EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 2008 - May 2012
  • Bachelor of Arts in Reporting and Strategic Communication ​

TEFLOnline, January 2016 - June 2016
  • ​Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certification​​

Fox Valley Technical College, January 2019 - May 2020 (suspended due to Covid-19)
  • Spanish Certification

WORK EXPERIENCE
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, October 2013 - present
  • Adjudication Support Lead Worker, December 2020 - present
  • Unemployment Compensation Associate, October 2015 - December 2020
  • Project Employee, June 2014 - October 2015
  • Limited Term Employee, October 2013 - June 2014

Half Price Books, September 2013 - June 2015 | December 2015 - September 2016
  • Bookseller

James Frenkel & Associates, April 2011 - August 2013
  • Editorial Assistant, April 2012 - August 2013
  • Editorial Intern, April 2011 - April 2012

Wisconsin Union Directorate Publications Committee, September 2008 - May 2011
  • Committee Director, May 2011 - May 2012
  • Souvenirs Editor-in-chief, December 2010 - May 2011
  • Illumination Essays and Layout editor, September 2010 - May 2011
  • Mentorship Coordinator, September 2009 - May 2011
  • Illumination staff member, September 2008 - May 2011

Various food and customer service jobs from June 2004 - October 2007 

FREELANCE PROJECTS
Marketing, April 2013 - June 2019
Designer, March 2013 - June 2019
Copyeditor / Editor, January 2013 - December 2017
  • Director Fran Johns Red Light Green Light Our Little Black Book by Sherry Lucille (copyeditor, 2017)
  • Director Fran Johns Red Light, Green Light on God, Politics, Society, and Other Stuff We
    Should be Discussing as a Family...     by Sherry Lucille (copyeditor, 2017)
  • The Fire This Time by Catrina Sparkman (copyeditor, 2017)
  • This Soul's Journey by Michael Dix (editor, 2016)
  • Love Promises by Sherry Lucille (copyeditor, 2015)
  • Mary Lou Williams: Remember Me by Fabu (copyeditor, 2014)
  • The Speculative Post (review editor, August 2013 - February 2016)
  • Intimacy the Beginning of Authority by Catrina Sparkman (copyeditor, 2013)
  • Money Flows My Way by Michael Dix (editor, 2013)
  • Passing Through the Waters by Catrina Sparkman (copyeditor, 2013)
  • The Ranting Dragon (review editor, 2013)

Writer, February 2013 - February 2016
  • The Speculative Post, occasional post writer (August 2013 - February 2016)
  • EscapeWizard.com, travel destination guide writer (February 2013 - September 2013)
  • WhatsCheaper.com, travel destination guide writer (February 2013 - September 2013)
  • WiredSoup.com, contributing writer (May 2013)

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Fox Valley Literacy, September 2015 - January 2020
  • Tutor two to four adult English language learners weekly
  • Teach weekly class to adult English language learners (2016)

The Language Conservancy, September 2018-December 2018
  • PR/Communication Intern
  • Updated audio clips and news clippings to websites, helped create uniform list of tags for posts, and uploaded videos to YouTube

Winnebago County Literacy Council, September 2015 - June 2017
  • Tutor one to two adult English language learners weekly

SKILLS + LANGUAGES
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Wordpress, Weebly, some CSS and HTML coding
  • Social media 
  • People and project management
  • Event planning
  • Detail-oriented
  • Easily adapts to change
  • Time management and task prioritization​
  • Intermediate Spanish - written and verbal 
  • Elementary Arabic​​

OTHER ACTIVITIES
  • UW Fencing Club and Competition Team, September 2008 - May 2012
                   > Women's sabre squad captain, September 2010 - May 2012 
  • Street Pulse newspaper contributing writer, January 2009 - May 2011
  • Poverty Stops Here student organization, January 2009 - May 2010​

AWARDS + RECOGNITION
  • Discretionary Compensation Merit Award (2018, 2019)
  • 2011-12 Wisconsin Union Trustee Leadership Award (2012)
  • UW-Madison Journalism Scholarship (2010, 2011, 2012)
  • UW-Madison Letters & Sciences Scholarship (2010)
  • Dean’s List (2008, 2009, 2011)
  • Tomorrow River Scholarship Foundation Scholarship (2008, 2009, 2010)​