Resume

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA

Certificate in Creating Sustainable Cities and Communities February 2022

Master of Liberal Arts, Global Development Practice (3.4 GPA) May 2025

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Master in Education, Curriculum and Instruction (3.6 GPA) May 2014

Relevant Courses: McIntire School of Commerce – Teaching Assistant – Managing Sustainable Development; Darden – Markets in Human Hope; Environmental Science – Ethics, Protocols, & Practice of International Research; Civil Engineering – Designing a Sustainable Future (A+); Architecture – EcoMod Sustainable Architecture

Bachelor of Arts, Economics May 1997

* Social Entrepreneurship at UVA – Executive Board Member * McIntire Investment Institute – * SEED – Colofar, Bank On, Profugo, Recycle Guru – Mentor 1st International & 1st Female Sector Leader * Global Ganda – Curry Cup honorable mention * UVA Athletic Tutor – Football Team

* Garden Club, Outdoor Adventure Social Club * Teaching Assistant – 4th Grade, Venable Elementary

* Selected as Range Treasurer 2013-2014 in Academical Village * Jefferson Entrepreneurship Finals – Judge

* Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney – Extern * Range Investment Fund – Founder & Chair

University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; International Business Certificate May 1996

Completed field studies in Russia, Estonia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and throughout Denmark.

Professional Experience

ManagingProjects.org, Founder, Intl. January 2015-Present

· Consulted numerous government/military agencies, MNCs, CBOs, NGOs, small businesses, and private individuals..

· Focus on promoting Fair Trade and sustainability internationally.

· Focus on giving 10% of net revenue to local CBOs pertinent to the client’s mission.

EcoChic.Boutique & FairTradeLove.com, Founder, Charlottesville, VA January 2017-Present

· EcoChic.Boutique has maintained and operated several pop-up shops including two longer-term rentals at the Shops at Stonefield. ECB specializes in sustainable hemp, bamboo, and organic cotton apparel.

· Fair Trade Love specializes in helping smaller NGOs with community-based initiatives.

ThoughtfulTutor.com & KidsNightOut.us, Founder, Charlottesville, VA January 2017-Present

· Teach students in all subjects including math, English, reading comprehension, and science.

· Conduct STEAM classes through KidsNightOut.us.

· Clients have included the UVA Football team, students from: STAB, Blue Ridge School, Tandem, Covenant, the Miller School, and international students from Mexico City to London.

PersonalOrganizer.Pro, Founder, Charlottesville, VA June 2017-Present

· Provide professional organizing and personal concierge services.

Super Kids Group © Book Series, Founder & Author, Asia & Europe Present

· Created a book series featuring books based on children with special needs and learning disadvantages.

· Conduct extensive research utilizing vocabulary words and questions for readers.

· Commissioned by a local agency to write four age-appropriate books on child trafficking.

Trafficking Tales ©, Team Leader, USA Present

· Creating a book series for trafficked survivors to help in healing through storytelling.

· Working with a team of Harvard students in writing, collecting, and editing short stories.

Apothe.Care, Founder, Charlottesville, VA June 2017-Present

· Apothe.Care is an organic, homemade bath and beauty line where the majority of revenue is donated to local initiatives benefiting the currently homeless.

Albemarle Housing Improvement Program (AHIP), Consultant, Charlottesville, VA May-August 2013

· Canvassed a low-income neighborhood interviewing 50+ residents on improving their homes.

· Participated in doing physical construction on home improvements while implementing sustainable green building practices.

· Conducted smoke pencil tests, blower door tests, thermal imaging to assess energy inefficiencies.

The Royal Family of Saudi Arabia (ages 2 and 4), Live In Governess, Washington, DC January-May 2009

· Familiar with the highest level of security protocol and royal etiquette.

· Managed over 20 members of the long-term staff team (the majority had over 20 years of service each).

· Created extensive itineraries for each city visited with age-appropriate activities.

