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Resume

Experience

Concurrently working in business logistics

and interpretive communication taught me how to meld innovation and strategy with education driven collaboration in addition to balancing priorities to ensure timelines and deliverables are achieved.

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I am passionate about leveraging communication to increase community engagement; it is a powerful

way to encourage the public to connect with your mission and increase their personal investment your goals.

Experience
Education &
Certification
Applied Skills

2019 - Present

Sponsorship Coordination

& Media Chair

American College of Veterinary Dermatology

National Not for Profit

  • Started working with Research Foundation for donation recognition in 2019 and added tasks at the Board’s request including exam support, sponsorship outreach, and social media.

  • Maintain annual spreadsheet of $20,000+ clinic and client donations, send individual recognition.

  • Solicit funding from corporate sponsors: secured $130,000+ within first 6 months.

  • Create integrated marketing of associated digital literature, forms, and emails to solicit funding through branded and cohesive design.

  • Work annual conferences. 

  • Aid branding refresh by establishing social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X) by developing content, newsletters, event flyers, and assisting with new website and brochure re-design.

2023 - 2024

Administrative Analyst

Executive Office

Nevada County, CA

Local Government

  • Support CEO and executive staff of Nevada County in general operation of key infrastructure and development of county programs and services.

  • Office manager and HR rep

  • Credit card custodian

  • Event logistics, and contract lead

  • Establish procedures to enhance efficiency and collaboration through workflow-driven and policy informed design.

2016 - 2023

Chief Operations & Logistics Manager

Sonic Technology Products, Inc.

West Coast Company

  • Promoted from order processing to logistics manager within 3 years.

  • Manage company exhibitor booth and marketing for 15k attendee tradeshow

  • Design, produce copy, and manage company webpage (Manager April 2017 – Jan. 2023)

  • Managed international factory production, shipment, and storage of over 100,000 pieces of inventory annually. Responsible for management of over half a million dollars worth of inventory annually.

2016 - 2022

Park Interpretive Specialist & Volunteer Coordinator

California State Parks

State Government Parks & Recreation Department

  • Managed and developed content for six social accounts (Facebook & Instagram),

  • 3 state webpages. Total followers of social accounts: 5.5k+

  • Expanded key themes into engaging programming and social content, and develop media library for pre-established content and messaging.

  • Created innovative social campaign of Ranger PSA videos highlighting rules and safety messaging. Resulted in consistently 20% higher engagement and directly correlated to increased following on social pages in addition to educating the public prior to their visit.

  • Dedicated posting twice a week to South Yuba River SP Instagram page doubled followers within first 6 months. While managing, following of Instagram grew 400%.

  • Week-long content about area fire impacting Park reached 32k accounts across platforms.

  • Multi-Park coordination of 200+ volunteers, year-round interpretive programing and special events within multiple Park units.

  • Developed and hosted first PORTS program in collaboration with Nisenan Tribe. Established and nurtured relationships with Co-op (Sierra Gold Parks Foundation), community, public, private, non-profit, tribal, and government groups to foster inter-agency collaboration. Attended meetings to coordinate messaging about programs, opportunities and news and leveraged partner reach to increase public engagement.

  • Preserved and protected natural, historic, and cultural features. Interacting with visitors of all ages and backgrounds to ensure a safe, educational, and enjoyable visit to the Park.

Education & Certification

2011 - 2015

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV

  • Bachelor of Science - Biology

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  • Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

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  • Minor - Spanish Language​

2013

Universidad de País Vasco

  • Study Abroad & Madrid Field Study

Gupizkoa, Spain

2021

National Association of Interpretation

  • Certified Interpretive Guide™

National Organization

What is NAI Certification?
Certification requires a workshop and a demonstration of various knowledge, skills, and abilities that make accomplished professionals in the field of interpretation. 

Honing Skills in:

Creating a program outline and presenting a thematic interpretive presentation with the following elements: audience, goal(s), measurable objective(s), mission, theme, introduction, subthemes, and conclusion

Applied Skills

Professional Skills

&

Program Proficiency

Marketing & Communication

Storytelling & Writing

Social Media Management

Graphic Design

Word, Scriviner

Meta Business suite, Facebook, Instagram, Flipgrid, Smithsonian Learning Lab, Agents of Discovery

Corel, Photoshop, Canva, Vistaprint, Wix

Project Management

Office Programs

Partner Collaboration

Data Reporting & Analysis

Teams, Slack, Mavenlink, Sharepoint, OneDrive, Dropbox, Zoom, Skype, Better Impact, Katana

Amazon, PayPal, Quickbooks, Excel, Legistar

Microsoft 365, Gmail workspace suite, Adobe, Word, Excel

Languages

English (native)

Spanish (conversational)

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