To establish or work in an artist retreat or arts camp environment. To work in a setting that values my creativity, performance ability, and problem-solving skills. To use my skills to provide a positive impact on my community. To spend less than 6 months of the year traveling for work.

Poetry Alive!, Performance Educator/Special Projects/Webmaster Assist in training five teams that tour the country 10-12 months of the year to K-12 schools performing poetry, giving poetry performance workshops, and in-school residencies for students and teachers. Fill in as understudy as needed and assist with teacher conferences, in-services, and residencies. Assist in development of scripts and secure performance permission for material protected by copyright. Webmaster duties include: general maintenance and updates to website, improving quality of resource material for students and teachers, responding to student email and selecting student poems for "poem of the month."									June 2001 - Present
Poetry Alive!, Tour Coordinator Train and assist in managing five teams that tour the country 10-12 months of the year to K-12 schools performing poetry, giving poetry performance workshops, and in-school residencies for students and teachers. Oversee coordination and distribution of schedule information, travel, and lodging for the teams. Fill in as understudy as needed and assist with teacher conferences, in-services, and residencies.									June 2001 - December 2003
Special Finds..., Inc., MLS Data Entry Entered new real estate listings into the online MLS Database.									July - August 1999
Poetry Alive!, Performance Poet Tour the country 10-12 months of the year performing poetry in K-12 schools and giving poetry performance workshops and in-school residencies for students and teachers.									Sept 1997 - June 2001
Parker Personnel, Office Temporary Jobs included: recovering deleted computer data and analyzing results for Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc.; electronic records and litigation department assistant for Perkins Coie; data entry and database debugging for Rollins Hudig Hall; reception for Meltec; data entry and reception for Grubb & Ellis; typing and filing for United Graphics.								May 1993 - Dec 1998
Seattle Landmark Association, Publication & Compliance Coordinator Design and manage Microsoft Access database for sponsors and grants, generate sales reports, create sponsorship proposal letters for Director of Corporate Sales, track status of proposals and contracts, track compliance requirements, create marketing materials, oversee printing and production of program materials, word processing, and special projects for the Associate and Executive Directors as assigned.							March 1997 - Sept 1997
Encore Media Group, Administrative Assistant Duties include:  Database management, database design in Microsoft Access, generating sales reports, data entry, creating advertising proposals for Sales Representatives, writing up advertising contracts, creating press releases, word processing, checking film materials, answering phone, filing, and special projects for the Publisher as assigned.						Oct 1995 - March 1997
Raging Muse Press, Editorial Production Duties include:  Typesetting, proofing, and editing in Quark 3.31 text for monthly publication Emeralds in the Ash as well as the novel No Forwarding Address. Assist with distribution, public relations, sales at local poetry venues, special events, and contribute poetry for publication.					June 1994 - Jan 1996
Intiman Theatre, Box Office Consultant Duties include:  Maintenance and cleanup of 43,600 files in patron database, assist in training new box office staff, and assist with transition to Prologue Ticketing System.				July 1995 - Oct 1995
Spectrum Dance Company, Box Office Manager Set up order forms and reports in Microsoft Access; created systems to take orders,  deposit money, and account for sales; trained staff on new procedures.			July 1995 - Sept 1995
Intiman Theatre, Assistant Box Office Manager Processed subscriptions; reported sales to Marketing, Accounting, and Managing Director; assisted in training of telemarketing team and box office employees; hired and laid off box office assistants; prepared mailings; handled patron problems and inquiries; helped find and resolve new phone system problems; etc.		March 1994 - July 1995
Western Washington University, College of Fine & Performing Arts and Department of Theatre Arts, Part-Time Office Assistant Jobs included:  reception, updating mailing list, space scheduling, distributing posters, lobby displays, creating programs for theatre events, tracking ticket sales, handling prospective student inquiries, general word processing, house managing, etc.	March 1990 - March 1993

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Comfortable using software on both Macintosh and PC computers. Familiar with general hardware setup and configuration for PC (adding and removing internal drives, modems, etc).  Software experience includes:
Microsoft Office Products: Word, Access, Publisher, Excel, Outlook, Schedule+,  Exchange, FrontPage, and some Power Point	Publishing Software: Corel Draw, AOL Press, Netscape Composer,  Quark Express, Pagemaker, Photoshop, and some Flash	Tools: Norton System Works, Conversions Plus,  Magellan, CleanSweep, Uninstaller,  QuickView
Miscellaneous: Quicken, Lotus 123, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Q&A Database, FilemakerPro, and some programming in HTML and CSS

