Education
BA English Literature // Seattle University
BUSINESS/ENTREPRENeuRIAL EXPERIENCE
Founder and Owner // Paper Portal Used Books // September 2021 - Present
Teaching Experience
English & Humanities Teacher // The Attic Learning Community // July 2016 - March 2023
Examples of classes developed and taught include Visions for the Future, Art & Identity, Middle School Literacy, Monster Stories, 20th Century U.S. History & Culture, and Ethics & Philosophy.
EVENT BOOKING EXPERIENCE
Event Coordinator // Jules Maes Saloon // July 2024 - May 2025
Founder and Organizer // LaFlamapalooza Music Festival // 2015 - 2018
Co-Founder // The Seismic Thread // 2014 - 2016
MUSIC FACILItatION and COORDINATION EXPERIENCE
Experience includes leading a songwriting elective with high school students, guiding several collaborative songwriting activities in English and Art classes for middle and high school students, hosting open mics in various settings (school community, bookstore, arts collective), organizing a small, local music festival for several years, and booking shows and events at a venue.
Current Music Projects
Vocals & Songwriting // Apples with Moya // 2017 - Present
Drums // Great Grandpa // 2014 - Present
teacher Professional Development
Ethnic Studies // WA Ethnic Studies Now // November 2020 - May 2022
Fall Educators Conference // NWAIS // October 2021
Building a Pedagogy of Belonging // Lauren Porosoff via NWAIS // March 2021
Black History Workshops // Abolitionist Teaching Network // January 2021
Becoming Antiracist Series // Liberate and Chill Collective* + Equity Literacy Institute // August 2020
The Where of Why: GIS in the Humanities // National Humanities Center // March - May 2020
Foundations of Social-Emotional and Character Development // Rutgers University // September - December 2019
Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice // October 2019
Race & Pedagogy Institute // University of Puget Sound // September 2018
Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice // October 2017
Events Organized/Co-organized
Paper Portal Reading Event // January 2025
Paper Portal Open Mic // May 2024
Paper Portal Free Book Swap // May 2024
Paper Portal Free Book Swap // April 2024
Paper Portal “Unnaming the Source” - An Afternoon of Reading and Music // March 2024
Paper Portal Free Book Swap // March 2024
Paper Portal Free Book Swap // February 2024
Paper Portal Free Book Swap // January 2024
Paper Portal Book Club: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin // January - February 2024
Paper Portal Open Mic // December 2023
Paper Portal Book Club: Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler // November - December 2023
Paper Portal Open Mic // November 2023
Paper Portal’s Horror & Nostalgia Pop-up Market // October 2023
Paper Portal Open Mic // October 2023
Paper Portal Open Mic // September 2023
Paper Portal Writing Circle // September 2023
Paper Portal Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley // September - October 2023
Paper Portal “Industrial Oasis” Closing Art Party // August 2023
Paper Portal Movie Viewing: “Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin” // August 2023
Paper Portal Open Mic // August 2023
Paper Portal and Pals Pop-up Market // August 2023
Paper Portal Book Club: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin // July - August 2023
Paper Portal Open Mic // July 2023
Paper Portal and Pals Pop-up Market // July 2023
Paper Portal Open Mic // June 2023
Paper Portal and Pals Pop-up Market // Paper Portal Used Books // June 2023
Summit Selvage Winter Market // Summit Selvage // December 2022
LaFlamapalooza 2018 - Benefit for King County Sexual Assault Resource Center // Stanwood, WA // August 2018
LaFlamapalooza 2017 - Benefit for Refugee Women's Alliance // Stanwood, WA // August 2017
LaFlamapalooza 2016 - Benefit for Reel Grrls // Bow, WA // August 2016
"Seismic Shake Up" Open Mic #3 // Vermillion Art Gallery // October 2015
"Seismic Shake Up" Open Mic #2 // Vermillion Art Gallery // September 2015
LaFlamapalooza 2015 - Benefit for Pongo Teen Writing // Bothell, WA // August 2015
"Seismic Shake Up" Open Mic #1 // Vermillion Art Gallery // July 2015
Open Music Making Gathering // Volunteer Park // May 2015
"Spring Dreaming" Showcase // House Venue // May 2015
"Art is a Way" Showcase // House Venue // January 2015
Holiday Storytelling Night // House Venue // December 2014
"A Seismic Haunting" Storytelling Night // House Venue // October 2014
Evening of Groupmuse and Storytelling // House Venue // August 2014
Inaugural Open Mic for The Seismic Thread //House Venue // May 2014
LaFlamapalooza 2013 // Bothell, WA // August 2013
LaFlamapalooza 2012 // Bothell, WA // August 2012
Seattle University Literary Journal Release & Reading // The Elliott Bay Book Company // May 2011