DESIGN WORK

Marketer/UX Designer: Stanford University

Worked with a Stanford based startup over the course of over 10 weeks to create brand and aesthetic:

• Engaged in over a dozen customer interviews with potential product clients, competitors, and VC investors pitching and getting user insight on further developing the product.

• Designed startup's logo and multiple ads using Canva that resulted in over 18000 website visits.

Marketing Specialist: Quinn Healthcare

Focused in building patient growth and public health awareness through ad creation and social media branding:

• Managed the organization's social media platforms posting 10 posts a week.

• Coached company representatives for weekly news appearances.

• Filmed and edited company ads and film shorts for social media and presentations, resulting in over 10s of 1000s of post engagements on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

Communications & Programs Intern: The ASCAP Foundation

Joined weekly meetings with the c-suite team to present proposals for awarding music artist focused non profits:

• First decision maker for approving and denying applicants for ASCAP Foundation grants and awards.

• Write letters for over 200 accepted applicants to notify acceptance and collect follow-up information.

• Created 15 posts a week across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, resulted in over 10k likes, comments, and shares.

• Head liaison of new programs for Latinx ('Tú Musica') and black (HBCU Scholarship) college students-specific programs and scholarships

Digital Marketing Intern - EdgeTheory

Help an AI-powered narrative intelligence company (20 employees) drive marketing success & strengthen their brand:

• Update UI design and wording of company and product pages.

• Work directly with CEO to create a new narrative intelligence blog series.

• Create and post 6 briefs per week on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter (narrative intelligence briefs are EdgeTheory's core product).

• Assist Chief of Operations in creating presentations and marketing plans for clients.

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

OCTOBER 2021

• Cabaret, Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

• House Plant, by Sarah Einspanier; Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

• Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

AUGUST 2021

• The Show Ends When The Stoop Breaks*, by Cris Eli Blak, Virtual Unfinished Works Festival; Prod: One Egg No Batter Productions

JULY 2021

• Theatre: A Love Story*, by Caridad Svich, WTFringe 2021; Prod: Women’s Theatre Festival

APRIL 2021

• The Brightsides*, by Cris Eli Blak, Lightning Round Festival; Prod: Rainy Day Artistic Collective

FEBRUARY 2021

• Pocketbook*, by Cris Eli Blak, Pro-Black One Acts Festival; Prod: Affirmation Theatre Company.

DECEMBER 2020

• Capacity*, by Chanel Blanchett, Sarah Lawrence College; Prod: GradWorks.

NOVEMBER 2020

• Tequila Herself*, by Shea Stanley, Occupy The Stage; Prod: Women's Theatre Festival

JULY 2020

• December 23rd*, by Devised Theatre Group; Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center  

• Cross*, by Kevin Connaughton; Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

• Ninja Tea The Musical*, by Kenjiro Lee; Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

• Elements*, by Gretta Marston, Matthew Meehan, and Abby Wilson; Prod: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

• Wish Me Luck*, by Laurie Tanner, Theater Is The Cure; Prod: Logan Squared 

• Alien Out*, by Laurie Tanner, Theater Is The Cure; Prod: Logan Squared

*Virtual Productions

ASSISTING EXPERIENCE

FEBRUARY 2021

• Assistant Director, A Study Of Bad Accents, by Natania McLeod Roberts, New Zealand Fringe Festival, Dir: Natania McLeod Roberts 

FEBRUARY 2020

• Assistant Director, Ricky and Ready, by Colleen O'Doherty, The Secret Theater (NY), Dir: Carolynn Cecillia 

• Production Assistant, Ybor City, by Anita Gonzales, The Players Club (NY), Dir: Vernice Miller

ACTING EXPERIENCE

Stage Acting

• Mouthful of Birds | Doreen, Agave | British American Drama Academy (London, UK)

• Into The Woods | Cinderella | Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (CT)

• Fefu And Her Friends | Fefu | Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (CT)

• Treehouse | Skylar | Melancholy Players (NY)

• When The Sun Rises | Zawadi | Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA)

• The Question Game | Lee | TransTheatreFest (WI)

• Terminal | Ezra | CSU Fullerton (CA)

• Flush | Flush | Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

• Exit Here | Olivia | Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

• A Study Of Bad Accents | Elena | Lucid Body House (NY)

Film Acting

• The Newlywed Show: Princess Edition | Snow White | Dir: Nikita Mungarwadi (LA)

• Muti | Department Representative | Dir: George Callo (MS)

Voice Acting

• Bitro | Liz | Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

• You See Me Now? | Mae/Juliet | Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

• Passerby | Marissa | Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• B.A. Sarah Lawrence College: Theatre/Film Studies (expected May 2023)

• National Theater Institute: Theatermakers Program (Directing Track 2020)

  • Teachers: Oliver Butler, Jessi Hill, Kym Moore, Roy Alexander Weise, Will Detlefsen, Forrest McClendon, Michael Berresse

  • Masterclasses: Leigh Silverman, Rachel Chavkin, Melia Bensussen

• National Theater Institute: Semester Program (Advanced Directing, Fall 2021)

• British American Drama Academy: Semester Program (Acting, Spring 2022)

• The Kennedy Center: Directing Intensive (June 2022)

  • Teachers: Kelsey Mesa, Sharifa Yasmin, Raymond Caldwell, Nicole A. Watson, Pirronne Yousefzadeh, Natsu Onoda Power, Will Davis, Martine Kei Green-Rogers, Rhiana Yazzie, Emily Preis