling gear and equipment, handling course logistics.

Wilderness First Aid and Wilderness First Responder TA

• Sep 2011 - May 2012

Preparing gear, organizing course materials, managing course participants and repairing gear for an 80 hour Wilderness First Responder Course and an 8 hour Wilderness First Aid Course at Cornell University.

Programs Director

• Sep 2019 - Mar 2023

Administrative Assistant and Facilitator

• Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

Facilitator for professional and university programs at the UCSD Challenge Course. Role includes ropes course maintenance, training staff, scheduling programs, streamlining processes to make program development efficient, writing manuals and training programs for staff. Facilitator for professional and university programs at the UCSD Challenge Course. Role includes ropes course maintenance, training staff, scheduling programs, streamlining processes to make program development efficient, writing manuals and training programs for staff.

Bicycle Mechanic

• Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

Bike mechanic and sales associate at a bike shop that specialized in urban bikes and touring gear. I worked to get more female identifying people feeling welcome and comfortable in the bike shop by offering weekly bike maintenance workshops for women+. #Allbikeswelcome Bike mechanic and sales associate at a bike shop that specialized in urban bikes and touring gear. I worked to get more female identifying people feeling welcome and comfortable in the bike shop by offering weekly bike maintenance workshops for women+. #Allbikeswelcome

Tour Guide and Bike Mechanic

• Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

Part of a small business that hires, sells and leads guided tours on electric bicycle. Primary role was as the head mechanic and tour guide, however duties also included selling bicycles, running the shop, and organizing promotional events. Part of a small business that hires, sells and leads guided tours on electric bicycle. Primary role was as the head mechanic and tour guide, however duties also included selling bicycles, running the shop, and organizing promotional events.

Mountain Instructor

• Mar 2015 - Oct 2015

Leading up to 22 day courses for young adults with a focus on backpacking, white water canoeing and rock climbing. Courses included leadership skills as well as lessons in diversity, inclusion and personal growth. Leading up to 22 day courses for young adults with a focus on backpacking, white water canoeing and rock climbing. Courses included leadership skills as well as lessons in diversity, inclusion and personal growth.

Barista/Mechanic

• Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

Barista and bike mechanic at a bike shop/coffee shop in Wellington, New Zealand. Jobs included repairing bikes, making coffee, retail, event planning, web maintenance and social media. Blogging and website maintenance for Crank Cargo, a website that sells specialty cargo bikes. Barista and bike mechanic at a bike shop/coffee shop in Wellington, New Zealand. Jobs included repairing bikes, making coffee, retail, event planning, web maintenance and social media. Blogging and website maintenance for Crank Cargo, a website that sells specialty cargo bikes.

Adminstrator and Jack of all trades

• Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

Lived and worked at remote club ski field in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Daily jobs included administration, café management/bartending/barista-ing, repairing ski equipment and organizing rentals, ski field operations (snow safety, ski lessons), cooking for groups of 60 people or more and organizing events. Lived and worked at remote club ski field in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Daily jobs included administration, café management/bartending/barista-ing, repairing ski equipment and organizing rentals, ski field operations (snow safety, ski lessons), cooking for groups of 60 people or more and organizing events.

Substitute Teacher

• Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

Teaching and carrying out lesson plans for grades K-12. Teaching and carrying out lesson plans for grades K-12.

Childcare Provider

• Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

Teaching, reading, organizing activities and providing care for children ages 6 months to 6 years of age. Teaching, reading, organizing activities and providing care for children ages 6 months to 6 years of age.

Rock Climbing Instructor

• Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

Planning and teaching 2-hour long beginner/intermediate/advanced climbing lessons to children ages 5-13. Skills including bouldering, top roping, lead climbing and route building. Planning and teaching 2-hour long beginner/intermediate/advanced climbing lessons to children ages 5-13. Skills including bouldering, top roping, lead climbing and route building.

Substitute Teacher

• Aug 2011 - Oct 2012

Preparing and teaching lessons for grades K-12 in the Ithaca City School District. Classes taught include: early childhood, PE, foreign language, music, art, English. Preparing and teaching lessons for grades K-12 in the Ithaca City School District. Classes taught include: early childhood, PE, foreign language, music, art, English.

Head Mechanic and Programming Assistant

• Jun 2011 - Aug 2012

Developing and expanding programming, building website, teaching bike repair clinics to adults and children, promoting programs and reestablishing protocols for Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles, a community bike shop in Ithaca, NY. -Led a weekly after school bike safety and riding program for elementary school students. -Planned and taught a series of month-long bike repair and maintenance courses. -Planned and taught a weekly class in bike touring for high school students. -Worked with a group of theater interns to paint and build custom bicycles for the Kitchen Theatre Company. Show less

Event Staff

• Sep 2008 - May 2011

Running on campus events for the Claremont Colleges. Duties included setting up and running audio and visual systems, mixing live sound, stage set up, coordinating with musicians, staffing events, training staff.

Head of Student-Run Bike Cooperative

• Aug 2008 - May 2011

Mechanic at the Green Bike Program, a student-run bike shop. Duties included: repairing bicycles, teaching people about bike maintenance, hiring and scheduling employees, ordering parts, facilitating meetings and organizing events at Pitzer College.