Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.
I am grateful for the help I received from others through my life. Caring mentors offered me help and guidance at almost every turn. I love to pay it forward. I am proud to volunteer with organizations. I gravitate toward organizations that provide economic education and development to underserved populations.
I volunteer to give back to my community.
Volunteer Experience
Program Associate, Development School for Youth
All Stars Project, Inc. (January 2015 - August 2019)
I work closely with DSY staff to serve as a coach to young people. In this capacity I attend workshops during the course of the year, schedule time to meet with students to review resumes and conduct mock interviews, and share knowledge and expertise with the young people to help them create new performances and grow as professional.
Volunteer, Talent Show Network
All Stars Project, Inc. (April 2015 – April 2019)
I join the All Stars staff and a team of fellow volunteers help to produce community talent shows and recruit young people to perform; volunteers work in theatre on costumes, sets, tech, house staff, audience development, marketing and fundraising.
Presenter
Laravel Chicago Meetup Group (October 2014 – August 2018)
Topics include: Implementing a Data Caching Layer in Laravel 5, Middleware in Laravel 5, Event Driven Development in Laravel 5, and Continuous Delivery for Laravel Applications.
Technical Director, Afterschool: Growth Conference 2015
All Stars Project, Inc. (November 2015)
Afterschool: Growth! A grassroots conversation about growing the afterschool movement in Chicago
Volunteer
Hour of Code (December 2014)
Volunteered to help facilitate two Hour of Code sessions at the Intrinsic Schools in Chicago, Illinois.
Coach
Chicago Startup Weekend Education (September 2014)
Dedicated 8 hours over the course of the weekend event to guide teams to focus their attention on building a strong foundation for a solid startup offering design, engineering, product development, and skills building experience.
Volunteer, Paint and Play at St. Angela School
Chicago Cares (June 2012)
I joined elementary school students at St. Angela School and helped them with art projects and finished the afternoon playing games.
Executive Director
Blu Moon Film Festival (May 2008)
The Blu Moon Independent Film Festival is a student and non-profit organized, donation funded, community involved independent film festival designed to showcase up and coming films and educate young film makers with workshops from industry professionals.
Founder & Executive Director
Greenville RiverRock Festival (September 2006 – September 2007)
Created, organized and raised funds for a free all-day music festival in Greenville, NC, featuring local bands and businesses. The festival ran successfully for two years and featured more than three dozen local bands.