resume/cv
EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago — 2017 - 2021
BA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Fiction.
4.00 DEPT GPA.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago — 2024 - present
MFA in Creative Writing Fiction.
AWARDS, HONORS, & EVENTS
Best Film and Best Directing for comedy short at the Missed Connections 48 Hr Film Festival, 2016
Excellence Award at the Student Writers’ Showcase, 2019
Nominated by CCC ECW faculty and awarded Mary Parson Donnellon Scholarship, 2020-21
Asked to participate in a panel on publishing for the ChiTeen Lit Fest, 2020
Dean’s List, 2018 - 2021
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 2021
Live reading at Joe Meno’s book launch for “Book of Extraordinary Tragedies,” 2022
Best of the Net Nominee, 2022
Guest Editor for Joe Meno’s Publishing Class at Columbia College Chicago, 2023-2024
WORK & WRITING EXPERIENCE
Ocularists, LTD. Front Desk Receptionist — 2020 - present
Greeted patients
Answered phone calls
Made appointments
Managed front desk
Mulberry Literary Founder, Managing Editor, & Editor-in-Chief — 2019 - present
Day to day and longterm management
Solicited writers and artists
Chose creative work for issues
Edited and organized manuscripts
Curated social media posts
Interviewed writers and wrote blog posts
Logged submissions and emailed acceptance, rejection, inquisition, and miscellaneous letters
Hired and vetted volunteer editors
Hair Trigger Magazine Production Editor, Summer Issue Acquisition Editor, & Assistant Managing Editor — 2019 - 2020
Proofread and copyedited Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer online issues for Vol. 42
Reviewed books and interviewed writers for the Hair Trigger website
Proofread and copyedited reviews and interviews for the Hair Trigger website
Solicited writers and chose short stories, photographs, and poems for the Summer 2020 issue
Edited and copyedited work for the Summer 2020 issue
Columbia Poetry Review Junior Acquisition Editor — 2018
Chose poems and and organized manuscripts for issue 32
Columbia Poetry Review Production Editor — 2019
Proofread and copyedited poems for issue 32
Organized live reading event for issue release
Columbia Poetry Review Senior Acquisition Editor — 2019 - 2020
Chose poems and and organized manuscripts for issues 33 and 34
Assisted with compiling and logging submissions as well as soliciting poets
DANCE EXPERIENCE
Lucid Banter Project, Professional Dancer & Social Media Manager — 2017 - present
Danced in live performances and films
Assisted in choreography
Created social media posts, photographed dancers, and events, spread news of upcoming performances
Elevate Dance LLC Teaching Artist — 2022 - present
Taught jazz, hip-hop, and ballet dance classes to kids (K-3) in CPS after school programs
Created lesson plan, choreographed dance pieces, and taught fundamental dance techniques
Columbia Renegades En Pointe, Vice President & Founding Member — 2018 - 2021
Organized and ran dance rehearsals and classes involving up to 20 people
Organized events, fundraisers, and dance performances
Choreographed and taught, as well as participated in, contemporary and classical ballet performances and classes
Joel Hall Dancers and Center, Pre-Professional Dancer — 2013 - 2018
Danced and performed in several live showcases throughout Chicago
Choreographed dances and assisted with classes
Indiana Ballet Theatre, Pre-Professional Dancer — 2009 - 2013
Danced and performed in several live showcases throughout Northwest Indiana
Choreographed dances and assisted with classes
SKILLS
Creative & academic writing
Editing & copyediting
Proofreading
Research
Teaching
Collaboration
Organization
Social media
Conversational Korean