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EDUCATION

August 2019 - Present

WESTERN SEMINARY: PORTLAND, OREGON

Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies Applicant

September 2016 - June 2019

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY: MONMOUTH, OREGON

Bachelors of Arts in English: Writing with Humanities Minor and Spanish Minor                

  • GPA: 3.77

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude

  • President’s List

  • Academic Honor Roll

September 2014 - June 2016

CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: SALEM, OREGON

Associates of Arts Transfer Degree

  • Awarded Chemeketa Scholars

  • Honor Roll 

  • President’s List 

  • Dean’s List 

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2019 - Present

WRITING AND DIGITAL/WEB INTERN: SOLID ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH

  • Created and wrote VBS curriculum for ages Pre K -- 5th grade

  • Updated church website with upcoming events, staff, and general information

  • Ran church Instagram and Twitter accounts with upcoming events and relevant information

  • Designed graphics for church Powerpoint announcements, Instagram, and Twitter

January 2017 - June 2019

LIBRARY PAGE: DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY

  • Arranged 100+ books daily using the Dewey Decimal System in order to ensure an orderly workplace

  • Answered questions raised by patrons regarding organization of books in library creating an accommodating and friendly atmosphere

  • Systematized audiobooks according to content size building an efficient arrangement of audiobooks

October 2016 - June 2017

STAFF WRITER: THE WESTERN JOURNAL

  • Brainstormed ideas and topics for upcoming issues within a team setting at a weekly meeting

  • Acquired skill of Associated Press Style writing within first month of working, allowing me to write articles correctly within the context of a newspaper

  • Reported on latest local, national, and world news regarding entertainment and news in weekly articles

October 2014 - June 2016

MASTER WRITING TUTOR

  • Certified up to level 3 Master Tutor by the College Reading & Learning Association

  • Tutored college-aged students in English Language, Literature, and Writing improving their final essay product according to professor’s standards

  • Mentored fellow tutors on how to tutor undergraduate students in Writing and the English Language

  • Explained complex writing concepts using easy-to-understand terms to create a helpful atmosphere

  • Provided academic support for students with diverse learning needs and cultural backgrounds

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Winter 2017

WR300 TECHNICAL AND WORKPLACE WRITING

Grade: A

  • Career Advice Report: Considering Apologetics Ministry

  • Presentation: Apologetics Ministry Career

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Spring 2019

WR302 EDITING AND STYLE FOR WRITERS

Grade: A

  • Studied various fundamental concepts of sentence structure, conventions, revision and usage that help writers create clear, effective, correct and well-crafted sentences

  • Learned the different usage of punctuation marks and how those are used stylistically as well as syntactically

  • Demonstrated competency in crafting text-appropriate sentences, including editing for syntactic and stylistic punctuation and conventions

  • Gained conscious knowledge of the basic structure of English sentences

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Spring 2018

WR401 WRITING ACROSS MEDIA

  Grade: A

  • Project: Media Prediction Project

  • Developed familiarity with the design and communication affordances of the writing media covered by the course

  • Produced well-written documents in multiple media, adjusting strategies according to media type

  • Collaborated with other writers using media covered by the course

  • instagram
  • twitter

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