RESUME

 

SUMMARY

- Organizational communication

- Cross-functional team leadership

- Agile strategic planning

- Project management

- Attention to detail

- Excellent customer service

- Creative thinking and problem-solving

- Multilingual: English, Spanish, French; some Japanese

 

 

core qualities

- Comfortable with ambiguity and a dynamic environment

- Engaged listener; genuinely curious

- High emotional intelligence

- Lifelong learner and avid reader with a growth mindset

- Great attitude and strong common sense

 

 

EXPERIENCE

Wheels Labs.  Los Angeles, CA   2022

Product Manager

 

- Streamlined communication across startup organization: time saved in everyday workflow and faster resolutions

- Drove work stream to develop Standard Operating Procedures across nascent company

- Co-wrote Quarterly Review and company OKRs for all teams; presented to board

- Resident expert and content creator for Notion, company’s all-in-one productivity and project management tool

- Translated weekly engineering releases across nascent and complex organization, for staff and CEO

- Wrote website copy, company glossary, and SOPs

- Shaped systems across startup, resulting in successful acquisition

 

 

Western Middle School for the Arts.  Louisville, KY   2019

ESL Teacher, 7th & 8th Grade

 

- Created and taught curriculum

- Conducted frequent assessment and reporting

- Drove services through regular meetings with stakeholders

 

 

Kentucky Refugee Ministries.  Louisville, KY   2007 - 12

ESL Program Coordinator

 

- Managed 501(c)(3) nonprofit school’s operation, teachers, and volunteers 

- Created agenda, drove meetings of cross-functional stakeholders with focus on decision-making

- Tracked program effectiveness, capturing data and reporting on progress internally and at state level

- Interpreted: Spanish and French 

- Wrote syllabus and taught English, vocational, and cultural survival courses to adult refugees

 

 

Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education.  Mito, Japan   2004 - 06

English teacher, high school

 

- Developed and facilitated trainings for educators

- Wrote and taught dynamic lessons

- Cross-cultural collaboration

 

 

EDUCATION

Indiana University Southeast 

Post-graduate English as a Second Language Certification   IN  2019

 

Bellarmine University  

Master of Arts in Teaching   KY  2018

 

Kalamazoo College  

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude

Majors in Studio Art + French   MI  2004

 

L'Université Cheikh Anta Diop

Foreign studies   Dakar, Sénégal  2002 - 03

 

The Philadelphia Center

Coursework, field visits, and internship  PA  2001

 

 

FURTHER EDUCATION + TRAINING

LinkedIn Learning courses

• Product Managers First Steps

• Transitioning to Product Management

• Communication for Product Managers

• Technology for Product Managers

• Managing and Working with a Technical Team for Nontechnical Professionals

• Managing Virtual Teams 

• Building a Product Roadmap

• Building a Product Strategy

• Learning Data Analytics

• Lean Foundations

• Agile Foundations

• Agile Project Leadership

 

General Assembly courses

• Non-tech Roles in Tech

• Intro to Customer Journey Mapping

• How to Optimize Your Work Performance

 

+  Grant Writing, Center for Nonprofit Excellence.  Louisville, KY  2010

+  National Refugee and Immigrant Conference: Issues and Innovations.  KY  2008

+  Working with Survivors of Torture workshop, Gulf Coast Torture Treatment Center.  KY  2008

+  Intensive, immersive Spanish study.  CELAS Maya School.  Quetzaltenango, Guatemala  2006

+  Conferences addressing indigenous issues, civil war and genocide in Central America.  Guatemala  2006

+  Japanese language. Mito International Center + Council of Local Authorities for Int’l Relations  2004-05

+  Apprenticeship to Master Jeweler Sanga Gueye.  Dakar, Sénégal  2003

+  Sustainable development program, Resource Center for Social Participation.  Sénégal  2002

 

 

Affiliations

• Boulder Taiko drumming troupe performer   CO  2022 - present

• Longmont Artists' Guild    CO   2021 - 2022

• Lefthand Artist Group   CO   2021 - 2022

• Firehouse Art Center member artist/ volunteer ceramic studio attendant  CO  2021 - 2022

•  AA Clay studio member   KY  2019 - 21

• Navigators inclusive scouting, co-leader    KY  2017 - 18

• Semi-professional company member + regular performer, Academy of Flamenco Arts   KY  2009 - 21

• Volunteer tutor to resident Tibetan monk   KY  2010 - 13

• Squallis Puppeteers volunteer performer   KY 2009 - 15

• Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts volunteer usher   2010 - 12

• Greater Louisville International Professionals   2009 - 12

• Center for Nonprofit Excellence   KY  2008 - 12

• Speaker, event organizer, committe member: My World Talks About Race   KY  2008-‘09

• Just Creations fair-trade store volunteer   KY  2007

• Thrown Together Ceramic studio member   KY  2007 - 08

• Louisville Clay Association   KY  2007

• PADI Open water diving certification   Malaysian Borneo  2006

• Katsura Taiko Drumming Troupe performer   Japan  2005 - 06

• Treasurer, Ibaraki Association for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Council   Japan  2005 - 06

• Mito Shogyo Karate Dojo, 1-dan black belt, Shito-ryu style   Japan  2004 - 06

• Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme   Japan  2004 - 06 

• Francophone JETs   Japan  2004-2006