2010-2018

The In Art Collective was a non-profit organization in Seattle that gave space to artists, musicians, and activists. We did this partly by hosting gallery showings and events but also by having an artist-in-residence program. As a member of the board of directions, I helped maintain our non-profit status, secure funding, and helped cultivate our community presence. I was a part of a team that organized, planned, marketed, and hosted all of the events. To achieve our goals I maintained close relationships with people varying from artists to politicians. This role called on me to plan and execute events within budget. As I was in a leadership role, I was able to delegate tasks to achieve our goals more efficiently. I used social media and news outlets to get attention and attendees. We built a very successful community.

2011-2014

I was hired to bring Ruckus Among Us to a broader audience. I was in charge of planning and executing events, social media, and marketing. Through networking and maintaining relationships, I secured distribution throughout Seattle at stores & local shops.

2012-2016

As a member of the board of directors at Gallery 1412, I would weigh in on hefty decisions that affected the collective, initiate new members, help fill the entertainment and gallery schedules and host events. Many times I was assigned to do community outreach and marketing.

2013-2017

The Seattle Exposure Project was a social experiment or movement I started aiming to address and attack “girl on girl” crime in the Seattle music and art scene. The overarching mission was to desexualize and humanize the bodies we live in, in a hope to stop comparing ourselves and putting others down. It was a website that showed bodies in a very scientific and straightforward manner, accompanied by an interview documenting the person's favorites, dislikes, insecurities, and details of their past. To pull this off I had to do my outreach, marketing, staffing, planning the events, and building the brand & website. One of the most valuable skills I earned from this experience was gaining the trust of a large group of people to get them to open up.

2014-2019

I was hired to come up with, plan, market, execute & host events at Hazlewood Bar in Seattle. On top of that, I was in charge of keeping their social media active and growing by creating fresh and interactive content.

2014-2016

DESC is a non-profit organization that helps connect houseless people to resources, connecting them to clothing, food, jobs, or housing. I was the co-director of the fund development team. There I brainstormed ways to get more funds to help more people. One of my biggest accomplishments here was taking the donations that we were unable to give to the clients and selling them to buy more suitable, weather-appropriate clothing. I used my connections in the music, art, and fashion scene to secure donations of venue, talent, and volunteers to host blowout parties with goods for sale. I was able to raise thousands of dollars. For these events, I single-handedly networked and promoted the event.

2015-2021

Agency (previously No Tolerance) was a non-profit collective aimed at making the creative community a safer place. We held workshops about racism, sexism, and ways to look out for each other in nightlife settings. My role in this organization was planning the events, organizing the venue, guest list, and aesthetics. I would create the fliers and do our promotion on social media. A part of our mission was to raise awareness of some of the issues in the nightlife industry and find resources that assist us in assisting each other. We did many fundraisers, raising thousands throughout the years that we used to buy testing kits, uber rides home, provide safe sex tools, and continue our educational/cathartic workshops.

2011-2017

MOVE was a bi-weekly event. The structure was an “open stage” with a headliner in the middle. I would go to local shows and find bands were up & coming and ask them to headline. It was a first come, first serve sign-up for performers. The mission was to be as weird as you wanted. This was no open mic. Sure, sometimes we’d get a singer-songwriter but often we had snippets of plays, live tattooing, painting, hair cutting, yoga, you name it. Hundreds of talented people blessed the stage of MOVE. It is still talked about to this day as a meeting place for a lot of artistic connections that blossomed in the future. MOVE was one of the first serious events I pulled off. I made the fliers myself, I did the booking and the promotion, and eventually, it was large enough that I had to hire staff.

Kremwerk is a queer night club in Seattle that hired me to book four band bills twice a month. Scouting talented, creating fliers, correspondence were all large parts of this gig.

The Punk Rock Flea Market is a local vendor market that’s been going on for decades. I managed the entertainment and bar portion of the event. I made connections with liquor distributors, hired a staff, created the bar functionality, created a way of accounting for sales & staying on top of schedules.

The Hideout is an art gallery bar that has been around for a long time, it’s a beloved jewel in Seattle, but after a few months of being closed due to the pandemic, they were looking to re-brand and hire a new staff. They wanted to bring the art back into the space and move away from the stuffy cocktail culture they were leaning towards pre-pandemic. As the bar manager, I hired an entirely new staff, knowing that the culture of an establishment starts with the people working in it. I was to create and build a new cocktail menu. I successfully did four menus consisting of 15+ drinks in one year. I managed the events. I planned DJ nights, big blowouts, pride festivals, and block parties. I ran the social media, creating content to keep us relevant and to draw customers in. I created the fliers we used, as well as did the interior design of all the events. On the administrative side, I created, from the ground up, the way that we accounted for, and deposited money. I wrote paychecks. Kept tight relationships with vendors and distributors. Etc! All that manager stuff!

I created and promoted events that brought in 45% more customers. To do this I booked talent, designed the space and fliers, often hosting the events. I was also in charge of creating a welcoming and entertaining internet presence that showcased the unique personality of Captain Blacks.

Live event production at its biggest! Daydream State runs the biggest music festivals in Seattle. I was on the walkie-talkie making sure everything went as planned, people were where they were supposed to be, and things were running smoothly. I ran a team of about 20 people and was their direct contact with the event coordinator.

Live event production at its biggest! Daydream State runs the biggest music festivals in Seattle. I was on the walkie-talkie making sure everything went as planned, people were where they were supposed to be, and things were running smoothly. I ran a team of about 20 people and was their direct contact with the event coordinator.