EDUCATION:

 Sarah Lawrence College
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a focus in Speculative Literature Dec. 2021

Sarah Lawrence College
Bachelor of Arts with a Concentration in Neuropsychology and Creative Writing Dec. 2014

 

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:

Professor & Writing Tutor St. Joseph’s University, NY Fall 2023

  • Writing Adjunct

  • Writing tutor in the Academic Center

Co-Director Transforming Lives NY 2022 - Current

  ·       Edit and provide feedback and encouragement on writing by people who are currently incarcerated

 ·       Hold onto mentees journals to be provided as documentation to the Parole Board

 ·       Help mentees process what brought them to where they are, and help them put words to that

 ·       Interface with and keep track of all mentorship pairings to provide information, resources, and support

 ·       Assistant editing of program materials

 ·       Interfacing with mentorship pairings to help provide information, resources, and emotional support

 ·       Programming co-director

Graduate Coordinator Right to Write, Westchester NY 2019 - 2020

 ·       Facilitated Creative Writing Workshops at Westchester County Correctional Facility

·       Created writing prompts

·       Edited weekly writing assignments for twenty writers

·       Communicated with, and facilitated between, the program and the prison

·       Helped undergraduate aides create lesson plans and interface with the writers

 Classroom Aide/Tutor/Intern Mary J. Blige Center for Women, Yonkers, NY 2008 – 2011

  • Tutored pregnant and mothering teens for their GEDs.

  • Created lesson plans and ran after school and summer programs for middle school girls in Theater and Creative Writing

  • Organized volunteers and inventory for Patrice’s Closet

  • Provided after school tutoring for middle grade girls.

  • Helped in the daycare center

  • Aided in workshops for the women at the center.

  • Worked in secretarial position, answering calls, kept track of and updated schedules.

Tour and Assistant Company Manager   Peter S. Beagle, San Francisco, CA                  2012–2015

  • Booked tour locations and oversaw all communication with site supervisors

  • Organized, educated, and ran point for volunteers.

  • Ran merchandise tables and signing lines

  • Encouraged and helped facilitate creative space for author Peter S. Beagle

  • Wrote articles for newsletter on the tour and book updates

  • Kept track of stock, shipping, and customer inquiries

  • Went on and ran all aspects of multiple tours across the US.

    (Please note: There is no longer communication between myself and Connor Cochran. I am in full support of Peter S. Beagle and condemn the wrongs done to him, and to myself, by Cochran, along with all false allegations against Beagle. I provided written testimony during legal proceedings against Cochran and Conlan Press. I have included this note as I believe it is essential information to share, both about myself, and to provide support to Peter).