Skills

PC and Mac, Word Press websites: building and maintaining, Google Suite

Event planning, strategic planning, grant writing, CRM, donor base management

Email marketing software, content writing, social media

InDesign, Canva, Photoshop

Volunteer and audience management, community outreach, stakeholder engagement, Supervisory experience

Project management software, Google Suite, Microsoft Office

Presentation skills, exceptional facilitation skills

French – intermediate

Cultivated Skills

Arts Project Manager

Timeline Creation

Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)

Years of Arts Management experience – Communication, Fundraising, Partnership building – put to use.

Reporting

Budgeting – Time and Financial

Strong Leadership / Facilitation skills

Currently learning widely used PM methodologies

This is a photo from the Cacao Ceremony led by Ceiba Wellness during the Roots of the Spirit Healing and Joy Retreat for Black and Indigenous Women of Color. Project Manager of the retreat in 2022. 

Facilitator and Teaching Artist

Building a positive culture in the room

Centering participants; perspectives, artistry, and curiosity 

Creating productive spaces to foster fertile and imaginative collaboration

Creative Process Design

Curriculum Development

Monitoring and Evaluation

Grant Writing

Photo from Green Team International‘s summer program in St. Mary, Jamaica. The students were looking at environmental stewardship. After researching and speaking with experts, we worked together to create performance pieces that solidified their education and served as public service announcements for friends and family. 2019

Performer

Artistic skills here

Collaboration and Teamwork

Research skills

Ability to work independently

Physical and Cognitive Discipline

Superior Communication Skills

Public Speaking

Ability to work under pressure

Creative Problem Solving

Flexibility and Adaptability

Photo by Beatriz Schiller with actor, Tommie J. Moore. “Troy Too” written and co-produced by Karen Malpede of Theater Three Collaborative and directed and co-produced by Avra Sidiropoulou of Persona Theatre in Athens, Greece.  

Nascent Writer

Cultivating and maintaining a vivid imagination

Persuasive, Creative, Observational, Business Writing skills

Maintaining a large vocabulary

Excellent written and oral storytelling skills

Deep listening and concentration

Photo of a sculpture by artist Jann Rosen-Queralt. This photo was the prompt for my essay “In the Beginning, Beginning.” The essay and the photo of Jann’s work and the work of other writers are in Jann’s book “Heart Beating Beneath the Earth.”

At-Home Co-Caretaker (Elderly Parents)

Verbal and nonverbal Communication             

Keen Attention to Detail

Organization and Management

Problem-solving and critical thinking

Managing and Working with a Team of health professionals and other caregivers

A deep ability to Observe, Listen, and Connect

Flexibility and Adaptability 

Reactivity and Responsiveness 

Layman’s Nutrition and Physical Therapy

An Immeasurable Sense of Gratitude!

in around 2007 or 2008, my parents visited my sister who was living for half a decade. Here my beautiful parents are in Nagasaki, Japan.