I have held careers in the realms of communications, education, and publishing. I am currently a Communications Specialist with a government contractor supporting the Defense Health Agency. In this role, I: design and coordinate communications products for the office of DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) under the Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS); draft and edit newsletter content, award nominations, news articles, and additional marketing materials; develop DHMSM and PEO DHMS leadership briefings (PowerPoint); host and support internal staff meetings; assist PEO DHMS in promotion via social media -- Facebook and LinkedIn; manage content on DHMSM’s document storage site. I also work with publishers and vendors on a freelance basis to create and edit educational materials and assessments.
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I hold a Master's in Applied Linguistics from Columbia University Teachers College. Much of my professional career prior to earning this degree involved English Language Teaching, which I have done internationally. I now have diverse experience in education, research, administration, and publishing/editing. My most important administrative experience was developed during my internship at the United Nations' Language Learning Services Unit, where I was proud to impact language education at offices throughout the U.N. My duties included: drafting documents such as memos and articles; maintaining a shared email address and social media webpage; corresponding professionally with stakeholders and colleagues; taking weekly meeting minutes. Outside of my own team, I developed the English team’s pilot placement test.
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My bachelor's degree is in Mass Communication. During my time in undergrad, I was a staff writer and music editor at my university's newspaper. There, I conducted interviews and submitted feature stories at least once a week. I also gained journalistic experience interning at the United Way, City Paper Baltimore, and 98 Rock.
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I've continued my journalistic career through music blogging. In addition to this music journalism experience, my proofreading and copyediting skills have been applied professionally as a freelance editor for publishers and vendors such as Learning Mate, Pearson, Second Language Testing, Inc, Booklinks and Cambridge University Press.
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Clients:
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Cambridge UniversityPress
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Pearson
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Booklinks
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Punknews.org
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City Paper Baltimore
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The Prague Post
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Scene Point Blank
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New Noise
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AMP Magazine