Get Lit - Words Ignite is the largest youth poetry nonprofit in California. As the Manager of Communications & Special Projects, I led social media strategy & content creation, including this 25-page annual report.

In partnership with the United Nations and Get Lit, I brought ten poets to perform during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York City. They also passed out “United Voices of Peace,” a zine that uplifted youth solutions to gun violence, climate change, and racial injustice.

March For Our Lives is the largest organization dedicated to ending gun violence in the United States. I developed a content strategy and curriculum to expand their work as part of their Poetic Justice book club series.

As a Fulbright scholar in Kelantan, Malaysia, I designed after-school poetry workshops, multi-day retreats, and community-wide festivals to promote youth development through the arts.

The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our neighbors, and ourselves through the power of a shared reading experience. Through a grant from the NEA, I designed and facilitated a 10-week poetry workshop based on Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen: An American Lyric.”

ACT TWO was a performance arts project & organizing effort by formerly incarcerated youth in LA. Through theater, poetry, and music, the young people successfully contributed to the effort to stop LA County’s $3.5 billion dollar jail-expansion plan. I served as a mentor and Teaching Artist throughout the project.

Beyond the Bars was a 3-day conference that brought together community organizers, activists, policymakers, and researchers, students, and those directly impacted by mass incarceration. I co-designed the program & a resource fair for returning citizens.

I served as the Managing Editor of The Wine Zine, a biannual print publication about the people, places, and ideas in natural wine and viticulture.

I managed the Rubinger Community Fellowship, which awards $40k to 10 Fellows each year. The program hosts inspiring leaders from across the country who are focused on testing forward-thinking ideas and catalyzing grassroots opportunities in the communities where they live and work.