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Education

BS in Game Simulation and Programming (DeVry University) Graduated: 12/10, magna cum laude
BA in Anthropology, focusing on Archaeology (UC Santa Cruz) Graduated 6/99
Employment Records
[Incomplete list]

Namco Entertainment (Volt Staffing), San Jose

  • Mobile Phone testing
  • Thoroughly tested a specific feature / executed test cases
  • Projects completed include: Puzzle Quest 2

Sony SCEA (Nelson Staffing Industry), Redwood Shores


Personal Organizer (Self Employed), Santa Clara Valley, CA
  • Revise and restructure current organization
  • Create space within environment; counsel how to maintain changes.

Jeteye Sleuth / Creative Design, JetEye, San Francisco, CA
  • Created and maintained up-to-date informational packages on selected current trends.
  • Edited web pages for content, including but not limited to grammar and accuracy of facts.

Community Health Educator, Peace Corps, Ghana, West Africa
  • Project Manager. Trained and supervised over a hundred students and a dozen teachers in disease prevention, treatment, and sanitation; 
  • Managed community clean-ups; raised health and sanitation awareness of Adjumanikope
  • Gave quarterly reports to Peace Corps; international liaison for Rotary Club of Cupertino, CA and Tema, Ghana

HIV/AIDs Preventation Coordinator, Peace Corps, Ghana, West Africa
  • Project Manager. Educated students on prevention; created and advised HIV/AIDs Awareness Clubs at eight JS Schools, and one SS School.
  • Provided students with leadership and life skills.
  • Gave quarterly reports to Peace Corps; coordinated efforts with ActionAid team (an international NGO)


     

    Theatrical Appearances

    Recent
    • Searching Souls: Film Production under the direction of Kaushik Sampath [The mother]
    • De Donde: Stage Production under the direction of Tom Gouge. [Lupe/Refugee #5] Reviews: La Oferta

    Previous
    • David and Lisa [Maureen Hart]
    • Story Theater [Various]
    • Midsummer's Night Dream [Robin Starveling]
    • Twelve Angry Jurors [Juror #11]
    • GYROS World of Terror III commercial
    • Wizard of Oz [Aunt Em/Lord Growlie]
    • Snoopy [Violet]
    Haunted Houses: Terror on Beach Street [Zoxx] (Santa Cruz), GYROS World of Terror II-V [Asylum Inmate/Meat Market Victim/Various] (Mountain View)
    Writing Anthology
    Published
    • Orphan Quest: Volume 1 Bookworld Series (Xlibris.com 2000/2010)
    • Article on Diversity for the Peace Corps
    • Willow Tree (Poem)
    • Up the Mountain (Poem)
    • The Unicorn (Short Story)
    UnPublished

    Dates listed next to titles are the year they were completed. See 'Index' page for works in progress.

    Novels:
    • The Dot: Volume 2 Bookworld Series (2009)
    • Nightmare Through Memory Lane: Volume 3 Bookworld Series (2009)
    • First Blood: Volume 1 Lingspelien Chronicles (2007)
    • The World: (1985)

    Stories:
    [Only the last ten years are listed by name.]
    Through Another's Eyes (2009)
    The Journey's End (2008)
    The Problem with Peppers (2007)
    Sally the Titmouse (2004)

    Total Completed to Date: 52


    Poems:
    [Only the last five years are listed.]
    Ode to Rain [2010]
    Seagulls [2009]
    Progress [2008]
    Us Not Them [2008]
    Watermelon [2007]
    Untitled (I'm going to scream) [2007]

    Total Written to Date: 100+


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