PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-2022
COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHING ASSISTANT
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Courses Taught:
ENG 101 - Composition/Foundations in Writing & Rhetoric
(6 semesters + 1 summer / online & in person)
2021-Present
TEACHING ARTIST
The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis
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Courses Taught:
Multigenre Writing Group (Grades 4-6)
Fun With Fiction (Grades 4-6)
World-building in 3D (Grades 4-6)
2015-2019
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Herald Journal Publishing, Winsted MN
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Set direction for staff writers; developed and assigned story ideas; managed the Enterprise Dispatch newspaper. Led company-wide project to streamline layout process and enhance readability for Herald Journal, Enterprise Dispatch, and Delano Herald Journal.
2008-2015
MARKETING/ADVERTISING COPYWRITER
& STAFF WRITER
Herald Journal Publishing, Winsted MN
Published about 1,200 news and human-interest feature articles. Worked with advertising clients to create high-quality print and digital marketing copy for brochures, websites, landing pages, postcards, press releases, letters, and more.
