Curriculum Vitae

• Educate policy and organizational leaders, and legal and educational professionals, and media and film industry professionals on a variety of topics including sexual violence and harassment response and prevention, and combating LGBTQ and gender inequality, and writing policies and legislation.
• Develop innovative educational programs and campaigns around gender inequality and violence, media framing, LGBTQ and racial equality, civil rights literacy, and political engagement.
• Delivered presentations and participate on panels and Q&As at over 50 different colleges, non-profits, and community organizations.
• Serve as a creative digital media consultant to non-profit organizations and educators, managing social media platforms, company websites, and working closely with clients to visualize and produce original creative design work for political or educational campaigns or policy projects.

Lead in the creation of a new policy portfolio on the issues of gender-based violence (GBV), intimate partner violence(IPV), and identity based violence (IBV) as it intersects with gun violence.

Designed the overall strategy manage the daily internal and external communications of the Community Justice Action Fund.

Managed national and local media relationships, prepare talking points for external interviews, speeches, and presentations.

Directed the development, distribution, and maintenance of all print and digital collateral including, press releases, original creative graphic designs, social media content, newsletters, brochures, website.

Managed communications team and external contractors to support the development and execution of the communications strategy. Direct digital educational programming on the root causes and intersections of gun violence.

Supported and directed communications projects with national and local organization partners.

Led communications strategy and digital engagement for the Elect Justice Campaign, which impacted over 1.6 million voters in communities most impacted by gun violence.

Led the national Speakers Bureau, developing a curriculum and training members in how to share their expertise to policymakers and media, as well as develop their professional speaking skills.

• Direct the production and dissemination of the film’s post distribution impact strategy, design the educational curriculum, and direct educational programs with university and community partners.
• Lead the Beyond the Rainbow: Queer Womanhood and the Power of our Diverse Voices, a six part online community discussion series on gender and queer womanhood, race, ability, and activism of yesterday and today.
• Collaborate with the communications and development team to conceptualize and execute social media strategy and identify digital fundraising opportunities.
• Research and manage contacts and databases, and develop and strengthen existing partner relationships.

• Work alongside Director Jenn Rainin and Producer Rivkah Medow on the documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE, serving as an expert on LGBTQ identity and movement organizing and interviewed for the film.
• Collaborate with the director to identify and recruit potential film subjects and advised the team on effective social media strategies to generate financial support for production.
• Identified and pitched speaking and community engagement opportunities for the film team, and co-facilitated panel discussions and on camera community interviews.

• Direct all digital content for organizational social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, increasing social media following by over 50% in less than one year
• Lead the #BornPerfect campaign storytelling project, working directly with survivors of conversion therapy, interviewing them, and pitching their pieces to national publications
• Direct all digital grassroots campaigns through Phone2Action, and edit, format, and distribute organizational policy fact sheets and model policy publications
• Direct all organizational op-ed writing and pitching, distribute all organizational press releases, and create and distribute all organizational social media tool-kits
• Manage and maintain organization website, and design all creative content, including original graphic design projects, and educational videos
• Educate NCLR staff in all digital communications projects, including public education campaigns and digital crisis response, and curate staff blogs and original articles for social media and website distribution

• Organized meetings with bipartisan political leaders and attended congressional meetings, coalition meetings, press conferences, and policy briefings
• Advised White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and worked with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to write and introduce the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASAct)
• Pitched stories and worked with media professionals to generate effective coverage of campus sexual violence
• Managed organization’s brand, designing the official logo, website, strategic communications plan, and all creative content for social media outlets

• Advised Director Kirby Dick and production team on trauma-aware approaches for interviewing sexual assault survivors for Emmy Award-Winning documentary film THE HUNTING GROUND, premiering at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
• Interviewed as primary subject, and compiled research on the prevalence of campus sexual assault, and connected documentary team with primary subjects for the film