Education

April 2006-Current

Portland State University

Major: Communication

Minor: Marketing

January 2003-June 2006

Clark College

AA degree

Field of study: performing arts/ event planning.

Major: General

December 2004- May 2005

John Casablanca Modeling School

Field of study: acting, make-up, modeling, and runway.

September 1995- June 1999

Hudson’s’ Bay high school

Graduate in 1999

Field of study: marketing/performing arts.

September 1987-June1994

TAG- (talented and gifted)

Performing arts school

Field of study: acting, dance, theater management, music, and jazz.

Work History

September 2005- April 2007

Hudson’s Bay high school dance coordinator

Duties: Design and implement all dance activities on the High school campus. Organized the program, set the schedule for practices and performances, rules and criteria, audition candidates, and work with staff, teachers, and students, to promote school spirit and artistic expression.

May 2006- November 2006

Communication Director Portland State University

Duties: Opening communications with local and national press, send out weekly press releases, come up with events and promotional material to keep students informed on what is happening on campus and around the country with-in all colleges and universities. Web-design, power point presentation, and all media related work on campus in relation to students needs and students awareness, keeping a window displace current and interactive, and putting on press conference and media blitz.

June 2004- June 2006

Activities Director Clark College

Duties: Plan, promote and implement events on the campus. Development of new programs and events; working on contracts, checking all the details of each event to ensure that the events meet the requirements of the schools regulations. Planning and preparing documents for each event and clearance for logistics. Planning and executing Set up and take down of each event. Set design and script writing.

August 2004- June 2006

High school drama teacher- Vancouver Home connection

Duties: Teach dramatic fundamentals, and produce plays. Set design and preparing for plays, logistics of play rehearsal, preparing and setting up contract to use space to present the plays performed and practices for the plays to be performed. Plan and prepare a yearlong course curriculum centered on all aspect of theater, from stage performance to camera performance and improve to script.

June 2004-June 2005

Hip-hop teacher- Vancouver Home connection

Duties: Teach dance fundamental, and put on a dance productions.

August 2004-May 2006

Cheerleading coach

Duties: To maintain an award winning cheerleading program, arrange practice times, and performances, teach and train students in cheerleading in order to promote school spirit.

Skills

* Word * Tumble coach * Write press releases

* Excel * Dance teacher * Event planner

* Power point * Hip hop * Lighting technician

* Web design * Jazz * Creative

* Publisher * Make up artist * Window design

* Produce events * Director of events * Make promotional materials

Awards

* 2004 and 2005 Student Leader of the Year Award.

* 2005 ST Paddy Day Open National Champions (cheerleading).

* 2006 Universal Cheerleading Association Northwest champions Best in Cheer.

* 2006 Universal Cheerleading Association champions Best in Dance.

* 2006 Universal Cheerleading Association Overall Best Cheerleading Team.

* 2006-2007 United State Student Association Board of Director member, Women of

Color chair.

* 2007 St Paddy Days Open National Champions (dance).

Events I have planned

* “Clark Idol” (a form of American Idol), produced, directed and hosted.

* Blind date, produced and directed

* Burger bash car smash (were kids came and eat burgers and smashed a donated car to raise funds for a non-profit origination.)

* Blinco nights (it is a board game)

* Youth night (were kids come from all over to a location for an all night lock in)

* Concerts with bands like Falling up, Kutless, Nickel back, switch foot, and many more.

* Movie nights (getting the rights to play a movie, then plan the logiest for the movie and promote the movie.)

* Diversity dinner for the president of Portland State University

* Congressional award night for United State Student Association honoring US senators.

* Jazz lectures * Funerals

* Poetry slams * Birthday parties

* Weddings * Scavenger hunts

* Lights show * Car shows

* Pep assemblies * Prom

* Family nights * Beauty pageants

* Casino nights * themed dances

* New year even parties * Health awareness week

* Dodge ball tournament * earth week

* Vancouver Volcanoes dance team performances * half time shows

* Aides awareness week * rallies and marches

*Women studies panel discussion * Shadow day

* Higher educations information nights * Comedy night

* Clark College Women’s conferences * Masquerade Ball

* Spring festival *and much more

References

Micah West

Baton Rouge LAFormer boss

I known for over 4½ years

225-993-9009

Josh Dolman

Vancouver WAChurch member

I known for over 5 years

360-991-9805

Melissa Mercer

Vancouver WAFormer student/ employee

I know for over 4 years

360-448-8217

Sarah Palen

Portland ORFamily friend

I known for over 9 ½ years

503-998-8836

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