Resumé

Professional Experience

Resource Project Manager
J. Paul Getty Museum, Education & Public Programs
January 2023 – Present

· Consults and collaborates with teams throughout Getty in service of projects initiated by the Education & Public Programs department.
· Contributes to content development in projects with the Assistant Director of Education & Public Programs.
· Develops and documents plans to support the execution of complex projects, including timelines, project milestones, and communications briefs.
· Drives outreach to project partners within the arts education community, locally and nationally.
· Builds consensus across subject matter experts and departments to support projects and deliverables.
· Tracks and reports on the progress of projects from start to finish, including project debriefs.
· Maintains open communication with teams and sponsors to ensure successful project outcomes.
· Key projects have included Explore Ancient Worlds through Art website and the Potential of Proposition 28 Convening event.

Museum Gallery Educator and Docent Program Senior Scheduler
J. Paul Getty Museum, Education & Public Programs
April 2016 – January 2023

· Project initiator and content specialist for the design and development of the Getty Docent Website – an intranet site supporting the volunteer docent corps and staff at the Getty Museum. The password protected site provides inspiring and informative content for docents, combined with robust volunteer management and scheduling systems.
· Liaison between Getty education, interpretive, digital, and legal departments and vendors.
· Received Gold Muse Award for Media & Technology on behalf of Getty, presented by the American Alliance of Museums, New Orleans, 2019.
· Designed education programming for K-12 and general audiences, including guided drawing experiences.
· Collaborated on developing and teaching Getty Education’s first online “field trips” in response to the COVID pandemic safter at home policies. Programs included Virtual Art Explorations, Getty Get Togethers, Return to Site programming, 2022, and Docent Drawing training for School Group Docents’ use with K-12 audiences.
· Docent training including onboarding and in person and online teaching to support tours.
· Managed daily schedules for up to 500 docents across two sites.
· Developed tour schedules for daily, weekly, and monthly projections.

Director of Student Development, Director of First Impressions, and Teacher/Mentor
Fusion Academy, Pasadena
August 2012 – April 2016 (3 years, eight months)

· Scheduling classes to create unique student schedules for a growing student body.
· Scheduling using specialized software that tracks classes and serves as the “time clock” for hourly employees.
· Calendaring and creating schedules in advance to anticipate quarterly trends.
· Worked with parents, students, and teachers to match students to the teachers for the best learning outcomes.
· Created and managed outgoing and incoming contracts.
· Ensured timely payment of tuition and documentation.
· Building the student body and related revenue.
· Meeting with families to review middle school and high school requirements.
· Mapping the educational journey of each student.
· Supervised two Administrative Assistants, including developing their training plans and reviews.
· Tracked weekly and quarterly trends for billable hours using specialized software and Excel.
· Problem-solved and strategized with the administrative team to reach the school’s goals for enrollment and student experience.
· Trained and mentored new teachers and Directors of First Impressions through shadowing, presentations, and step-by-step processes.
· Supported the Head of School to coordinate the physical expansion of the campus.
· Chaperoned students on a school trip to Peru.
· Lead the event planning and execution for Graduation, Open House, Back to School Night, Anniversary Picnic, and other campus-wide events.
· Supported campus culture and decision-making for daily operations to run smoothly.
· Greeted and engaged students, teachers, and parents each day to set a positive tone for everyone who entered the campus.
· Managed sensitive student hard-file and online records.
· Solved parent and student concerns.
· One-to-one teaching Art, Health, Life Skills, Study Skills, and Wellness subjects.

Recognition and Presentations
Presenter, Creativity on the Digital Journey, Getty Museum Digital Share, Los Angeles, 2024.

Publisher and presenter, Museums and the Web, Boston, 2019.

Gold Muse Award for Media & Technology, American Alliance of Museums, New Orleans, 2019.

Wendy Sussman Award for Painting, UC Berkeley, 2006.

Additional Professional Experience
Online Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, and Administrative Assistant at Anderson Trophy Company
February 2002 – October 2003 and May 2010 – August 2012

Social Media Manager and Assistant at Elfenworks Productions
February 2009 – May 2010

Curatorial Assistant, Assistant to Public Affairs, Preparator at Berkeley Art Museum
July 2007 – April 2008

Resident Manager at ERI Realty
July 2006 – May 2008

Volunteerism and Internships
Volunteer Gallery Public Docent at The J. Paul Getty Museum
2015 – 2016

Volunteer Art Teacher for Artists Day at Julia Morgan School for Girls
2010

Gallery Volunteer at Queens Nails Annex
July 2007 – March 2008

Mission Voices Summer Teaching Intern at Southern Exposure
June 2007 – August 2007

Research Assistant at UC Berkeley Department of Art History
2006 – 2007

Research Assistant at Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
2004 – 2005

Education
MFA, Painting, 2023, Laguna College of Art and Design

BA, Art Practice and History of Art, 2007, University of California, Berkeley