Experience

Freedom Reads

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

• Chief Production Officer

  • May 2023 - Present

• Director of Production

  • Jan 2023 - May 2023

• Production Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Feb 2023



Sperrazza Design LLC

• Owner

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  I run my own lighting and production design company serving theatrical venues throughout the Northeast. I run my own lighting and production design company serving theatrical venues throughout the Northeast.



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Production Manager, HUB-Robeson Center

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2021

  I serve as the Assistant Production Manager of Penn State's Student Union, the HUB-Robeson Center. I am responsible for managing event live events including concerts, musicals, dance showcases, lectures, and live tapings.

• Ph.D. Candidate, History & African American Studies

  • Dec 2015 - Apr 2020

  I earned my Ph.D. in April 2020. My dissertation, "Defiant: African American Legal and Cultural Responses to Northern White Supremacy, 1865-1915" centers on theaters as sites of the early freedom struggle during the post-bellum, pre-Harlem era.

• MA Student, History & African American Diaspora Studies

  • May 2013 - Dec 2015



Le Moyne College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Executive Director of Boot & Buskin Theatre Company

  • May 2012 - May 2013

• Resident Advisor

  • Aug 2010 - May 2012

  Work extensively with residents and administrators to provide a fun and safe environment for the residential students of Le Moyne College. Experience in programming and team-building, as well as group problem solving and event-planning.



Performing Arts Center

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shop Supervisor

  • Aug 2010 - May 2013

  Special focus on building maintenance and set construction. Critical thinking and problem solving in terms of set design and construction, as well as experience in a supervisory role over my peers. Special focus on building maintenance and set construction. Critical thinking and problem solving in terms of set design and construction, as well as experience in a supervisory role over my peers.



Le Moyne College History Department

• Study Group Leader

  • Aug 2010 - May 2013

  Experience in teaching freshmen students to write and present their ideas, as well as network with other students and professors. Extensive training in academic peer mentoring. Experience in teaching freshmen students to write and present their ideas, as well as network with other students and professors. Extensive training in academic peer mentoring.


Jewish Community Center of Syracuse
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Fitness Desk Receptionist

  • Apr 2012 - Aug 2012


Affiliated Computing Services

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Customer Service Representative

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Worked with customers over the phone to solve problems dealing with student financial aid. Extensive customer service training and Worked with customers over the phone to solve problems dealing with student financial aid. Extensive customer service training and