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Work Experience

Process Assurance Analyst (3/2024 - Present)

Full-time employment supporting Process and Program Management for Workforce Intelligence, designing global process solutions.

Project Senior Analyst (3/2022 - 3/2024) - Citi: Remote

Full-time employment supporting Strategy & Solutions Delivery for Early Career Talent Acquisition, managing global projects as well as driving systemic process improvement

Project Manager (12/2020 - 3/2022) - SMART Elections: Remote

Consulting contract providing organizational management services to an election security journalist to transform her investigatory journalism into a sustainable non-profit organization.

HR & Operations Assistant (9/2020 - 11/2020) - For Our Future Action Fund, Florida: Remote

Full-time, two-month contract at grassroots non-profit advocacy group; facilitated operations to fulfill the state plan of mobilizing and empowering potential voters.

Paralegal (7/2016 - 12/2018) - Finn Law Group, P.A.: Largo, FL

Full-time employment at consumer-protection law firm specializing in housing contracts and credit reporting.

General Manager (1/2007 - 8/2009 & 5/2016 - 8/2018) - Da Sesto Ristorante: Pinellas Park, FL

Promoted to Manager in 2008; effectively ran the restaurant and was the highest level of command when owner was absent. Between full-time, part-time, and seasonal employment, I have worked over six years in hospitality management.

English as Second Language (ESL) Teacher (9/2014-3/2016) -  Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte: Madrid, Spain 

Contract to teach ESL for one academic year at trilingual Institute (Spanish, French, English); contract renewed for second year. 

English as Second Language (ESL) Teacher (10/2013-4/2014) -  Ministère de l’Education Nationale: Saintes, France  

Awarded competitive teaching contract by France's Ministry of Education. In addition to teaching ESL to children, I taught higher-level English to French teachers who teach ESL to their French students. 

Teacher’s Assistant of Modern Art & Sculpture (9/2009-5/2013) - New College of Florida: Sarasota, FL

Digitized college's entire art collection which served as a digital image database for numerous Modern Art lectures. 

Customer Service Representative - Various

Held numerous positions in sales with customer-facing role; responsible for daily metrics.

Education

Project Management Professional (PMP)®: Project Management Institute

Lean Six Sigma - White Belt: Six Sigma Society

Project Management Certificate: Grow by Google, Coursera

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) in the Workplace Certificate: University of South Florida, MUMA College of Business

Paralegal Certificate: Florida International University, College of Law

B.A. Liberal Arts (Honors): New College of Florida; Honors thesis and defense: “Seeing Sound”

Business semester abroad: KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, France

A.A. (Early college): St. Petersburg College; earned concurrently with H.S. diploma

Curriculum Vitae

Thesis Research – Seeing Sound: Synthesizing Aural and Visual Structures in Contemporary Sculpture

This project draws from scholarship surrounding the relatively new genre of sound art, further focusing on sound sculpture. I explored the juxtaposition of kinetic sculptures and musical instruments, identified the interdependent qualities of sound sculptures, and argued for a shift in mediums for post-contemporary art. Through my research, I analyzed traditional audience/spectator interaction and asserted that contemporary art is turning towards an unprecedented, interactive relationship. Project culminated in a 50-page thesis, supporting my argument with roughly 30 figures. 

Independent Study Project – Exploration of Post-1950s Dance

During this project, I identified seminal contemporary dance performances and choreographers. My research culminated in final papers that focused on issues of gender performance in Modern dance and Argentinean Tango as well as the collaboration between John Cage and Merce Cunningham, specifically discussing their historical piece, Points in Space. 

Independent Study Project – Survey of Art History

For this project, I began with ‘the beginning of art’ and outlined important shifts in style and perspective, continuing through the history of art, where I spent equal time on western as well as eastern ideals. The purpose of this research was to draw solid connections between predecessors’ change and develop skills to anticipate future movements. From this project, I collected 80+pages of notes that acted as a map for the progression of art history. 

Lector on Feminism in Modern Art - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Invited to present a paper on Frida Kahlo at Ringling Museum Lecture Series; lectured on her raw approach to art, her disassociation with Surrealism, and her position as a female artist in the early twentieth-century

For-credit Coursework

Business: Intro to Business, Business Tutorial, Social Entrepreneurship & Grant-writing Tutorial, Financial Accounting, Marketing in Context: Art, Wine, and Sustainable Development, Services Marketing, Brand Management, Consumer Behaviour

Humanities: Music Theory I & II, Experimental Music in Theory & Practice, Music & Spectacle in the 19th Century, The Western Art Music Tradition, Anthropology of Performance, An-Other Story: The Art of Women through the Ages, 20th Century Painting, American Painting of the 20th Century, Beginning Sculpture, Contemporary Sculpture: Automata Mechanical Sculpture / Mold Making & Casting

Social Sciences: Studies in Applied Ethics, Social Problems, Principles of Macroeconomics / Microeconomics; additionally, several not-for-credit MOOCs during sabbatical