I am a pragmatic perfectionist. My work is purposeful. I'm constantly coming up with new ideas and implementing the ones I judge will effectively achieve my goals.
Working with tiny organizations has allowed me to establish systems that lay the foundation for efficient internal communication and organization. I’ve also been able to learn directly from my supervisors and help shape the organizations' communications strategies.
I have other unique experiences that set me apart from most designers. I’ve taught students K-10, lived in Spain for three years, and raised over $150,000 mostly on my own.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
College of Design Class of 2015
Bachelor of Science: Retail Merchandising
Minor: Spanish Studies
Digital Platforms
Adobe Creative Cloud, Mailchimp, Wix, Wordpress, Subsplash, Facebook Business Suite & Creator Studio, Google My Business, Text in Church, Planning Center, Microsoft Office 360
communications manager
November 2020 - Present
Develop and execute church communications strategy across variety of platforms including social media, email, and text message
Cultivate organic following on social media through active participation in Facebook groups, meaningful engagement with local influencers, and hashtag research
Strengthen brand image and awareness by creating customized content in a variety of media that meet requirements for multiple platforms
September 2020 - Present
Create graphic design materials and copy for social media, emails and website to promote webinars and new content
Improved accessibility to content and training by designing intuitive and effective desktop and mobile website layouts
Increased church’s visibility through improvements to physical property, updates to existing online presence, and expansion of social media presence
Cultivated following on multiple social networks and developed best practices for continued growth
Established systems and tools to improve team efficiency, organization, and communication
Foreign Language Teacher
Immaculate Conception Catholic School
(Futura Language Professionals)
Columbia Heights, Minnesota
September 2016 - May 2017
Developed grading system, assigned homework, and prepared and taught six 30 minute lessons weekly for grades 5-8
Communicated regularly with parents in English and Spanish to answer questions, provide additional resources, and update on class activities and students’ progress by phone, email, and website
Osseo Area District 279 Schools
(Futura Language Professionals)
September 2016 - May 2017
Prepared engaging activities for weekly, hour long, after school “Spanish Club” with K-5th grade students
Created fun and empowering class routine and environment for students to confidently try a new language
Registration grew by 50% for the second semester
Colegio Inmaculado Corazón de María - Portaceli
Seville, Spain
September 2015 - June 2016
Designed and lead activities for three weekly, hour long classes for grades 7-10 with Power Point Presentations to aid in students’ comprehension
Clarified behavioral standards and learning objectives with school administration
Crafted effective class routine and disciplinary system to maximize students’ interest in and retention of information
Myers-Briggs Personality Type: INTJ
INTJs are known as the “Systems Builders” of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability.
People of this type are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion “Does it work?” to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing them from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.
To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of “definiteness”, of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most people of this type start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise - and INTJs can have several - they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don’t know.
invention and discernment: my areas of working genius
People with the Genius of Invention thrive on creativity. They are naturally drawn to coming up with ideas, seemingly out of nowhere, to solve the problems or address the needs that they or others identify. They are most frequently identified as “geniuses” in the most conventional way that the word is used, because what they do is so central to (though not completely sufficient for) discovery and innovation.
People with the Genius of Discernment have a knack for instinctive, intuitive judgment and evaluation of ideas and options. They think in a humanly integrative way, naturally discriminating between good and bad ideas, plans or advice. Though their genius is rightly attributed to ‘gut feel,’ it is not based on random guesses at all, but on pattern recognition and trend identification.
Clifton Strengths Finder Results
Focus
“Where am I headed?” you ask yourself. You ask this question every day. Guided by this theme of Focus, you need a clear destination. Lacking one, your life and your work can quickly become frustrating. And so each year, each month, and even each week you set goals. These goals then serve as your compass, helping you determine priorities and make the necessary corrections to get back on course. Your Focus is powerful because it forces you to filter; you instinctively evaluate whether or not a particular action will help you move toward your goal. Those that don’t are ignored. In the end, then, your Focus forces you to be efficient.
Naturally, the flip side of this is that it causes you to become impatient with delays, obstacles, and even tangents, no matter how intriguing they appear to be. This makes you an extremely valuable team member. When others start to wander down other avenues, you bring them back to the main road. Your Focus reminds everyone that if something is not helping you move toward your destination, then it is not important. And if it is not important, then it is not worth your time. You keep everyone on point.
Relator
Relator describes your attitude toward your relationships. In simple terms, the Relator theme pulls you toward people you already know. You do not necessarily shy away from meeting new people; in fact, you may have other themes that cause you to enjoy the thrill of turning strangers into friends, but you do derive a great deal of pleasure and strength from being around your close friends. You are comfortable with intimacy. Once the initial connection has been made, you deliberately encourage a deepening of the relationship. You want to understand their feelings, their goals, their fears, and their dreams; and you want them to understand yours. You know that this kind of closeness implies a certain amount of risk; you might be taken advantage of, but you are willing to accept that risk. For you a relationship has value only if it is genuine.
And the only way to know that is to entrust yourself to the other person. The more you share with each other, the more you risk together. The more you risk together, the more each of you proves your caring is genuine. These are your steps toward real friendship, and you take them willingly.
Context
You look back. You look back because that is where the answers lie. You look back to understand the present. From your vantage point the present is unstable, a confusing clamor of competing voices. It is only by casting your mind back to an earlier time, a time when the plans were being drawn up, that the present regains its stability. The earlier time was a simpler time. It was a time of blueprints. As you look back, you begin to see these blueprints emerge. You realize what the initial intentions were. These blueprints or intentions have since become so embellished that they are almost unrecognizable, but now this Context theme reveals them again. This understanding brings you confidence. No longer disoriented, you make better decisions because you sense the underlying structure. You become a better partner because you understand how your colleagues came to be who they are. And counter intuitively you become wiser about the future because you saw its seeds being sown in the past. Faced with new people and new situations, it will take you a little time to orient yourself, but you must give yourself this time. You must discipline yourself to ask the questions and allow the blueprints to emerge because no matter what the situation, if you haven¹t seen the blueprints, you will have less confidence in your decisions.
Deliberative
You are careful. You are vigilant. You are a private person. You know that the world is an unpredictable place. Everything may seem in order, but beneath the surface you sense the many risks. Rather than denying these risks, you draw each one out into the open. Then each risk can be identified, assessed, and ultimately reduced. Thus, you are a fairly serious person who approaches life with a certain reserve. For example, you like to plan ahead so as to anticipate what might go wrong. You select your friends cautiously and keep your own counsel when the conversation turns to personal matters. You are careful not to give too much praise and recognition, lest it be misconstrued. If some people don¹t like you because you are not as effusive as others, then so be it.
For you, life is not a popularity contest. Life is something of a minefield. Others can run through it recklessly if they so choose, but you take a different approach. You identify the dangers, weigh their relative impact, and then place your feet deliberately. You walk with care.