Aug 2022 -

Present

Editor, Majuscule

Solicit writers for the online literary journal, edit and copyedit thoughtful, unconventional nonfiction on topics of literature and culture.

Sep 2021 -

Aug 2022

Editor-in-Chief, Some Kind of Opening

Headed the online interdisciplinary literary magazine, solicited authors, managed the site and carefully curated our social media.

March 2021 -

Aug 2022

Director, Incarcerated Writers Initiative

Led IWI, a program that connects incarcerated writers with Columbia students. Managed a staff of 30 readers, editors, social media coordinators, art and outreach teams as we offered feedback to hundreds of incarcerated writers, selected the strongest pieces, and compiled them into our annual print/online magazine.

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Sep - May 2021

Teacher, Columbia Artist/Teachers

Taught a weekly Advanced Creative Writing seminar/workshop to teenage students in

Armenia via the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies. Developed lesson plans relating to craft, structure, and language. Critiqued student work.

Summer 2021

Intern, Melville House Publishing

Learned the basics of publishing from managing, editorial, art, marketing, and publicity departments. Coordinated specs in metadata, prepared mechanicals for printer, slugged page proofs, wrote reader’s reports, conducted outreach to potential blurbers, researched outlets for media pushes and author interviews, copyedited, and wrote literary news stories for the blog.

March - July 2020

Census Manager, Good Old Lower East Side, Inc.

Led the “Get Out The Count” census campaign and reached more than 55,000 New Yorkers, helping the LES have the highest Census participation in Manhattan. Trained and managed a team of 6 interns and 25 volunteers, communicated with city council on funding,

co-created our volunteer program, and wrote grant reports.

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May - Aug 2018

Campaign Researcher, Picture the Homeless

Helped launch a civil rights campaign to open  public restrooms in NYC, led the research component including managing a team of five researchers. Led communications and social media.

May - Aug 2016

Census Manager, Good Old Lower East Side, Inc.

Reviewed and edited manuscripts of YA and middle-grade fiction and adult nonfiction, helped determine which new projects to pursue. Created and maintained a database/contact list of publishing houses, imprints, and publishers.