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Work Experience
 

Last updated 12/5/25

Residential Assistant - Oglethorpe University

August 2025 - Now

   - Fostered an inclusive and supportive residential community by serving as a peer mentor, mediator, and resource for students

   - Planned and facilitated educational and social programs to enhance student and engagement and wellbeing. 

   - Enforced university policies, maintained safety standee, and responded to crises situations with discretion and professionalism.

   - Collaborated with housing staff and campus departments to promote community development and conflict resolution. 

Intercultural Center Worker / In-house Art Coordinator and Event Planner - Oglethorpe University 

August 2025 - Now 

  - Assisted in coordinating and executing cultural and educational events promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across campus.

   - Responsibilities included event planning, creating promotional materials and digital/print flyers, and distributing them across campus to engage the student body.
   - Actively supported outreach initiatives by attending seminars, facilitating conversations, and advocating for student voices.
   - Served as a liaison between the Intercultural Center and the student community to foster belonging and cross-cultural understanding.

Content Strategist - The Georgia Sun 

February 2025 - Now 

   - Focused on engaging a younger audience with online news

   - Responsible for crafting creative, relevant, and impactful content that resonates with a digital-savvy, socially conscious demographic.

   - Analyze trends, understand the interests of target audience, and develop strategies to make news more accessible, shareable, and engaging across various platforms.

 

Assistant Art Director - Cumming Parks  and Recreation Department

Summer 2025 and 2024   

   - Working with elementary students and expanding their knowledge of art mediums while encouraging growth within a community of peers.

Fine Arts Department Intern - Forsyth Central High School

August 2023 - May 2024

   - Working under Marea Haslett, the Georgia Art Educator Association President- Elect. 

   - Skills: Organization Skills · Social Media Management · Research Skills · Mentoring · Classroom Management · Communication · Skilled Multi-tasking · Attention to Detail

Intern - Marietta Daily Journal

June 2024 - September 2024

   - Skills: Knowledge of Blox Programming

Other Work

   - Front of House Greeter - Stars and Strikes: December 2024 - January 2025 

   - Janitorial Staff - Stars and Strikes: July 2024 - August 2024  

   - Bowling Counter Attendant - Stars and Strikes: February 2024 - June 2024

   - Food Runner, Barista, and Front of House Cashier - Maries Italian Bakery and Deli: January 2023 - June 2023

   - Clerk - Lion Pride Renovation: February 2021 - January 2023

Exhibitions and Art Shows
 

Core of Self 

March 18 to December 7, 2025

Exhibition Dates in the Intercultural Center, 2nd floor of the Turner Lynch Campus Center, Oglethorpe University and later in OUMA, Center Gallery, 3rd floor of Lowry Hall, Oglethorpe University

The Core Self is a multimedia experience celebrating the unique and diverse voices and identities of Oglethorpe University students whose creative work will be on view. In this second collaboration with the Core Program, OUMA, and the Intercultural Center, The Core Self call for entries to OU students requested “expressive works engaging with one or more of the Core themes in relation to identity in a media of (their) preference, including physical, digital, or graphic art, poetry, and performance.”

Senior Art Show 

May 2024

Forsyth Central High School

Middle and High School 2024 Art Show

March 2024

Forsyth County 

Leadership 
 

President - Art Flow - Oglethorpe University

July 2025 - Now

Secretary - Art Flow - Oglethorpe University

February 2025 - July 2025

Co-President - National Art Honors Society - Forsyth Central High School 

August 2021- May 2024

Vice President - French National Honors Society - Forysth Central High School

August 2021 - May 2023

Vice President - Euro Club - Forsyth Central High School

August 2021 - May 2023

Awards, Scholarships and Accomplishments 
 

Presented at Oglethorpe University's Liberal Arts and Sciences Symposium  - 4/17/2025
Core Self, 8-9:3o a.m. - TLCC 236

Presentations In Art History, Archaeology, Interdisciplinary Studies, 4-5:30 p.m. - Cousins Center 330

“The Human Side of Michelangelo”

Oglethorpe University - Art History Bachelors Degree - 2024-2028

GA TEG Scholarship

HOPE Scholarship

Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship

Pell Grant

Oglethorpe University - Deans List:  Fall 24' and Spring 25'

Forsyth Central High School 

Academics

Fine Arts Diploma Seal

Cosmetology Pathway Skills Seal

International Skills Diploma Seal

Academic Letter (3.5+ GPA)

Clackamas ESD - Rising Star Award - 05/04/2018

OU FLAGSHIP 50 AWARD

OU GRANT (D)

OU Oxford Scholar

Theater, Art, and Cosmetology 

Tech Star Award - Mary Poppins - Spring 2024

Middle and High School 2024 Art Show dsa

Costume Award - Scrooge the Musical - Winter 2023

Regional 2nd Place in the 1 Act Competition  - Wait Until Dark - Fall 2023

Cosmetology Design Challenge - 2nd Place - Fall 2022

Theater Experience
 

Oglethorpe University 

Time Flies - Play - Costume Crew - Fall 2025

Forsyth Central High School

Mary Poppins - Musical - K. Whitley - Head of Sound Crew - Spring 2024

Little Shop of Horrors - Musical - K. Whitley - Costume Crew - Spring 2023

Wizard of Oz Children's Puppetry Show - M. Vaishnav and L. Logan - Head of Sound Crew - Winter 2023

Scrooge the Musical - Musical - K. Whitley - Head Costumer - Winter 2022

Wait Until Dark - Play - K. Whitley - Stage Hand - Fall 2023

An American in Paris - Musical - K. Whitley - Costume Crew - Spring 2023

Much Ado about Nothing - Improv Show - C. Kufferman and M. Pereira - Beatrice - Spring 2023

Alice in Wonderland - Children's Puppetry Show - G. De Hann and M. Pereira - Chesire Cat - Winter 2022

Elf the Musical - Musical - K. Whitley - Head of Props - Winter 2021

Skills

Proficient in English and Russian. 

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