Private Families from Hollywood to Several High Profile NYC UHNW Families (ages 1-12),

Live In Nanny, Beverly Hills, CA; Sydney, Australia; New York, NY; Palm Beach, FL 1998-2000; 2012-19

· Managed, scheduled, and participated in all home, school, and extracurricular activities.

· Supervised school work, developed and participated in creative games and projects based on Montessori style of education. Worked with special needs ranging from ADHD and OCD to the autism spectrum.

· Worked all major holidays traveling extensively while working as a team with all staff to execute employers’ needs.

SpecialSitterService.com, Founder, Wilmington, NC January 2001-Present

· Created the first extensive childcare network in Southeastern NC, SC, and VA.

· Clients included the US ARMY, a Presidential candidate, many UHNW families, several Fortune 500 corporate clients, a movie studio, and hundreds of vacationers.

· Transitioned from childcare accommodating up to 150 children per location to overnight pet care.

Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, & Frankel, LLP, Foundation Coordinator – Homeland Foundation,

Administrative Assistant to Executive Director; New York, NY March-December 2001

· Coordinated $100M fund by responding to grant requests, composing and sending grant guidelines, and reviewing and organizing all correspondence.

· Analyzed 500+ non-profit organizations, ministries, and individuals giving recommendations in accordance with foundation regulations and maintained the foundation database.

· Ensured efficient daily office operations: screened calls, reviewed all incoming mail, designed filing systems, maintained Executive Director’s schedule, firm calendar and confidential files, drafted memos, and coordinated 16 Executive Committee members for bimonthly meeting.

· Developed marketing materials for distribution: generated weekly newsletter for 600+ employees and wrote synopsis of articles for website.

Deputy Minister of Finance, Consultant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June-August 1996

· Conducted extensive research (using internet and Bloomberg) for the Bank of Islam to prepare analysis for expansion into western markets. Wrote business plan for Bank of Islam.

· Taught at the first ASEAN derivatives conference.

· Facilitated the Chairman of the KLSE in determining volatility of the equity market.

Bob Proctor’s Life Success Institute, Production Manager/EPA (Position held while full-time student at UVA), Kansas City, MO; Indianapolis, IN; Lansing, MI; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Colorado Springs, CO; Irving, CA; Palm Beach, FL; Las Vegas, NV; Albuquerque, NM; Santa Fe, NM June-November 1995

· Assisted world renowned motivational speaker on all personal and professional matters.

· Traveled the US extensively coordinating seminars for Life Success Institute accommodating up to 750 people:

· Managed monthly client billing system, hired temporary employees, sold to top 1% of real estate and insurance agents nationwide, created marketing materials, and facilitated advertising in all 11 cities.

· Arranged for NOW’s annual event to include Bob Proctor.

Teaching and Instructional Experience

Teacher, Kids Climate Club & Love Mother Earth, Charlottesville, VA April 2023 – Present

· Instructed 325 Kindergarten through high school students in 5 STEAM Activities as well as planting a seed and seedling. Activities ranged from educating the students about pollinators through a pollinating activity to transitioning a t-shirt into a shopping bag to raise awareness to fast fashion pollution.

· Taught all students at Clark Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

· Taught the majority of the students at Ivy Creek Elementary and High School for special students.

· Commissioned by Charlottesville City Schools to create Kindergarten through 3rd grade STEAM curriculum and programming.

ESL Teacher, Online International September 2017-2022

The Blue Ridge School, SAT Prep Teacher, Dyke, Virginia August 2019-May 2021

· Instructed on various SAT methods to both individuals and in small groups as large as 5 students.

· Facilitated individual students on SAT/ACT Test Prep as well as college admission applications.

Petersburg City Schools, Teacher, Petersburg, Virginia July-September 2016

· Instructed 80+ 7th-grade students in History in a Title I, fully inclusive, lower SES school in inner city Petersburg, Virginia. Peabody Middle School was the lowest-performing, unaccredited school in the entire Southeastern District of Virginia. Taught special needs and other learning-disadvantaged students.

