Curriculum Vitae

Case Western Reserve University | Adjunct Professor | 2025 - Current

  • Designed a Cooking 101 module to teach students about the fundamentals of cooking

  • Lead, lecture, and designed a course on the socio-cultural dimensions of food from around the world

    • Incorporated aspects of human geography and human migration patterns

    • Historical and cultural context for recipes

  • Recipe design and execution

  • Curriculum development and lab metrics related to nutrition

  • Education based facilitation

Case Western Reserve University | Director of the Nutrition Teaching Kitchen | 2025 - Current

  • Work directly with the CWRU farm to procure fresh and seasonal produce for the nutrition teaching kitchen

  • Support and engage students in achieving culinary goals

  • Manage a staff of approximately 50 international students

  • Consistently meet and exceed budgetary constraints for culinary education curriculum

World Food Programme USA | Consultancy WAE Level 1 | 2025

  • Designed, lead and implemented education and training modules

  • Work closely with the Libyan team to achieve SDG’s

    • 2.1 (Access to Food);

    • 2.4 (Sustainable Food Systems);

    • 17.9 (Capacity Strengthening) and;

    • 17.16 (Enhance Global Partnerships)

  • Corporate language translation and facilitation

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development | Associate Editor of Outreach and Engagement | 2022 - Current

  • Outreach and engagement strategic planning with directors of the Center for Transformative Change

  • Monitor and analyz efficacy of outreach efforts as it relates to article distribution

  • Biweekly article publication and New Flash sent to 16,000+ listserv

  • Creation of graphic materials and social media post language

  • Identify opportunities to raise awareness of JAFSCD articles

Oregon Tilth | Education Program Manager | 2023-2024

  • Implemented, executed and had oversight of multiple education projects

  • Monitored progress of all projects and evaluating effectiveness of said projects using objective measures to inform continuous improvement practices

  • Aggregated information and writing reports

  • Supported development of grant proposals for various government agencies

  • Engaged with stakeholders to enhance program knowledge and setting clear expectations

  • Identified strategies and opportunities to partner and raise awareness among the organic community

  • Developed internal and external relationships and partner coordination that ensures the success of each educational project

  • Worked independently to identify gaps and opportunities related to education programs and associated funding and developing proposals for development of new projects management

  • Relationship management and role modeling DEI

Sustainable Agriculture Education Association | Outreach Coordinator | 2022-2024

  • Facilitated due diligence of the steering committee by sharing regular timely reports, and core updates

  • Routinely convened and coordinated multiple projects and associated staff scheduling

  • Collaborated across multiple sectors and departments

  • Engaged multicultural stakeholders in listening sessions and make recommendations

  • Provided support for upcoming conferences

  • Sustained and designed an effective communications strategy that enhances knowledge sharing and grows the SAEA network

  • Familiar with horizontal leadership management, engagement, and development

  • Worked with multiple collegiate institutions in developing food and agriculture curriculum

  • Served as a knowledgeable spokesperson and strategic communicator for SAEA, capable of crafting, editing, and conveying related messaging to engage and build awareness in support of SAEA work

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College | Adjunct Professor | 2021 - 2023

  • Created engaging and innovative toolkits for students, focused on the multi-dimensionality of the modern food system

  • Designed and implemented culturally relevant materials for a diverse student body

  • Wrote, drafted, and taught classes such as: The Geography of Food, Environmental Ethics, Sustainable Food Systems, Field Experience: Fall and Summer, Introduction to Sustainability, and Capstone programs

Environmental Institute | Sustainability Program Coordinator | 2020 - 2023

  • Obtained over $1M in grant funding for food sovereignty programming

  • Served as a collaborative leader of equitable, innovative and grounded programming focused on sustainable agriculture

  • Co-created food sovereignty principles of the Fond du Lac Food Sovereignty Initiative

  • Facilitated and supported leadership teams and promoted professional development

  • Managed and built trusting relationships with members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa which has resulted in knowledge sharing

  • Direct engagement on climate-related issues, land reclamation efforts and resource redistribution

  • Coordinated community outreach related to ecological practices, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and treaty rights

  • Analyzed federal and local policy pertaining to historically excluded community health systems

  • Strategized the coordination of Indigenous experts in the Great Lakes area related to de-siloing knowledge and ecological programming

  • Supported and expanded cross-cultural grassroots networks

  • Designed and coordinated timely evaluation metrics and reporting protocols

  • De-siloed disciplinary knowledge and ecological programming

Portland Food Lab | Founder | 2019 - 2024

  • Provided direction and feedback on campaigning, organizing, and policy work ensuring anti-racist food policy construction at the local level

  • Developed partnerships with diverse and excluded communities through active and engaged listening, amplification of voices, and through bold and innovative, grassroots level, participatory decision-making

  • Experienced in developing and advancing policy, advocacy campaigns and/or organizing, especially within farming, agriculture and food systems for marginalized and underrepresented communities

  • Accelerated awareness of structural racism through community engagement

  • Used a racial equity lens for outreach protocols

  • Wrote and constructed blog posts related to racial equity and federal policy

  • Created policy briefs and legislative policy analysis

  • Conducted research pertaining to inequities in the Pacific Northwest food system

  • Program development and management

  • Cross promotion of Black and Indigenous owned business and farms via social media and community outreach

Restaurant Industry Professional | Chef, General Manager, and Owner | 2003-2022

  • Fostered and maintained long term relationships with vendors, customers, and the Alberta Street Business Bureau

  • Maximized marketing efforts through targeted social media posts and community programming

  • Developed, organized, and targeted promotional events

  • Optimized profits by maintaining personnel and payroll related administrative duties

  • Prepared annual budget, performed variance analysis and resulting corrective actions

  • Responsible for annual growth exceeding 15 percent

  • Managed a staff of thirty+

  • Maintained staff recruiting, selecting, coaching, and counseling of employees

  • Worked alongside bookkeeper to maintain Quick Book inputs and balance monthly budgets

  • Created and maintained accurate and up to date inventory, invoices, and payroll

  • Maintained detailed administrative and procedural processes to improve accuracy and efficiency

  • Ensured up to date HR protocols

  • Crisis management

  • Designed and implemented quarterly budget review

  • Prepared annual budget and cash flow projections