Created nurturing, safe environments to promote emotional, social and intellectual growth.
Maintained routines to foster stability and structure in children's lives, and to allow them to have more independence within that structure.
Researched extra curricular activities to provide additional enrichment, and fun, for the family.
Organized calendars with reminders for upcoming meetings and events.
Teacher
The Goddard School For Early Childhood Development
Chicago, IL
06.2023 - 09.2023
Created and enforced hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and teaching staff.
Prepared and maintained classroom environments appropriate for student learning and physical, social and emotional development.
Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, and administrative updates.
Assistant Guide and Social Media Coordinator
Guidepost Montessori
Chicago, IL
09.2021 - 06.2023
Create and maintain the school's social media posts and social media calendar.
Keeping and maintaining classroom records which helped maintain positive relationships with parents.
Provided individualized and small group support to reinforce classroom topics and promote student learning while assessing diverse student learning styles and backgrounds to redirect and optimize teaching strategies.
Contributed to keeping students safe by providing a positive, educational setting by delivering gentle discipline and promoting student success.
Family Ministries Coordinator
St. James Episcopal Church
Baton Rouge, LA
06.2019 - 07.2021
Organized large annual family events such as in addition to assisting with organizing and executing diocesan wide retreats.
Created and executed, at least, 4 separate curriculums a year for children ages 2-16.
Grew a volunteer base by creating a centralized training on how to teach and assist with lessons, and ensured they completed and maintain training in child specific safety courses.
Hired, trained, and maintained the nursery staff.
Drama Teacher
St. George Catholic School
Baton Rouge, LA
08.2017 - 05.2018
Created and implemented dynamic lesson plans, for theatre and dance, that engage students and inspire them to transform their natural talents in practical skills.
Kept thorough records of student attendance and grades.
Served as a director and producer of student performance events.
Asst. Education Director/Social Media Coordinator
Theatre Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
01.2017 - 01.2018
Served as one half of TBR's educational department which included creating study guides, hiring instructors, teaching classes, maintaining class rosters, marketing of educational programming, producing fundraising events, and assisting with youth productions.
Created, sustained, and tracked the success of social media campaigns on multiple platforms.
Worked with multiple production teams and administrators to coordinate the master calendar for rehearsals and performances the theatre's 13 show season.
Provided excellent customer service to students and patrons via phone and email.
Tour Actor/Director
Missoula Children's Theatre
Missoula, MT
05.2016 - 12.2016
Traveled to multiple states to mount and direct a performance of 20-60 students weekly.
Responsible for tracking expenses, managing merchandise sales, and writing detailed tour reports for each city visited.
Served as the point of contact between MCT and residency towns.
Routine maintenance of company vehicle, costumes, sets, and props between performances.
School Tour Manager
Playmakers Of Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
01.2015 - 05.2015
Traveled over Southeast Louisiana to mount an educational production for thousands of students.
Responsible for confirming performances with the schools, assisting in setting and striking sets, costumes and props, stage managing the performances, maintenance of costumes, sets, and props between performances, and writing detailed tour reports for each school visited.
Served as the day of contact between the schools and Playmakers as well as the point of contact between the tour actors and Playmakers.
Education
Master of Education - Educational Leadership
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
08-2025
Bachelor of Arts - Theatre Studies
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
12.2014
Skills
Director and Choreographer: Playmakers of Baton Rouge- A Year with Frog and Toad; Theatre Baton Rouge Young Actors Program- Footloose
Director: LSU- World premiere of Failing Lesbianism and Yesterday Was Dramatic; Theatre Baton Rouge- The Rocky Horror Show
Choreographer: Ascension Community Theatre- Rock of Ages
Appeared as a performer in more than a dozen theatrical productions (list available upon request)
Stage Manager: Theatre L'Acadie- World premieres of If This is the End and Today, Tonight Soon; Theatre Baton Rouge- A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and A Doll’s House part 2; LSU- World premier of Dionysus of the Holocaust
Assistant Director: Theatre Baton Rouge- A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Next to Normal, and Other People’s Money
Assistant Stage Manager: New Orleans Opera Association- Dead Man Walking; Theatre Baton Rouge- Move Over Mrs Markham; LSU- Outworks Festival 2013 and Five Flights
Timeline
Family Operations Coordinator
The Holloran Family
09.2023 - 01.2025
Teacher
The Goddard School For Early Childhood Development