Storyteller, Brand Strategist, Project Manager
A lifelong storyteller and military veteran, I transitioned from entertaining other soldiers in the barracks to comedy club audiences and eventually potential customers. I studied film, screenwriting and visual storytelling in New York City with teachers that include Vojtěch Jasný, Milton Glaser, Valentina Caniglia, Gail Anderson and James C. Strouse. I even spent two tough years educating overcrowded classrooms in NYC's under served communities. There's no tougher audience than 50+ streetwise teenage New Yorkers.
Our ancestors gathered around campfires, today we have online and offline experiences shaping modern storytelling. As a trans-media storyteller I focus my efforts on engaging audiences where they are with consistent and authentic messaging. Career supported by military honors, a BFA from The School of Visual Arts' competitive Advertising/Design program and an MFA in Creative Writing from National University.
DEGREES & CERTIFICATIONS:
National University : MFA : Creative Writing & the Pedagogy of Storytelling (2021)
School of Visual Arts : BFA : Advertising & Design (With Honors : 2017)
New York Film Academy : Certificate : Filmmaking / Directing (2011)
Connecticut School of Broadcasting : Certificate : Broadcasting (2005)
Management
UC Irvine : Specialization in Project Management Principles and Practices
University of Colorado : Inclusive Leadership (The Power of Workplace Diversity)
University of Michigan : Leading for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
University of Pittsburgh : Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
ESSEC Business School : Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
Northwestern University : High Performance Collaboration
Macquarie University : Cultural Intelligence
Advertising/Marketing
University of Illinois : Specialization in Digital Marketing
Johns Hopkins University : Crash Course in Data Science
Google : Google Ads & Google Marketing Platform
UC Davis : The Strategy of Content Marketing
UC Davis : Specialization in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Northwestern University : Specialization in Social Media Marketing
Duke University : Advertising and Society
IBM : Customer Engagement Specialist
IBM : Data Science
Storytelling
UNSW : Transmedia Storytelling: Narrative Worlds, Emerging Technologies, and Global Audiences
Northwestern University : Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling
Art/Design
Michigan State University : Specialization in Photography Basics and Beyond
MoMA : Specialization in Modern and Contemporary Art / Design
MoMA : In the Studio : Postwar Abstract Painting
Duke University : Art of Activism & Social Movements