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Kate Rowan

Cortez,CO

Summary

Committed social and community engagement volunteer with proven experience in developing and implementing programs that serve diverse communities. Skilled in team leadership, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring projects meet both community needs and organizational goals. Successfully increased community participation and support through effective outreach, collaboration, and innovative solutions to complex social issues.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Professor Christie Toth
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2025 - Current
  • Assisted in the design of qualitative research studies: Worldbuilding Hopeful Futures in Literacy.
  • Gathered, compiled, and interpreted information from various sources.
  • Prepared presentations summarizing study results for internal use.
  • Planned and organized research projects, created timelines, and tracked progress.
  • Presented research at the 2025 Two-Year College English Association National Conference.

Family Manager

Self-employed
Dolores, CO
08.2011 - Current
  • Provided support for family members in areas such as education, health care, financial management, and legal advice.
  • Created detailed budgets to track expenses across the family, including tracking of income and investments.
  • Developed systems to streamline daily routines such as meal planning and grocery shopping.
  • Engaged in after-school activities by assisting with sports practice and homework assignments.

Writing Studies Scholar Student Mentor

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2024 - 05.2025
  • Facilitated communication between faculty members, students, staff members, and administrators regarding matters pertaining to scholarship.
  • Coordinated activities among different teams working on interdisciplinary projects.
  • Met regularly with academic advisors to ensure progress towards educational goals.
  • Provided peer tutoring, sharing expertise and facilitating others' academic success.

Destination Imagination Team Manager

Lewis Arriola Elementary School
Cortez, CO
10.2023 - 04.2025
  • Facilitated team collaboration by guiding elementary students through the challenge process, while ensuring solutions were independently developed.
  • Facilitated brainstorming sessions, idea selection, and conflict resolution on the elementary level.
  • Promote the recognition, use, and development of many and varied strengths and talents.
  • Encourage competence in, enthusiasm for, and commitment to real-life problem solving.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Writing & Rhetoric

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
05-2025

Associate of Science - English

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT
05-2022

Skills

  • Project management
  • Team collaboration
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Creative, strategic thinker
  • Community marketing
  • Research methodology
  • Rural education mindset
  • Interactive teaching and learning

Affiliations

  • FFA Alumnus
  • Founder of Four Corners Women in Agriculture
  • Marketing Specialist for Montezuma Community Network
  • Belonging Colorado Cohort participant
  • Writing Studies Scholars Board Member

Accomplishments

  • Writing & Rhetoric Studies Research Excellence in Writing Award 2025
  • Published in the University of Utah Undergraduate Journal of Contemporary Issues and Media

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Professor Christie Toth
01.2025 - Current

Writing Studies Scholar Student Mentor

University of Utah
01.2024 - 05.2025

Destination Imagination Team Manager

Lewis Arriola Elementary School
10.2023 - 04.2025

Family Manager

Self-employed
08.2011 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Writing & Rhetoric

University of Utah

Associate of Science - English

Salt Lake Community College

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