Summary of Qualifications

• Many years of leadership and advocacy experience
• Public speaking, at conferences and trainings for medically fragile youth/families, and medical professionals.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 
• Editing and revision skills
• Some web design
• Writing

 Education

University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, Maine

• B.F.A. Creative Writing- May 2007

Oak Hill High School, Wales, Maine, Diploma, June 2003

• Graduated with honors, among the top 10 in a class of 118 students
• Named to Oak Hill High School chapter of the National Honor Society

Work Experience

Maine Support Network as Youth Coordinator- July 2007- present

• 50% on Maine’s D-70 grant for Youth Leadership
• 50% on Healthy & Ready to Work National Resource Center (www.hrtw.org )
• Leadership Experience
• YEA ME (young educators & advocators of Maine), founding committee member 2002-2007
• Conference planning

Creating and revising resources for youth with disabilities (PowerPoints, publicity, etc.)

Educational speaking at conferences and for various groups of professionals

Member of the Stars in the Sky Society alumni committee for Hole in the Wall Gang Camp- 2008 - present

National conference for medical professionals- Philadelphia, PA, year?

Regional coordinator for family and youth advisory councils- 2007-present

Board member- KASA (kids as self advocates)- 2008- 2009

Conference for Transitioning Teens with Disabilities- 2002

Co-presented at AMCHP (Association of Maternal Child Health Programs) annual conference- March 2008, February 2009

Co-presented at NICHQ (National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality) - March, 2008

Co- presented at Family Voices conference, Washington DC-  May, 2009

Key note speaker for staff orientation at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp- Ashford, CT, June, 2005 & 2007

Key note Speaker- Mission Transition, Presque Isle, ME-  April, 2009

Consultant for Kids as Self Advocates- KASA November, 2009 - present

•     KASA membership committee (formatitng newsletter, membership surveys, work directly with membership committee)
•     Support KASA task force in creating presentations and documents
•     KASA website (uploading documents, adding links, etc.)
•     Evaluations
•     Assist with Listserve
•     Help facilitate in person meeting, as well as national conference calls
•     Support in selecting new task force members

Writing Experience

• Journalism Intern, Farmington Flyer, Farmington, Maine, Sept. 2006-Dec. 2006
• Edited articles
• Assisted with layout
• Wrote several full spread articles which were printed in the paper
• Managed business aspects, organized ad sales using Microsoft Excel.
• Speech published in a novel by Paul Newman, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good- 2003
• Created resources on transition for Healthy & Ready to Work national resource center.
• Publicity for Community Little Theatre- 2007- present
• Wrote articles and audition announcements to send to local newspapers
• Corresponded with local publications
• Interviewed cast members
• Some photography
• Story accepted for Anthology for Transitioning Teens with Disabilities- publishing pending

Extracurricular Activities and Awards

• Received Maryann Hartman Young Woman’s Social Justice Award- 2003
• Received Oley Foundation Young Adult of the Year- 2003
• Secretary of the Senior class- 2007
• UMF Campus Residence Council Co-chair- 2003
• Girl’s Talk/Teen Voices mentor- Kingsfield, ME- 2004-2005
• Received Michael Wilson Scholarship- 2007
• Co-chair, board member,  KASA (kids as self advocates) October 2008- present