Experience

YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School

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

• Community Projects Coordinator

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Organizing and hosting student events including community service projects, assemblies, parties, prom, and chess club. Building partnerships with outside organizations, including local non-profits, to plan service projects and student internship opportunities around Philadelphia. Planning and facilitating lessons for Community Change Workshop, a group instructional space for discussions on current events and issues in Philadelphia, including food security, mutual aid, policing, systemic racism, gun violence, gentrification, mental health, ecology, and education access. Supporting instructors in academic classes when needed. Serving as a personal mentor for 3-4 students each year. Show less



WXPN

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • May 2019 - Present

  Pitching and writing interviews, reviews, and other blog posts on music and performing arts in Philadelphia, beginning as a blog intern in 2019 and transitioning to a contributing writer later the same year. Also covering WXPN events including XPNFest, NONCOMMvention, and year-end reviews. Pitching and writing interviews, reviews, and other blog posts on music and performing arts in Philadelphia, beginning as a blog intern in 2019 and transitioning to a contributing writer later the same year. Also covering WXPN events including XPNFest, NONCOMMvention, and year-end reviews.



Yale Sustainable Food Program

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Podcast Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Jun 2020

  Producing and engineering an informational podcast on agriculture and food studies with other undergraduate students and staff from the Yale Sustainable Food Program. Tracking progress on episodes in meetings with student reporters and our staff supervisor. Writing interview questions, engineering, editing, and mixing podcast episodes, as well as composing original music for the podcast. Producing and engineering an informational podcast on agriculture and food studies with other undergraduate students and staff from the Yale Sustainable Food Program. Tracking progress on episodes in meetings with student reporters and our staff supervisor. Writing interview questions, engineering, editing, and mixing podcast episodes, as well as composing original music for the podcast.



ACLU of Pennsylvania

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

• Legal Intake Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Reviewing letters, e-complaints, and phone calls to the ACLU by private citizens seeking legal help for civil liberties violations. Interviewing complainants over the phone and responding to written communications; referring complainants to other agencies and organizations when appropriate. Conducting online research about complaints to help make recommendations to the office's legal team. Managing intake documents and information in the database. Reviewing letters, e-complaints, and phone calls to the ACLU by private citizens seeking legal help for civil liberties violations. Interviewing complainants over the phone and responding to written communications; referring complainants to other agencies and organizations when appropriate. Conducting online research about complaints to help make recommendations to the office's legal team. Managing intake documents and information in the database.



Rittenhouse Soundworks

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Podcast Producer

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2018

  Producing, recording and editing podcast interviews with musicians and creatives from Germantown, greater Philadelphia, and beyond. Shadowing and collaborating with studio owners Jim Hamilton and Matthew Hamilton, engineers Tyler Ripley and Michael Cumming, and other students and interns at RSW. Producing, recording and editing podcast interviews with musicians and creatives from Germantown, greater Philadelphia, and beyond. Shadowing and collaborating with studio owners Jim Hamilton and Matthew Hamilton, engineers Tyler Ripley and Michael Cumming, and other students and interns at RSW.



University of the Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Teaching Assistant, Creative Jazz Institute

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

  Shadowing and assisting Program Director Anthony Tidd throughout the 2018 summer program. Coordinating staff and student schedules. Collaborating with Kimmel Center production staff to plan student performances. Assisting and accompanying students in group classes when needed. Shadowing and assisting Program Director Anthony Tidd throughout the 2018 summer program. Coordinating staff and student schedules. Collaborating with Kimmel Center production staff to plan student performances. Assisting and accompanying students in group classes when needed.



Play On Philly

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Supporting POP staff and administrators in taking attendance, supervising K-5 students in group classes, and teaching individual lessons. Coordinating student schedules, lunches and dismissal. Serving as musical accompanist on piano and percussion for group classes and performances when needed. Supporting POP staff and administrators in taking attendance, supervising K-5 students in group classes, and teaching individual lessons. Coordinating student schedules, lunches and dismissal. Serving as musical accompanist on piano and percussion for group classes and performances when needed.