My Resume/CV

EDUCATION

Saint Joseph's University

Master of Arts in Writing Studies

Currently Enrolled

Temple University

Bachelor of Arts in English

Thesis: Virginia Woolf: On Orlando and the Role of the Woman in British Modernity

Highlighted Coursework: Critical studies, publishing, technical writing

Delaware County Community College

Associate of Applied Sciences

Highlighted coursework: Public speaking, communications, designing.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Thirty West Publishing House

Founder & Editor-in-Chief (2015-)

Thirty West is a traditional-style publishing house, focusing on hand-made poetry chapbooks, literary journals (Tilde~), a weekly guest column (The Weekly Degree), and spoken word installments (Thirty West Presents).

Freelance Editor & Typesetter

(2018-)

Proficient in line to page editing with the use of Google suite and/or freehand. Microsoft Word manuscript typesetting. Some experience with Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, and Bluebeam Revue Xtreme.

SEMINARS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) Resident (forthcoming May 2020)

Summary: Writer-in-residence

Final Round Juror (Feb 2018)

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

Summary: Proofreading entrants in a blind judging session, rating quality or works by well-defined criteria (originality, technical/literary ability, theme and content)

Fiction Workshop Participant (Oct-Dec 2017)

Rosemont College Graduate English Dept.

Lecturer: Erin Entrada Kelly

Summary: An intensive 6-week, non-credit workshop focusing on the objective side of editing fiction manuscripts. Editorial exercises in line editing, paragraph editing, and thematic critiquing were utilized. Guest speaker Neil Connelly.

Guest Speaker

Temple University

Be A Changemaker panelist (Jan 2017)

College of Liberal Arts Career Seminar (Mar 2017)

Associate Editor (Sept 2014-May 2015)

Hyphen Literary Magazine