Rene Revolorio Keith
Oakland,CA
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Landscape Installer
Root Volume Collective
Oakland, CA
08.2025 - Current
- Installed diverse landscape features including native and low water plants, paths, patios, fences, decks, retaining walls, irrigation and drainage systems.
- Operated various landscaping hand and power tools.
- Maintained cleanliness of job sites to ensure safety and organization.
- Prepared landscape beds by digging out existing vegetation, tilling soil, and adding amendments as needed.
- Provided advice on plant selection based on climate conditions in order to ensure successful growth of plants over time.
- Pruned and trimmed trees and shrubs with shears and pruning saws.
Horticulture Teacher
Homies Empowerment Program/adelante
Oakland, CA
09.2023 - 05.2025
- Encouraged positive self-esteem and mutual respect for others while instilling joy of learning and discovery.
- Designed curriculum, lesson plans and instructional materials for classroom teaching.
- Conveyed and utilized strong communication and interpersonal skills to establish positive rapport with students, parents and fellow educators.
- Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
- Remained calm and patient in student interactions to support individual growth and development.
- Created and enforced child-based, hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and receptive learning.
- Provided appropriate feedback on work, behavior, and attitude towards learning.
- Attended all staff and professional development meetings
CRS Educator and Operations Assistant
Mycelium Youth Network
Oakland, CA
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Created a safe, comfortable and rigorous learning environment for students learning about resilience in the face of climate disaster.
- Developed, adapted and implemented lesson plans to meet the developmental needs of students as well as NGSS standards.
- Organized staff resources in the shared Google Drive to support Education Team in creating lessons, engaging current pedagogy, having emergency protocol resources, etc.
- Developed agendas and lead Education Team meetings
- Created and maintained relevant calendars, including district, school site, training and internal Education Team calendars
- Supported the Education Team broadly with program data collection, organization and storage, including enrollment, demographic, and site specific data
- Maintained and organized program supplies, including physical storage, digital inventory, and distribution
Garden and Nutrition Educator
CommunityGrows
San Francisco, CA
10.2022 - 08.2023
- Lead garden education courses all students K-5th Grade who attend John Muir Elementary School and afterschool gardening with TK-2nd Grade students at Cobb Elementary School. Lead gardening summer camp classes with K-2nd Grade students at Ella Hill Hutch Center.
- Co-lead high school environmental education and gardening internship with 10+ high school students throughout the school year and summer
- Built rapport with staff at all sites to establish community support for gardening classes and integration of garden lessons with other teacher's curriculum
- Communicated with all community gardeners (25) who have plots at Koshland Park, including onboarding new community gardeners, messaging them via Whatsapp and email, and organizing community events.
- Maintained and improved the garden at Koshland Park
- Spearheaded rebuild of 12 beds and a new mural painting at Koshland Park
- Developed their own elementary education curriculum and co-wrote high school internship curriculum.
Gardener
B-Love's Guesthouse
Oakland, CA
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Cared for grounds by fertilizing, watering, weeding, pruning, pest management and transplanting various plants and trees in the garden, including plum trees, sugarcane, ginger root, calalilies, siempre viva and datura.
- Created an individualized care plan for all the plants in the garden, including the plants that are just for show and the plants (such as the peach tree, roses, succulents, cannabis, and geranium) which are used to make products that are sold to customers.
- Cared for all transplants in the greenhouse and made sure that they were thriving.
- Built a DIY trellis for the blackberry bush and passionfruit vine using minimal materials and natural objects found in the garden.
Office Manager
Christy & Keith Family Law Group
Oakland, CA
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Maintained office organization to support efficiency, professionalism and performance objectives.
- Managed office inventory and places new supply orders.
- Oversaw correspondence with clients, answering and forwarding calls and creating preparing billing statements and courier services to the court.
- Handled scheduling of calendars for lawyers and manages timely and effective allocation of resources.
Events and Communications Coordinator
Thrive Network
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Created social media banner and poster digital designs for all events to publicize the Beloved Community Journey workshop and speaker series.
- Created monthly original drawings using Procreate and Photoshop for the 9 month BCJ series.
- Implemented results-driven multimedia communications plans to increase the organization's impact.
- Served as the primary Zoom technician for events.
Intern
Friends of Alemany Farm
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Worked on the largest urban farm in San Francisco, serving the community of Alemany Apartments, the Free Farm Stand, and the Alemany Food Bank.
- Worked as a team to organize volunteer Saturdays at the farm, co-leading anywhere from 8-25 volunteers on any given day
- Learned skills such as seed sowing, greenhouse care, weeding, irrigation, gopher trapping, honorable harvesting, and transplanting.
