SKILLS

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

The Anaheim Public Library - featured reading - 2026
The Watering Hole Winter Writers Retreat - guest workshop leader and craft talk presenter - 2026
Da Poetry Lounge - featured performance - 2025
Occidental College - panelist - 2025
The 10th Annual Katipunan Poetry Slam - guest judge - 2025
The Grammy Museum - featured performance - 2025
Museum of Latin American Art - featured reading - 2025
2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair - guest panelist
The Helpin Hands Project, Los Angeles, CA - Honoree - 2024
Library Foundation of Los Angeles/ALOUD at Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library - curated live performance - 2024
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - featured performances - 2023
National CASA/GAL Association, Seattle - presentation and performance - 2023
Zócalo Public Square - moderator - 2023
Skirball Cultural Center - featured pop-up performer - 2023
Planned Parenthood Orange and San Bernardino County at OC Pride - featured performer - 2023
American Cilvil Liberties Union (ACLU) - commissioned performances, reading - 2018, 2020, 2024

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Artist, Director of Program Integration

Jan 2019, 2020 - current

Oversee, and assist in organizing, all company programming
Supervise team of directors and some additional staff
Plan, oversee and execute special community events, collaborative initiatives, monthly open-mics, and performances
Spearhead and administer new partnerships and new program development as needed (e.g. Transforming Los Angeles Grant Incubator Program)
Oversee and execute special creative projects, including small publishing
Assist with, and oversee newsletter, email blast, and donor communications
Plan and conduct poetry workshops for youth, average ages 13-25, at Street Poets Inc, in LAUSD schools, juvenile detention centers, group homes, and in other county facilities
Perform poetry and provide arts facilitation for various programming
Plan and lead staff and program planning meetings

Co-founder, Facilitator

Oct 2017 - 2023

Create and design annual, 12-week poetry education curriculums for poets and aspiring poets ages 13+
Create and facilitate a 12-week poetry education workshop series for poets and aspiring poets ages 13+
Implement poetry programming and collaborative programming online and in schools, facilities and venues across Los Angeles county

Oct 2018 - 2021

host select nights, at least monthly, for one of the largest, weekly poetry events in the country
prepare and co-facilitate monthly writing workshops
Coach multiple teams of adult poets to the National Poetry Slam competition

Feb 2015 - Jan 2017

Plan and conduct poetry workshops for youth, ages 13-19 in juvenile detention centers, group homes, and other facilities in Los Angeles County
Recruit volunteers for juvenile detention centers, group homes, special events, activities, and an arts and leadership center in Los Angeles County
Manage an average of 30-35 volunteers at a given time

Jan 2014 - 2017

Prepare and conduct writing & performance poetry workshops for youth, ages 13-19
Coach multiple teams of teenage poets to the international youth poetry slam competition, Brave New Voices

Mandated Reporter Training (Supervisors) - California Dept of Social Services - April, 2024
Implementing Assembly Bill (AB) 2085: Guidance for Mandated Reporters in Los Angeles County - March 2024
Supervision for Success - presented by The Nonprofit Partnership - March 2024
Accounting 101 Basic Accounting Concepts for the Non-Accountant - presented by The Center for Nonprofit Management - Feb 2024
LGBTQ Toolkit Training - Presented by The Wall Las Memorias - Oct, 2023
Supervising for Success - Management Training Seminar Presented by The Center for Nonprofit Management - June, 2022
LinkedIn Learning Training Course - April 1st, 2020
Resiliency Toolkit Training with Nkem - Feb, 2020
Arts for Healing & Justice Network - Teaching Artist Training - Jan, 2019