EDUCATION
MASTER OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
July 2021 - July 2023
Low Residency MFA, with an emphasis on poetry
GPA: N/A
BACHELOR OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
August 2018 - May 2021
Undergraduate program, majoring in English Language & Literature, minoring in Creative Writing
GPA: 3.94
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
TEACHING ARTIST & PROGRAM COORDINAT, CHAPTER 510
January 2020 - Present
Develop curriculum to create engaging, generative workshops to allow middle and high school students to create individual poems and collective fictional narratives during class
Foster a supportive environment through which students feel comfortable to be vulnerable in their writing and share their work with their peers
Participate in cultural sensitivity and pedagogical development trainings led by Studio Pathways
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, CHAPTER 510
August 2019 - A
Assisted program staff at in-school writing programs within Westlake Middle, Franklin Elementary, and Hoover Elementary by serving as an on-site assistant in all creative writing workshops offered
Supported the Creative Director with internal and external communications, website content creation, and by working at the Dept. of Make / Believe retail store throughout the year
Creating social media campaigns to reach more young writers with our programs, founding Poetry Every Day in April on the Chapter 510 Instagram
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTERNSHIP, BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL
February 2019 - August 2020
Collaborated with the Community Liaison, Marketing Director, and Program Manager to help design and implement outreach strategies to bolster engagement and attendance
Managed and promoted the annual Young Author’s Writing Contest (YAWC), a writing contest open to all high school students in the Bay Area
Judged and edited the submissions to the Young Author’s Writing Contest and the Graton Writing Project to compile students’ stories into a comprehensive anthology
SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
August 2018 - August 2019
Worked in the Rights & Permissions Department to protect authors’ rights by engaging in various tasks (watermarking and protecting proof copies, directing translation queries, entering copyright information into databases, packaging and sending complimentary copies, etc.) that honor contracts
Maintained correspondence with various international subagents and communicated between various companies seeking translation rights
Assisted Rights & Permissions Department with daily clerical and administrative work including filing papers, making copies, and responding to emails