Professional Partnerships: 2019

Events Manager (April 2019 – Present) – Film Streams

Research analyst & Copywriter (July 2017 – Present) Omaha Public Schools Office of District Communications

Communications Coordinator, Threewalls Contemporary Art Chicago (November 2017 – November 2019)

Membership Coordinator (March 2018 – May 2019) – Mode Shift Omaha

Board Member:

• Amplify Arts (2018 – Present)
• Malcolm X Memorial Foundation (2013-Present)

Freelance Collaborations: 2019

Workshop Facilitator & Panels

• Workshop Facilitator, Topic: Radical Self-Care in a Demanding World, New Leaders Council – February 2019
• Panel Moderator: HERStory! Women in Business, Education, Politics and Public Health, New Leaders Council & Leadership Africa Summit – April 2019
• Panel Moderator: Omaha Table Talk – Storytelling as Remembrance on Will Brown – September 2019

Feature Writing:

• HOPE for Women Magazine – (2013 – 2019)
  • Sept. 2019 – Thirty-One Gifts – Read article here.
  • May 2019 – Interview with Denise Hamilton, founder of Watch Her Work.
  • Feb. 2019 – Interview with Karissa Johnson
  • Jan. 2019 – Interview with Kristen Lampkin

Freelance Collaborations: 2018

Workshop Facilitator

• Panelist: 2019 Business Planning Learning, Gathering & Networking, EBE Studios – December 2018
• Topic: Self-care for Women’s Lunch & Learn, Omaha World Herald – October 2018
• Topic: Self-care for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practitioners (Joe Gerstandt, The Circle) – September 2018
• Topic: Marketing 101 for Creatives – Artist INC. (Omaha) – September 2018
• Topic: Self-care for Creatives and Activists, BarCamp Omaha – August 2018
• Topic: Self-care for Creatives and Activists, The Union for Contemporary Arts – June 2018

Event Manager, Malcolm X Sol Food & Music Festival – August 25, 2018

Social Media Specialist – Cathy Hughes Street Dedication Committee – Summer 2018

Writer, Omaha Star Newspaper – April 2018 – Tribute to Patricia “Big Mama” Barron

Writer & Awardee of the UNO International Journalism Andy Fellowship Award – Feb. 2018 – Wrote a review of Trip to Jamaica for Dis Poem Words & Agro Festival

Professional Partnerships: 2017-18

Assistant Editor (January 2017 – December 2018) – The Reader Magazine

Event Assistant (February 2017 – May 2018) – Scoular Ballroom

English Instructor, Upward Bound, Metro Community College – (Summer 2017)

Fellow, New Leaders Council Omaha chapter (2017)

Freelance Collaborations: 2017

Marketing & Social Media Coordinator (Contractor)

• Love Jazz & Arts Center (March 2017 – July 2017)
• Urban League of Nebraska (Summer 2017)

Public Speaker

• Topic: Social Media Marketing – MOTAC Youth Conference (April 2017)
• Topic: Self-Care – Zeta Phi Beta Sorority “Finer Womanhood Week” event at UNO (March 2017); Katie Raine’s Detox Magic Radio Show (June 2017);
• Topic: Leadership – Young Women of Omaha Conference at Urban League (July 2017)

Grant reviewer, Nebraska Arts Council (Spring 2016 & Spring 2017)

Writer (October 2016 – 2018) – Public Access – A Contemporary Arts Blog for Nebraska (formerly called “Flatlanders”)

• Artist Interview: Chikadibia Ebirim (June 2018)
• Hugo Zamarano: Muralist (March 2018)
• Wanda Ewing & Patty Talbert at Loves Jazz Art Center (March 2017)
• Destination Mars: Serbian Photography Exhibition at Petshop Art Gallery (January 2017)
• Aaryon Williams: Mural Painting Series (Nov. 2016)
• The Hidden Gems of Art & Culture in Omaha, Neb. (Oct. 2016)

Writer (October 2016 – 2018) – Creative Mornings Omaha & WeDontCoast.com

• Matthew Holt
• Rita Paskowitz
• Jamaal Chinn
• John Henry Muller
• Tierra O’Neal
• Dylan Baumann
• Mackenzie Frei

Writer (January 2017 – 2018) – “Partner Spotlight Series” Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp.