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1999	Special Guest	Please Stand By	Julia Ann Delbridge	KPIG radio, Freedom, CA
	Feature	Ugly Mug Reading	Julia Ann Delbridge	Ugly Mug, Santa Cruz, CA
	Feature	Denver Slam	Ted Vaca	15th Street Tavern, Denver, CO
	Feature	Mermaid Reading	Patti Morello	Mermaid Café, Las Vegas, NV
1998	Special Guest	Green Door Slam	Allan Wolf	Green Door, Asheville, NC
	Feature	Seattle Slam	Allison Durazzi	OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
	Special Guest	Deep Ellum Arts Festival	Clebo Rainey	Club Clearview, Dallas, TX
1997	Feature	Living Room	Ciro Viamontes	Habitat Café, Seattle, WA
	Feature	Telepoetics	Danika Dinsmore	SPLab!, Auburn, WA
	Feature Performance	artsEdge	Experience Music Project	Seattle Center Festival
	Feature	SPLab! Poetry Marathon	Paul Nelson	SPLab!, Auburn, WA
	Feature	Voicebox	Scott Castle	Western Washington University
	Special Guest	Old Times Reading	Jim McAuliffe	Old Times Cafe, Vancover, BC
	Special Guest	A Salon Production	Gabrielle Boulaine	Alibi Room, Seattle, WA
	Feature w/Seattle Slam	Red Sky Poetry Theatre	Clarice Keegan	The Globe Café, Seattle, WA
	Feature	Homeland Reading Series	Cat O'Sullivan	The Globe Café, Seattle, WA
	Special Guest	Uptown Slam	Mark Smith	Green Mill, Chicago, IL
	Feature w/Slammasters	Poetry Slam, Rhyme Doesn't Pay	Patricia Smith	Phyllis' Musical Inn, Chicago, IL
	Feature	Seattle All-Star Literary Revue	Kris Caldwell	SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
	Feature	The Jazz Hole	Thomas Hard	Back Door Lounge, Seattle, WA
1996	Feature	The Seattle Slam	Jack Gould	OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
	Feature	WomenWriters Reading Series	Angel Comb	Half Price Books, Seattle, WA
1995	Feature	Sweet Immolution	Clarice Keegan	The Lux, Seattle, WA
	Feature	The Paris Theatre	Melody Jordan	Portland, OR
1993	Feature	We're Not Your Mothers	Brian Culver	Western Washington University

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2000	Anthology	Poetry Slam!	Manic D Press	San Francisco, CA
	E-zine	Lid	Kim Holzer	World Wide Web
1999	Chapbook	Crossing Bridges	Self-published	Asheville, NC
1998	Internet Feature	Poetry @ About.com	Bob Holman	World Wide Web
1997	Chapbook	The Seasons Change	WHOOPS	Seattle, WA
1996	Magazine	Plazm	Plazm Media Cooperative	Portland, OR
1995	Chapbook	Reflection in Fragments	Raging Muse Press	Seattle, WA
1994	Monthly Journal	Emeralds in the Ash	Raging Muse Press	Seattle, WA
	Anthology	Six Faces of Eve	Year of the Dragon Press	Seattle, WA

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1995	Ensemble	Size of Discontent	Amy Salloway	Bellevue, WA
1994	Cecilia/understudy	The Gondoliers	Lisa Pan	Peccadillo Players Bellevue,WA
	Ma/Pigeon	The Story of Bhagiwhandi	Sara Rashad	Shambhala Theatre, Seattle, WA
1993	Chorus/Soloist	Hair "In Concert"	Michael Harris	Pilgrim Center, Seattle, WA
	Rosalind	As You Like It	Doug Staley	Upstage! Lynnwood, WA
1992	Susan Johnston	The Heidi Chronicles	Dennis Catrell	Western Washington University
	Judy Turner	A Chorus Line	James Lortz	Western Washington University
1991	Courtesan	Comedy of Errors	Dennis Catrell	Western's Summer Stock
1990	Mary Tilford	The Children's Hour	Maureen O'Reilly	Western's Summer Stock
1989	Ensemble	Under Milkwood	Dennis Catrell	Western Washington University
1988	Hermia	A Midsummer Night's Dream	JoAnn Vetter	Green River Community College Auburn, WA

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1997-Present Touring Performance Poet with Poetry Alive!; 1995-1999 Alto/Soloist with Shades of Praise Gospel Choir; 1993 "University Days" for English Language Program Video, B.G.A. Studios; 1993 Speech Demonstration for Use in Software Program Video, VIDCOM Productions; New Playwrights Theatre; We're Not Your Mother Players; Centrum Theatre Workshops with Mike Barber, Susan Fink, Wesley Rice, & Bill Ontiveros Music: Mezzo Soprano, Flute, & Piccolo. Plus, some Native Flute, Electric Bass, & Piano Dance: Ballet, Jazz, Modern, and Tap

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1993 Bachelor of Arts from Department of Theatre Arts in Acting, Playwriting, & Musical Theatre Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

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