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education
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: YPSILANTI, MI Master of Arts, Communications, Media & Theater Arts Cumulative GPA: 4.0; Major: Interpretation and Performance Studies Final Thesis: The Performance of Social Media SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTER: NOVI, MI Second City Training Center Graduate Specialized training in long form improvisation as well as the concepts of improvisation. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: DETROIT, MI Post Bachelor, College of Arts & Letters Carla Harrymans English 5870 Writing Workshop. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: EAST LANSING, MI Bachelor of Arts, James Madison College with Honors Cumulative GPA: 3.68; Major: Social Relations and Policy Senior Thesis: Creating Social Mobility with Higher Education: A Study of the Michigan State University College Assistant Migrant Program Field Experience Thesis: Progressive Student Activism: At the Forefront of Politics and Technology College of Arts & Letters, English Creative Writing: 39 credits Studied creative writing intensively with Diane Wakoski and other accomplished professors at MSU. Studied fiction reading and writing abroad in London. Produced original 70-page creative manuscript.

experience
HUFFINGTON POST MOTOR CITY: DETROIT, MI Featured Blogger: November 2011 Present Write about all aspects of life in Detroit from a comical and witty perspective on the Huffington Post Detroit webpage. INSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PROJECT: DETROIT, MI Writer In Residence: September 2010 Present Work shop and edit approximately 200 young writers various styles of creative writing and visual art. Produced two literary magazines, Word on the Street and Kids Art for the Future, both consist of poetry, short stories, scripts, and artwork. GO COMEDY! IMPROV THEATRE: FERNDALE, MI Resident Cast Member: September 2008 Present Perform several times a week in various roles including long form improv, short form improv, written sketch comedy, and stand up. Co-wrote and starred in several sketch comedy shows including the 2011 Holiday Show and Menllenium. Member of a fiveperson cast that worked in collaboration with The New Yorker Magazine to create a review based on the publications cartoons. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY CTAR 323 IMPROVISATION & ROLE PLAY: YPSILANTI, MI Adjunct Professor: January 2011 May 2011 Taught the principles of improvisation, which include creative exploration, spontaneity, agreement, and finding innovative resolutions to group problems. Had students play games and practice improvisation at every class. For the final the students improvised a thirty-minute one-act play. CLOSE UP CLASSROOM: YPSILANTI, MI Writer and Assistant Director: June 2009 September 2011 Wrote and directed scenes tailored to entertain and foster discussion regarding classroom dynamics and social issues. ACTOR, WRITER, AND COMEDIAN January 2008 Present Perform original and scripted material. Major roles include: Allen Felix in Play It Again Sam at the Magenta Giraffe Theatre in Detroit, star and co-author of Touch My App at the Fringe Festival in Chicago, Craig in Zombies Slaves of Science, a short film by Quack Media, and featured character in Good Cheesy Crash the Super Bowl contest directed by John Grammatico. Also host popular YouTube channel that features original work. ZACHARY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.: DETROIT, MI Associate: August 2007 September 2009 Worked as one of a six-person company in urban development and economic consulting. This included, but was not limited to, filling out forms for tax credits and tax abatement, writing grant proposals and loan applications, researching and writing historic building and district nominations, financial consulting and planning, as well as hands on planning and developing of blighted areas or buildings.

honorsaccolades
MEMBER: Pi Sigma Alpha, Alpha Omicron Chapter; National Political Science Honors Fraternity. MEMBER: Phi Beta Kappa, Liberal Arts and Science Honors Fraternity. PRESENTER: National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies, National Conference in San Jose 2007: Senior thesis presented.