Island TEFL Program, Teacher, Kamala Beach, Thailand October-December 2014

· Instructed 20+ incoming teachers in English as a Second Language to effectively teach Thai elementary school students. Developed an ESL curriculum for recent college graduates (aspiring teachers) to follow.

Lubasi & Ebenezer Children’s Orphanages, Volunteer Teacher, Zambia Decembers 2011 and 2013

· Taught both one-on-one and with groups of 2-10 students teaching study skills and character development to elementary and high school students. Held and fed infants as young as two weeks old. Read to toddlers and lower elementary school students selecting appropriate reading materials.

· Conducted research on building the Grace Centre, a shelter for sex-trafficked children in Kazungula.

Global Goals of Children, Inc., Founder & Teacher, Wilmington, NC May 2003-December 2006

· Created international aid and free after-school and summer program to serve 150+ children in 7 elementary schools. Fifth worst public education system in the US five years prior to commencing.

· Taught children in weekly goal setting, multicultural education program, and art project relevant to country of the week

Volunteer Experiences

Founder – ManagingLove.org, Charlottesville, VA

· Facilitated global policy-making at the United Nations. Humbly deemed an expert on homelessness.

· Selected as 1 of 7 out of 6,000 global volunteers as an ‘Earth Shaker’ by partner Earth Day Network.

· Facilitating domestic policy-making to combat child trafficking.

· Vision Forward Media produces social justice documentary films and videos for NGOs.

· Kids Climate Club conducts age-appropriate STEAM activities pertinent to our climate crisis.

· Super Kids Group focuses on children’s books to facilitate understanding of difficult topics.

· EcoChic.Boutique facilitates sustainable apparel as an impending B-Corporation.

· My Harvard capstone, International.Villas, is the nation’s first net-positive, small home community for the currently unhoused population of Charlottesville, Virginia. Hopeful completion 2026-2027.

Finance Chair – Cape Fear Volunteer Center, Wilmington, NC

Finance Committees – American Heart Association and American Cancer Society, Wilmington, NC

Additional Volunteer Roles –

· Central Virginia Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking, Charlottesville, VA

· Youth-Nex, Madison House, Ten Thousand Villages, Habitat for Humanity, SPCA, Live Arts, Ronald McDonald House, Discovery Museum, Piedmont of the Arc, SPCA, Charlottesville, VA

· First in Families, The Carousel Center, Rape Crisis Center, Coastal Horizons, Wilmington, NC

· Covenant House, Project Renewal, The Door, The Moth, New York, NY

· Home Base Youth Services, Phoenix, AZ

· Homeless Teenagers Christmas Dinner, Los Angeles, CA

· Make-A-Wish Foundation, Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, Indianapolis, IN

· Peer Facilitator, Special Friends Program, Children’s Christmas Program, Camel Lot – Exotic Animal Farmer, Zionsville, IN

· Adult Literacy Program, Williamsburg, VA

Interests and Certifications: scuba diving, golf, tennis, snow skiing, soccer, sailing, reading, swimming, kayaking, camping, hiking, tap dancing, sewing, drawing, watercolor, painting, architecture, organic gardening and cooking, sculpture (2017 installation “Summer of Love” in the Taubman Museum in Roanoke, VA), traveling (75+ countries & 7 continents)

VisionForward.Media

Documentary Film Distributor: Award-Winning, “Ride the Divide” (http://www.ridethedividemovie.com)

Donated 100% of proceeds to local charity, Charlottesville Community Bikes

Documentary Film Producer:

Producer (1998): Promotional Video for HomeBase Youth Services on homeless teenagers

· www.IfItCouldHappen.com

Videography Producer:

Producer (2020): The Earth Day Network – www.EarthDay.org

· Conducted over 30 interviews

· Filmed over 40 hours of raw footage