- Taught workshops on tincture making and tea making with blends created from medicinal plants on the farm.
School-Based Educator and Organizer
Youth vs. Apocalypse
Oakland, CA
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Facilitated weekly lunch and afterschool climate justice programs at 5 Oakland Schools including Skyline, Castlemont and Fremont High, as well as Frick and Urban Promise Academy Middle School. Each program served between 5 and 30 students.
- Developed curriculum programming using videos, lectures, collective art and moderated discussions to engage students during program time.
- Built and strengthened positive relationships with students, parents and OUSD teaching staff.
- Started up a Visual Arts department inside of YVA and a visual arts 2 month long workshop series at Urban Promise Academy (middle school).
Instructor/ Science Maker
EdVenture More, EDMO
Oakland
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Taught a STEAM curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) to students 3-6 years of age, with weekly foci such as Engineering with Empathy, Colorful Chemistry, Sensory Science and Expressive Arts.
- Taught a daily SEL (Social Emotional Learning) topic to students, such as expressing empathy, leaning into vulnerability, and active listening.
- Encouraged students to actively participate in class through positive reinforcement and engagement techniques.
- Applied creative instruction methods to promote student learning objectives.
Installation Team Worker
Mariposa Gardening
05.2020 - 12.2020
- Worked on a team to design and build native gardens / drought resistant landscaping designs in Bay Area homes.
- Completed manual tasks such as hillside excavations, path grading, irrigation implementation, flagstone patio design, and rock wall building.
- Collaborated with team members to complete demanding projects under tight deadlines.
- Followed production orders and company standards to exceed quality scores on consistent basis.
Transform Your Yard Volunteer
Sankofa Gardens
Oakland, CA
06.2020 - 09.2020
- Worked on a team to build edible gardens for East Oakland residents living in legacy homes (homes their families have lived in for multiple generations).
- Built raised beds and irrigation systems, amended and built up native soil, implementing a variety of techniques to nurture and support plant growth.
- Collaborated with the farm at Castlemont High School, attending volunteer days once a month and working with the gardening team at the school site to come up with solutions for client concerns.
Teacher and Researcher
Coral Reef Ed-Ventures
05.2019 - 07.2019
- Conducted research to assess coral health in Ambergris Caye, Belize
- Taught an environmental education summer camp for students aged 8-14. Classroom size was 20 students.
- Co-developed original curriculum, implementing child-based, hands-on lessons to promote student interest and receptive learning. Took students on a field trip to go snorkeling on the reef.
- Led classes focused on topics such as climate justice and local initiatives for coral restoration in Latin America.
Education
B.A. and B.S - Environmental Geo-Sciences, Latin American Studies
Smith College
06.2021
Berkeley High School
06.2017
Skills
- Proficient in Google Suite, Calendly, and MS Word
- Skilled in creating digital art using Procreate and Canva
- Experienced in social media management and event facilitation
Relevant Classes and Certifications
- Outdoor Educator Certification with Life Lab
- Komix Workshop with Queer Ancestors Project
- Community Herbalism Certification with Tierra Rituals
- Printmaking Class Series with Queer Ancestors Project
- Queer Artist Mentorship with Immigrant Artist Network
Languages
References
Traci Bartlow, B-Love's Guesthouse (blovesguesthouse@gmail.com). Andrew Yeung, Mycelium Youth Network (andrew@myceliumyouth.org), Rubi Pelayo, HOMIES Empowerment (rpelayo@homieshighschooltfs.com)
Timeline
Landscape Installer
Root Volume Collective
08.2025 - Current
Horticulture Teacher
Homies Empowerment Program/adelante
09.2023 - 05.2025
CRS Educator and Operations Assistant
Mycelium Youth Network
09.2023 - 05.2024
Garden and Nutrition Educator
CommunityGrows
10.2022 - 08.2023
Gardener
B-Love's Guesthouse
08.2022 - 07.2023
Office Manager
Christy & Keith Family Law Group
05.2022 - 09.2022
Intern
Friends of Alemany Farm
01.2022 - 05.2022
Events and Communications Coordinator
Thrive Network
09.2021 - 06.2022
School-Based Educator and Organizer
Youth vs. Apocalypse
08.2021 - 05.2022
Instructor/ Science Maker
EdVenture More, EDMO
06.2021 - 08.2021
Transform Your Yard Volunteer
Sankofa Gardens
06.2020 - 09.2020
Installation Team Worker
Mariposa Gardening
05.2020 - 12.2020
Teacher and Researcher
Coral Reef Ed-Ventures
05.2019 - 07.2019
B.A. and B.S - Environmental Geo-Sciences, Latin American Studies
Smith College
Berkeley High School