Writer, Researcher, Photographer
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Writer, Researcher, Photographer

Photographer
DSJ Photography - Jamestown, NY
January 2015 to Present
Skills Used: Website and Logo Design, Photography, Photo Editing, Lighting

Freelance Writer and Photographer
Post-Journal - Jamestown, NY
August 2018 to September 2019
Cover a variety of stories, interview various people at each event, and report the story in a compelling manner, with the inclusion of human stories. Provide professional photos along with submitted articles.

Therapeutic Activities Service Worker
Warren State Hospital - Warren, PA
June 2016 to September 2019
Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate therapeutic activities segments of comprehensive individual patient/resident program plans.
Develop specifically planned therapeutic activity goals and objectives to implement the therapeutic activity segments of comprehensive individual program plans.
Contribute to therapeutic activity program planning and development.
Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and provides recommendations regarding the use or benefit of specific therapeutic activities methods in the individual patients'/ residents' program plans.
Coordinate scheduling of space, equipment and staff for therapeutic activities within assigned areasand integrates scheduling with services provided by other clinical disciplines.
Screen and prepare referrals to other therapeutic activities or other clinical services.
Provide individual instruction, direction, and support to patients/residents.
Maintain necessary administrative and clinical records, and requisitions supplies and equipment needed for the implementation of therapeutic activities services.
Participate in therapeutic activity services staff meetings.

Assistant Editor-in-chief
Albrightian at Albright College - Reading, PA
February 2012 to May 2014
Served as assistant editor-in-chief from 2013-2014. Produced written content for newspaper. Edited submissions. Assisted with paper layout and completion on production nights. Worked within team setting to ensure quality.

Senior Student Technician
Albright College IT Helpdesk - Reading, PA
March 2011 to May 2014
Responsibilities: Assist people with any technology related issues or requests, which includes but is not limited to; network issues, software/hardware, printers, and media services. Use of strong communication skills to better assist in fixing or fulfilling any requests and ensure that all requests are responded to in a timely manner. Consistently deal with issues, maintaining student and faculty satisfaction of our abilities
Skills Used: Use of overall computer knowledge, Work under time constraints, Deal with several issues and people at the same time, and Use of Good communication skills

Legislative Fellow
McAllister & Quinn - Washington, DC
June 2013 to August 2013
Responsibilities: Researched potential clients and created memos on these clients
Attended policy meetings; composed memos and briefings. Contacted potential donors for fund-raisers. Scheduled meetings between M&Q directors and higher-level individuals at various federal agencies

Successfully scheduled and coordinated several important meetings between clients and McAllister & Quinn directors.

Skills Used: Working under time constraints, Managing several projects at the same time, Research abilities, Writing memos and documents


General Skills
Photography (4 years), Photo Editing (4 years), Lighting (1 year), Research (6 years), Piano (3 years), Web Design (2 years), Customer Service (6 years), Activity/Event Planning (3 years), Writing/Editing (4 years), Leadership (3 years), Microsoft Word, Photoshop, Adobe Suite