Brief CV

EDUCATION

  • Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing – Poetry received May 2021 | McNeese State University | Doré School of Graduate Studies
  • TESOL [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages] Advanced Certification earned June 2020
  • Master of Arts in English received May 2020 McNeese State University | Doré School of Graduate Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts received December 2017 | Visual Arts Major – Painting and Ceramics, Writing Minor | McNeese State University | College of Liberal Arts
  • 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certification earned June 2017

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • August 2022 – present | Composition & Literature Instructor | English and Foreign Languages Department | McNeese State University
  • Summer 2019 – 2021, 2023 | English Instructor | Upward Bound Summer Program | McNeese State University
  • August 2021 – May 2022 | English Dual Enrollment Instructor | Calcasieu Parish Public Schools in partnership with Sowela Technical Community College
  • January 2019 – May 2021 | Graduate Teaching Assistant & Instructor of Record | English and Foreign Languages Department | McNeese State University
  • January 2018 – May 2021| Graduate Assistant and Tutor | Write to Excellence Center | McNeese State University
  • Fall 2020 | Graduate Teaching Assistant to Director of Composition and Rhetoric | English and Foreign Languages Department | McNeese State University
  • Spring 2020 | Graduate Teaching Assistant | Course: Introduction to Literature | English and Foreign Languages Department | McNeese State University
  • June – July 2016 | Day Camp Art Teacher | The Art Factory | Lake Charles, Louisiana

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Fall 2018 – present | Certified Yoga Instructor | Imperial Calcasieu Museum | Lake Charles, LA
  • Fall 2018-Spring 2019 | Certified Yoga Instructor | Project Fit | Lake Charles, LA
  • December 2017 – May 2018 | Poetry Reader | The McNeese Review | McNeese State University