Education

College
Grinnell College, Grinnell IA

2018 – 2022
Bachelor of Arts: History


Employment

The American Association of People with Disabilities
Longmore Institute Intern: San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA (Remote)
October 2023- December 2023

  • Identified local activists, artists, and groups to incorporate into Emerge, an initiative bolstering disability activism within academia, and reviewed applications to curate the incoming cohort’s programming
  • Assisted with executing the 37th Superfest Disability Film Festival social media campaign, collaborating with local organizations to promote and celebrate films centering on disability activism

Skydance Animation
Animation Development Intern                          

Remote
October 2021 – November 2021

  • Collaborated with the animation development team to collate 200+ post-feature film screening comments to pitch to the animation team to revise the WIP; performed script coverage, compiled research for projects currently in development, and shadowed executives in meetings with note-taking

Grinnell College Mentored Advanced Project
Screenwriting Fellowship: Writing the Television Pilot

Remote
June 2021 – August 2021

  • Developed a 45-minute television pilot from conceptualization to a polished script by crafting dialogue, story progression, and character development under the tutelage of a professor and screenwriting peers

Television Academy Foundation & The Jim Henson Company
Animation Development Intern

Remote
July 2020 – August 2020

  • Reviewed 50+ screenplays, books, and pitches; wrote coverage; compiled research for development; and reviewed incoming production studios’ submissions alongside producers and executives
  • Selected from 1200+ applications to become the sole animation development intern of 2020

Grinnell College Museum of Art
Programming Intern

Grinnell, IA
August 2019 – December 2019

  • Collaborated with the Curator of Outreach with structuring interactive programming, researching relevant exhibitions, identifying patrons, and collaborating with visiting artists and scholars weekly

Palo Alto Art Center
Development Intern

Palo Alto, CA
June 2019 – August 2019

  • Assisted staff with event planning, membership marketing campaigns, donor recognition efforts, and researching other membership policies and grants to support the Art Center’s fundraising needs

Mentorships & Fellowships

United States Department of State
40th Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals Fellow

Cologne and Stuttgart, Germany
July 2023 – June 2024

  • Currently serving as a cultural ambassador for the State Department through the German Bundestag

Women in Animation
Mentee: Breaking In: Animation Production, Where To Start With Sarah Cortina

Remote
April 2023 – July 2023

Mentee: Breaking In: Animation Production, Where To Start With Sarah Cortina                   April 2023 – July 2023

  • Attended biweekly meetings that engaged in the understanding of the animation production pipeline

Relevant Skills

Film-making: Screenwriting, Script Coverage, Video Production, Video Editing, Set Construction, Photography

Computer: Final Draft, Salesforce, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Hootsuite. Mailchimp