Resume
Work Experience
Community Engagement & Placemaking Coordinator Hilo, HI
March 2022 - Current
The County of Hawai‘i Planning Department Disaster Recovery Division
Implementation of the 2018 Kilauea Eruption Recovery and Resilience Plan
Federal grant management, reporting, and implementation
Program coordinator of long term recovery program ‘Revitalize Puna’
Recovery & Resilience Capacity Building Coordinator Hilo, HI
March 2021- March 2022
Served The County of Hawai’i Disaster Recovery Division through the AmeriCorps VISTA program
Created and coordinated Revitalize Puna community engagement initiative to implement the 2018 Kilauea Eruption Recovery and Resilience Plan
COVID 19 Child Care, Santa Barbara, CA
March 2020- March 2021
Provided structured schooling and care for children under COVID-19 stay-at-home order
Research Assistant UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
January 2019- 2020
University of California Los Angeles Sociology Department, under Stefan Timmermans
Study of Unclaimed Deaths: The Cultural Work the Abandoned and Forgotten Dead do in Our Society
Server, Longboards Bar and Grill, Santa Barbara, CA
October 2017-December 2020
Customer service, prioritization of tasks, and organization
Trained incoming waitstaff
Sales and Media Management, Plenty Boutique, Santa Ynez, CA
November 2016-2019
Created social media and website posts and managed social media accounts
Utilizing photography and design skills to generate visual displays for marketing
Server, Solvang Bakery, Solvang, CA
June 2015-2019
Composition, distribution, preparation and sales of food, baked goods, and beverages
Education
University of California Los Angeles
BA in Sociology
Studied in Los Angeles, USA and Paris, France
Santa Barbara City College
AA degrees in Sociology, Behavioral Science, and Liberal Arts and Sciences
International Experience
Study abroad program in Paris, France
Study of language, media, politics and society in France and the European Union. As well as the sociology and political intersectionality of food at UC Paris