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George Washington University MA in International Education Graduated
12/06 Emphases: Education & International Development; Non-formal Education; Project and NGO Management; Education in Emergencies; South Asia. Traveled to India and Bangladesh with the program to study locally run alternative education projects.
McGill University BA in Modern Languages & International Development Studies Graduated 2000 Majored in Modern Languages (Spanish, French, Russian and Linguistics) and Minored in International Development.
St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Semester Abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia Winter 1999 Arranged by American Institute for Foreign Study’s exchange program. Studied Russian language at an intermediate/advanced level, Russian history, politics and art.
Teach and Travel TOEFL Certification Completed 2001 Emphasis: English for Adults
Barbara Brennan School of Healing Professional Studies Program Graduate 2009 Brennan Healing Sciences is a hands-on healing system that works with an individual's energy consciousness system to create physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.
Graduates are certified as a professional healer. |
Professional experience |
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Carrigan School of Language & Business English Teacher Washington, DC 10/06 – Pres. Currently teach private English lessons on a part-time basis.
Search For Common Ground Intern – Individual Giving Washington, DC Winter Semester 2006 Created a new newsletter for individual investors highlighting the work that the organization does in a personalized way. Contributed to design, collected materials and coordinated production. Assisted the fundraising department in administrative tasks and project coordination.
Research Assistant George Washington University Washington, DC December 2005 Assisted GW professors with a proposal for a USAID funded higher education project in Afghanistan. Wrote background section of the proposal, liaised with the 25 faculty involved, compiled CVs and reformatted documents to the specifics of the RFA.
Para-Educator People’s Academy Middle Level Morrisville,VT 2001-2002 Worked as an Aid to an Individual Student (AIS) with a middle school student diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Responsibilities included modifying assignments to the student’s abilities, lesson planning, and providing constant and consistent emotional support for this student.
Various Positions Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Rhinebeck, NY 2000-2005 The Omega Institute is the Nation’s largest holistic and spiritual retreat center. Over the course of six seasons I served in positions of progressively greater responsibility.
Program Manager Omega MediaWorks 2003 & 2005 Managed the office of Omega’s AV and Recording Department. Oversaw DVD and CD production, design and recording operations on Rhinebeck campus and at conferences. Trained and managed staff of seven on
campus and twenty at conferences.
Scheduled, contracted and organized evening entertainment. Contributed to development of Omega’s new video project which filmed educational interviews to be available online. Conducted 30 co-interviews and 10
solo interviews. Co-coordinated film production and assisted in direction.
Café Manager Omega FoodWorks 2004 Assisted in the restructuring the Omega Café in order to adapt to changing needs and demands. Responsibilities include hiring, training, scheduling and managing a staff of 15, ordering, accounting and assisting in visioning the direction of the café.
Kitchen and Counter Positions Omega FoodWorks 2000-2002 Began working at Omega as member of café staff and in the kitchen as a prep cook. These positions led to greater responsibility and eventually management of the café. |
Languages |
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French: Functional/Conversational Spanish: Functional/Conversational Russian: Functional/Conversational |
Computer skills |
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All Microsoft Office Applications (Very strong Word, Excel and Publisher skills); Eudora and other email applications; Adobe Photoshop; Discmaker’s CD design, printing and duplication software and hardware, including Disc Juggler and Image Juggler, CD Creator Pro and ACC. |
Volunteer & International development experience |
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Teaching Assist. with Coleman McCarthy Wilson Public High School Washington, DC Fall 06 Assisted teaching Peace Education class in order to gain experience in the implementation of peace focused curriculum
Independent Travel and Volunteering India 2003, 2004 Volunteer at the James Hospital in Tamil Nadu, a charitable hospital (1 month) Volunteer at Samanway Ashram, a Gandhi ashram and school for poor untouchable village children (3 months)
Volunteer Volunteers for Peace – Morocco 1997 Participated in community work development work, primarily environmental education and the creation of a garden/playground.
Teacher Refugee Relocation’s New Arrivals Program at the Sara Holbrook Ctr. Vermont 1997 Taught English to the children of recent émigrés. Taught at the kindergarten level.
The children came from a variety of nations and spoke a number of different languages.
Youth Experience in Travel and Service 1993-1995 A youth group that introduced me to International Development with a service trip to Honduras in 1995. |