Biography in list form

Jobs held include: (and this isn't necessarily comprehensive)
  • Person-to-person market researcher for movie industry, Boston, MA and Portland, OR
  • Hostess at Denny's, Grand Junction, CO
  • Barista, Grand Junction, CO
  • Server in a Bagel Shop, Allston, MA
  • Stage Manager, String Cheese Incident (Theatrical Production Department), San Francisco, CA
  • Roadie, Country Jam, Fruita, CO
  • Bike Safety Teacher (certified), Portland, OR
  • Stage Manager: Oregon Symphony, Syracuse Opera, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, and many others
  • Child Manager, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland Center Stage, others
  • Floral Warehouse Manager,  (Rose Festival floral warehouse, where all the flowers come from for the floats), Portland, OR
  • Personal Assistant to executive, Alta Planning + Design (also office manager, program administrator, and general Girl Friday), Portland, OR
  • Ski Instructor (current, certified), Alpine Meadows, CA
  • Supervisor at a children's ski program, Alpine Meadows, CA
  • Women's Program Leader:  Community Cycling Center, Portland, OR
  • Bike Sales and rentals, Olympic Bike Shop, Tahoe City, CA
  • Assistant Stage Manager, Young Vic, London, UK
  • Properties Assistant (shopper), Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA
  • Nanny, Portland, OR
  • Children's Museum Docent, Portland, OR
  • Artist Model (figure and portrait), Boston, MA and Portland, OR
  • Call Center Bank Associate (US Bank), Portland, OR
  • Flower Shop Assistant, Portland, OR
  • Preschool teacher and site supervisor, HeadStart (recently), Kings Beach, CA
  • K-12 Substitute, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, CA
  • Consultant (Production and Stage)
Internships/Volunteer Positions
  • Head Electrician, Telluride Jazz Festival, Telluride, CO
  • Assistant to the Citizens' Advocate, office of Commissioner Sam Adams, Portland, OR (intern)
  • Vice-Chair, Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (volunteer position), Portland, OR
  • Volunteer Coordinator, Multnomah County Bicycle Fair, Portland, OR
  • Street Festival Stage Manager, Filmed By Bike, Portland, OR
  • Bilingual Kindergarten Assistant, Portland, OR
Places I've lived include:
  • Salamanca, Spain
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Sarasota, FL
  • Chicago, IL
  • Portland, OR
  • Syracuse, NY
  • Great Barrington, MA
  • Lee, MA
  • Boston, MA (Allston, the Fens, Brighton, Kenmore Square)
  • Tahoe Vista, CA (current)
  • Westshore/Sunnyside, Lake Tahoe, CA
  • Kings Beach, CA
  • Austin, TX
  • Grand Junction, CO
  • Valladolid, Spain
  • Cuernavaca, México
Things I'm Proud of:
  • 5 month self-supported bike tour in South America (with boyfriend-now-husband)
  • Boyfriend now Husband; (survived bike tour, living in a tent, and grad school)
  • Learning Spanish and using it every day; mostly fluent
  • Graduating from college before my 19th birthday with my BFA; completing my MAT (elementary education) in a year with a 4.0 gpa.  
  • Rescuing my cat Hugo (rest in peace) and giving him a great life
  • Wedding Vows that include running a marathon, thru-hiking, and a long list of countries that we are going to visit.
  • Earning my ski instructor certification as well as my cycling instructor certification
  • Finishing the Kokopelli Trail, a bike ride from Moab, Utah to Fruita, Colorado, in three (long) days.
  • Learning how to bike tour and backpack (again) after some rough starts.
  • Writing letters to my friends.
  • Winning 1st place in my division/3rd overall in my first (and so far only) Duathlon- I even got a medal!  
  • Winning 3rd in my first short track bike race.  Of course, that was in the beginner category; I never even got close to the front once I moved up to "sport" class.
  • Being a Tia
  • Releasing an album on my very short-lived record label: Boot: Hopefully.  (And it's a good album too!)
  • Finishing my first book about our bike tour.