Eugene, OR

Employer Type:

I'm currently looking for permanent employment. In the meantime, I am taking a grant writing consultant course through Lane Community College and researching ways I might offer freelance services to local environmental non-profit organizations.

I'm co-editing "The Quail" - a monthly newsletter for the Lane Audubon Society. I'm also a member of the Willamette Writers - Mid Valley association.

Past Work & Volunteer Experience:

Graduate Teaching Fellow & Project Manager for "Canopy
     Connections Team"- University of Oregon (2007-2009)
Editor-in-Chief - "The Ecotone" (2009)
Co-Editor-in-Chief - "Northern Eclecta" (2007)
Undergraduate Research Assistant - Center for Nanoscale Science  
     & Engineering, Fargo, ND (2006-2007)
Submitted grant proposals on behalf of Fargo-Moorhead Curling
     Club (2006)
Lab Assistant - North Dakota State Seed Dept (2003-2006)
Fisheries Intern & Fisheries Creel Clerk - MN Dept of Natural
     Resources, Aitkin, MN (2004 & 2005)
Wrote biographical case histories for Fargo, ND chapter of
     March of Dimes

Courses I've taken that prepared me for my current job:
Environmental Writing
Literature of Environmental Journalism
Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Wetland Ecology
Community Ecology
Grant and Proposal Writing (undergrad)

Courses I wish I had taken:
GIS Software Training
Planning and Public Policy Courses
More grant writing courses
A painting class!