2014
Work Experience
- Write, rewrite, approve and edit content for regular web comic including a diverse cast of characters that satirize gendered tropes in media.
- Develop show ideas and characters that are mindful about the voices underrepresented in media including people of color and women
- Cast and direct voice actors for upcoming puppet show.
- Coordinate a crowd-funding campaign and press push to satirize lazy, reductive jokes.
- Work with a diverse population that includes immigrants, ESL children and parents, homeless families and survivors of abuse.
- Lead in the execution and creation of a comic book club that develops social and emotional skills.
- Design and implement a pre- and post- test that measures the impact of groups on social and emotional skills through Likert scales.
- Participate in the creation of an outcome-focused Playroom program to track and target specific social and emotional skills.
- Lead in the creation of a Playroom manual for staff, volunteers and potential donors that breaks down methodology of Playroom work and how the Playroom functions within the agency.
- Represent Playroom work and stories to clinical staff to help make meaning of the family and child.
- Coordinate with parents on tactics to adjust and manage negative behaviors.
- Perform SDQ and ASQ:SE parents with parents and teachers to assess the progress of clients.
- Collaborate with clinical supervisor to create play plans that serve the clients developmental goals including mirroring, reflecting and mentalizing.
- Utilize ETO to input assessments, track client sessions and generate reports to measure progress.
- Assist Development department in the creation of the 2012 Annual Report
- Create content for Development's Twitter account
Comics Bulletin | Column Editor | December 2011-January 2014
- Edit columns for AP style, content and grammar for Comics Bulletin
- Upload columns and relevant media through Comics Bulletin's custom CMS
- Decide on publication dates for irregular columns
- Develop and write for a new weekly news featurette "T.T.S."
Accomplishments
- Successful public launch of yearlong content buildup for International Megadigital's YouTube channel
- Oversee and coordinate successful weekend event with 50 families visiting the center