Experience

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  Trinitas Regional Medical Center

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Marketing and Public Relations

    • Jan 2022 - Present

  • Manager Marketing Communications

    • Jan 2018 - Jan 2022

    I help spread the company's good word in the community and throughout the company itself.

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  Guild of Creative Art

  • Arts & Crafts
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Mixed-media artist

    • Feb 2021 - Present

  • Exhibiting Member

    • Feb 2021 - Present

    Award-winning painter/mixed-media artist and photographer

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  Author-Biographer-Memoirist

  • Highlands, NJ

  • Co Author of Chilangos in the House

    • Jan 2012 - Present
    • Highlands, NJ

    Chilangos in the House is a memoir about the life and times of Leo Cervantes, a Mexican immigrant living the American dream. He is a restaurateur and entrepreneur.

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  EDGE Magazine

  • Elizabeth, NJ

  • Co-Publisher

    • Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
    • Elizabeth, NJ

    Staff writer/editor

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  Asbury Park Zest

  • Asbury Park, NJ

  • Editor

    • May 2015 - Dec 2017
    • Asbury Park, NJ

    Asbury Park Zest features two annual issues, Summer and Holiday, to showcase its talent and tenacity. Each issue, different residents, business owners, personalities, and city stars will be featured. The magazine is marketed in print/online/social media, and distributed at select Monmouth County charity events and statewide to show off just how far our city by the sea has come.

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  Minava Design

  • Kennesaw, GA

  • Creative Writing Specialist

    • Feb 2012 - Sep 2017
    • Kennesaw, GA

    Minava Design, a boutique advertising and marketing firm in GA Produce and edit website content, advertising copy, promotional marketing materials such as brochures, product descriptions, newsletters, and more while adhering to branding strategies and guidelines for a variety of clients (Brookhaven Retreat, Natural Body, Golin Harris, etc.).

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  Brookhaven Retreat

  • Seymour, TN

  • Content Developer/Blogger

    • Jan 2014 - May 2016
    • Seymour, TN

    Brookhaven Retreat, a luxury women’s rehab in TN Produced and edited blog entries related to all aspects of health, implementing keywords for business promotion, www.Brookhavenretreat.com.

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  LivingIn Media Magazines

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  • Editor

    • Mar 2012 - Jan 2014
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    Editing stories, writing the editor's letter and completing table of contents included in magazines zoned four ways.

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  Inquisitive Cobra Productions

  • at a yoga studio near you!

  • Yoji Ananda/ Yoga Music practitioner/performer

    • Jan 2010 - Jul 2013
    • at a yoga studio near you!

    With my 12-string guitar and drone machine I can orchestrate any yoga class to give students Sanskrit and English mantras and melodies to help deepen their practice. I also facilitate kirtan (Sanskrit sing-along for meditation purposes).Check me out on the web, including iTunes and reverbnation: "Yoji Ananda"

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  The Magna Group

  • NJ-NY

  • Creative Writing Specialist

    • Apr 2008 - Jun 2010
    • NJ-NY

    The Magna Group, a boutique advertising and marketing firmProduced and edited advertising copy, marketing materials, magazine ads, website content, and promotional tools and product descriptions for a variety of clients (Manhattan Motor Cars, Paragon Tequila, 1-800-Lawyers, Open Road Auto, etc.). Remote position

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  Asbury Park Press

  • Staff Writer

    • 1988 - 2001