• Michele Torrence
• Steve Gordon
• Alexis Bromley
• Justin Moore
• Frank O’Neal
• Shonna Dorsey
• Tony Gunter
• Rondae Hill
• Greg Fripp

Writer (2015-Present) – Identity by Design Magazine

• Productivity Training for the Creative Hustler – Dec. 2015
• Creative Spaces in Omaha – September 2016
• Self-Care Matters – February 2018

Professional Partnerships: 2014-2016

Public Engagement Coordinator (August 2014 – January 2017) – Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Marketing & Communications Coach – Omaha Small Business Network (2014-2016)

Public Relations/Community Relations Chair:

• Urban League of Nebraska Young Professionals, Nebraska Chapter – (2013-2017)
• FemCity Omaha Chapter (2016)

Freelance Collaborations: 2015-16

Feature Writing:

• HOPE for Women Magazine – (2013 – 2019)

Event Planning & Marketing:

• Stacey Flowers, Inc. – (2013-2017)
• Gerard Pefung
• Joe Gerstandt

Featured as a public opinion – Identity by Design Magazine (Online Lifestyle Magazine)

Freelance Collaborations: 2015

Social Media Coordinator – Seventy-Five North Revitalization Corp.

Copy Writer – University of Nebraska Medical Center (Diversity Resource Guide)

Marketing Coordinator – Denise Chapman, Great Plains Theater Conference, Metro Community College

Featured as a public opinion – Omaha Magazine & The Reader (lifestyle magazines covering the Nebraska region).

Professional Partnerships: 2013-14

Graduate of M.A. in Managerial Communications – Bellevue University

Social Media & Public Relations Intern – Bloom.com (Xuba, LLC.) – 2014 (six months)

Community Arts Intern – Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts – 2013 (six months)

Community Development Intern – Greater Omaha Chamber (2011-2013)

Freelance Collaborations: 2013-14

Event Planning & Marketing:

• Event Planning Committee – Style Omaha, Help All Fashion Show (Abide Network) – (2013)
• Gala Event Planning Committee – Public Relations Society of America, Nebraska Chapter (2013)
• Midwest District Conference Committee – Public Relations Society of America, Nebraska Chapter (2013)
• Marketing & Brand Consultant – BOTH Sucks, Hip-Hop Music Artist Duo with Scky Rei & INFNTLP (2014)
• Marketing & Brand Consultant – Little Miss Fashion (Children’s Apparel), Omaha Fashion Week feature (2014)
• Copy Writer (2014) – Verbal Gumbo (A Monthly Spoken Word Stage Production)

Professional Partnerships: 2012

Marketing Intern:

• Greater Omaha Chamber, Omaha Young Professionals
• Quantum Workplace

Public Relations Chair – National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Omaha Metropolitan Chapter –

Programming Committee – International Association of Business Communicators, Omaha, Nebraska – (2012-2013)

Professional Partnerships: 2011

Administrative Assistant – Building Bright Futures (January 2011-April 2011)

Freelance Collaborations: 2011

Fashion Marketing Consultant:

• Rare Salon & Boutique (Mens & Womens Apparel);
• House of Kotero (Couture & Ready-to-Wear Womens Apparel);

Runway Model – Omaha Fashion Week (3 shows): House of Kotero & Juantisha Christiansen

Professional Training: 2007-10

Graduate of B.S. in Journalism & Public Relations – University of Nebraska, Omaha (2006-2010)

Assistant Firm Director – Public Relations Student Society of America, University of Nebraska, Omaha Chapter – (2009-2010)

Assistant News Editor – Gateway Newspaper, UNO (January 2010 – December 2010)

Public Relations Intern – Salvation Army, Omaha – 2009

Marketing Intern – Word Made Flesh, 2008

Video Camera Operator – University of Nebraska at Omaha (2007-2009)

President, African-American Student Organization, University of Nebraska at Omaha (2007-2009)