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. audio production experience

FRQNCY Media / Associate Producer

August 2022 - present, Atlanta, GA

Earfluence / Podcast Editor

March 2023 - present, Raleigh, NC

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles / Independent Consultant, "Before the Bell: Interviews with Experts” healing justice series.

April 2022 - present, Los Angeles, CA

MinneCulture / Producer

2021-present, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Listen Up Youth Radio / Producer, Listen Up radio show & Associate Producer, Summer Media Institute and Youth Media 

June 2018 - May 2022,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

KFAI Radio / Radio host and producer, “Versed Radio”

2013 - 2016,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

.teaching experience

School of Social Work Youth Work Learning Lab, University of Minnesota / Facilitator

"Using Storytelling to Support Young People During Times of Grief & Change"

February 2022, remote

College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota / Co-Facilitator, Youth Development Leadership

"Re-education, Truth telling and Reclamation"

January-April 2019,  St. Paul, Minnesota

College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota / Co-Facilitator, Youth Development Leadership 

"Interrupting Youth White Supremacy Seminar"

June-August 2018,  St. Paul, Minnesota

. youth work + community media experience

Listen Up Youth Radio / Director

June 2018 - May 2022,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Ampersand Families / Youth Leadership Program Coordinator
September 2019 - June 2020, St. Paul, Minnesota


Simpson Housing / Youth Advocate

April 2017 - August 2019,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
YouthCARE / Teen Program Coordinator, Little Earth

September 2013 - August 2015,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
St. Paul Neighborhood Network / Youth Programs Coordinator

September 2012 - August 2013,  St. Paul, MN

 
KFAI Radio / Youth Media Instructor

September 2011 - August 2012,  St. Paul, MN

 
.education

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University / Certificate in Documentary Studies

September 2020 - present,  remote

In progress on an audio documentary.

 
University of Minnesota / Masters in Education, Youth Development Leadership Program

September 2017 - May 2019,  St. Paul, Minnesota

Field Study on youth radio dialogues, youth leadership & governance.

 
New York University / Bachelors of Arts, Urban Studies

September 2007 - May 2011,  New York, New York

Honors thesis on race, community, & policing in 1990s New York City

 
.community experience

 

Hennepin County Library Queer Voices Writing Circle / Member

2021 - present,  Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota

Impact Hub / Entrepreneurship 4 Good Program

July 2021,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
WomenVen
ture / Small Business Essentials  

June 2021,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

Quatrefoil Library / Find Your Story, Find Your Voice Writing Circle Member 

2019,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
KFAI Radio / Radio host, “Versed Radio”

2013 - 2016,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

Headwaters Foundation for Justice / Social Change Fund Committee Member

2012-2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota

.skills

  • 10+ years teaching audio production, interviewing, and editing

  • 10+ years working or volunteering in community media

  • 2+ years booking and interviewing guests for local radio

  • Hindenburg, ProTools, and Audacity audio editing proficiency

  • Adobe Premiere video editing, photography, and graphic design

  • Web development and social media marketing proficiency

  • 5+ years facilitating workshops & seminars for adults and youth

  • 3 years of project management experience

  • 13+ years in the youth development and education field

  • 2+ years of project management experience

  • Conversational Spanish

  • Trained in Design Thinking facilitation

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