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

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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

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PERFORMANCES

• "It's Always Snowing Somewhere" poem reading, Annual Seward Nordic Ski Club Social, October 2023

• Performance of original poem "Dreams of Joy" at the EnCompass Staff Gathering/Retreat, Zoom, October 2022

• 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

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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

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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