STORYTELLER
CURRENT EXPLORATIONS
Literature by female and BIPOC writers
EDUCATION
BA: World History (minor in German), Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, 2009
Semester Abroad: American History and German, Eberhard-karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen and Berlin, Germany, 2008
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Library User Representative, Alaska Governor's Advisory Council on Libraries, 2020-2023
Board Member & Volunteer, Seward Community Library Association, 2019-present
Storytelling Assistant and Coach, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2009-2010
Social Justice Grant Recipient, Creator and Project Coordinator for “A Moving Narrative: Facing Immigration” public exhibition project, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, 2008 –2009
Intern, FIRN, Inc.: Resources for the Foreign Born, Baltimore, MD, 2008-2009
PERFORMANCES
Performance of Mr. Morris Rosen's story of surviving the Holocaust at "Their Stories, Our Voices" storytelling workshop organized by Teach the Shoah Foundation, October 2021
"Out of the Celestial Womb" poem reading, Seward Writers & Poets Spring Reading via Zoom, May 2021
"Teaching the Holocaust through Storytelling" performance of Mr. Morris Rosen's story of surviving the Holocaust, Teach the Shoah in partnership with Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, January 2021
"Shadows of Light in Bosnia" family story performance, Open Mic at EnCompass Virtual Staff Retreat, November 2020
"Now WE must tell THEIR stories: Holocaust Storytelling Workshop" performance, NewCAJE online conference, July 2020
"Friend or Foe" Storytelling Event, Resurrect Art Coffee House, Seward, AK, Jan 2020
"Words and Wilderness" Reading, Resurrect Art Coffee House, Seward, AK, Dec 2019
"Voices Carry" Poetry Reading, Community Library & Museum, Seward, AK, Apr 2019
"Trails and Tales" Storytelling Event, Zudy's Cafe, Seward, AK, Nov 2018
Local Writers' Reading, Zudy's Cafe, Seward, AK, June 2017
"Winged Listeners: Sharing the Stories of Holocaust Survivors" Lessons of the Shoah conference at the John Carroll High School, Bel Air, Maryland, Feb 2016
"Oral History of Holocaust Survivors" storytelling events, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, 2008-2009
PUBLICATIONS
Personal Essay, The Catch, Cordova, Alaska literary and arts publication, Fall 2022 issue (Theme: Journeys)
Poetry, The Catch, Cordova, Alaska literary and arts publication, Winter 2022 issue (Theme: Tracks)
Poetry, Alaska Women Speak literary journal, Spring 2021 issue (Theme: Borderlands)
Poetry, Alaska Women Speak literary journal, Winter 2018 issue (Theme: Stoking the Fire)
Poetry, Alaska Women Speak literary journal, Fall 2018 issue (Theme: Ghosts and Spirits)
Poetry, Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans, 2001 Edition
Essay, "discovering HERstory", Betterish, 2017
HERSTORY PROJECTS
Interviewing, recording, transcribing, translating and leading the writing of Mirjana Marijanovic's life story, 2012-present
Interviewed, recorded, transcribed, and wrote a narrative poem about Laverne Webb's life story, 2015