Professional Experience

Program Manager II, Nov 2024 - present
Program Manager, Sep 2022 - Nov 2024
First Tech Federal Credit Union — Hillsboro, OR

Classify risks and opportunities within redesign and improvement decisions, ensure that project and program change aligns with immediate and long-term strategic goals, create and maintain procedural documentation, and communicate initiative updates to management at every level.

Proofreader and Copy Editor, Sep 2021 - Dec 2024
Self-employed — Vancouver, WA

Provided proofreading, copy-editing, and French-to English translation services to visiting scholars in the Department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. Portfolio includes research proposals, calls for papers, and agendas for international academic conferences and working groups.

Project Manager, Jan 2020 - May 2022
Research Associate/Executive Assistant, Aug 2016 - Jan 2020
Synthro, Inc. — Portland, OR

Worked with business founders to develop and communicate the company vision, mission, and strategy. Managed a variety of projects, identified and oversaw the resolution of technical and design issues, and provided feedback and guidance to team members ranging from the executive level to engineering. Provided support in administrative, operational, and research capacities. Adopted numerous responsibilities ranging from project management to strategic planning and communication. Credited as co-inventor on GUI design patent.

Legal Marketing Editor, Feb 2014 - Apr 2016
14 West Administrative Services — Baltimore, MD

Fact-checked and edited marketing language and images used in marketing copy for investment advisory newsletters, webinar scripts, and other promotional copy. Cultivated relationships of trust and mutual respect with colleagues and clients in a high-pressure environment while nagivating significant legal and financial risk.

Academic Degrees

Master of Arts (Distinction), Culture and Difference, 2014
Durham University — Durham, UK

Interdisciplinary program on theoretical approaches to and representations of identity and alterity in culture, politics, and philosophy. | Writing Samples

Bachelor of Arts, World Languages and Literatures: French, 2011
Portland State University — Portland, OR

Major in French language and literature, with electives in Psychology, Linguistics, and Women’s Studies. Study abroad: Université de Sherbrooke, 2008-2009

Further Education

The Work of Christopher Bollas
Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, February 2025

“Embodied Witnessing”: A Path to Navigate Interpersonal Trauma, Complex PTSD Formation, and Healing
Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, November 2024

Lost Classics: Primitive Agony and Symbolization by René Roussillon
Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, May 2024

Lost Classics: Living Psychoanalysis by Michael Parsons
Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, October 2023

Volunteering

Automedias.org
Vice President, Jun 2024 - present

Automedias.org is a non-profit organization that brings together researchers, designers, and computer scientists whose shared objective is to conceive a digital design of information based on the paradigm of contribution.

Social Call
Volunteer, Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

Social Call connects volunteers and older adults for regular phone or video calls that bring meaning and connection across the generations.