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Professional Experience
Donation Weekend Coordinator
National Novel Writing Month, Sept. 2021–Nov. 2021
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a 501(c)3 organization that believes in the transformational power of creativity. It provides the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page.
Culturally Responsive Education Reviewer
Westchester Education Services, Feb. 2021–Present
Westchester Education Services creates materials that support the whole student, embedding the principles of culturally responsive education and social-emotional learning into all of the products they create.
Editorial Intern
National Novel Writing Month, Sept. 2020–Dec.2020
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a 501(c)3 organization that believes in the transformational power of creativity. It provides the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page.
Co-Founder
Women of Color Writing Circle, Jan. 2019–Present
The Women of Color Writing Circle is an international organization created in conjunction with the Lean In: Women of Color organization that is meant to foster relationships between women of color who write. We offer encouragement and inspiration regardless of age and preferred genre.
Founder and Editor
Powell Editorial, Dec. 2018—Present
Powell Editorial is a Black-owned and female-led business that caters to editorial and publishing needs. Powell Editorial offers a wide range of services including content editing, content creation, sensitivity reading and marketing tools.
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Editorial Assistant
Vandermeer Creative, Sept. 2017–Mar. 2018
In this position, I acted somewhat like an apprentice in addition to my duties as an assistant. In this role I learned the basics of the permissions process as well as how to find the best translators for a project. I was in constant contact with Ann Vandermeer, who helped to give me a holistic understanding of what it meant to be an editor.
Editorial Intern
Cleaver Magazine, Aug. 2017–Dec. 2017
Cleaver is a literary magazine that showcases poetry, short fiction, nonfiction and even artwork. Although the internship was remote, I kept my supervisors and fellow editors in the loop through Skype conferences, emails and the Slack app.
Education
Master’s of Liberal Arts, Creative Writing, 2017
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Bachelor of Arts, English, 2016
Magna Cum Laude Stetson University, Deland, FL.
Bachelor of Business Administration, 2016,
Magna Cum Laude, Stetson University Deland, FL