Education
New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute -- 2019
Inaugural NOCHI "Chopped" Champion
Spring Hill College (Mobile, Al) -- Fall 2012-Spring 2016
BA in Communication Arts with a concentration in PR & Advertising
Minor in Professional Writing
Cum Laude
University of Bologna: SHC Italy Center -- Fall 2014
Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans, La) -- Fall 2008-Spring 2012
Classes pertaining to my major and minor:
Public Speaking
Intro to Media Studies
Visual Communication
Pre-Professional Development
Strategic Principles of Media
Media Writing
Media Production Lab
Feature Stories for Media
Intro to Graphic Design
Media Law
SpringHillian (school newspaper)
Strategic Writing
Student Agency*
The English Language
Scriptwriting for Film & TV
Communication Research
Senior Seminar
Tech Tools and Event Planning
Student Media Management-Advertising and Social Media for student media
Linguistics: How Language Works
Creative Writing: Fiction
*Student Agency is a course offered at Spring Hill which provides real life experience while still in the classroom. The class functions as an advertising agency with one client. After decades of this class being offered on the Hill, the client was the college itself. As a team, we worked to re-brand the school in order to increase enrollment. Content produced in this class will be added soon.
Experience
(see Work Experience page for more detail)
Market Dynamics Research Group -- July 2016-September 2018
As the Qualitative Research Assistant I was required to multi-task, work independently and on a team, manage my time and ensure that projects stayed on track, and act as quality control so that no detail went unnoticed. My roles include project and vendor management, recruitment and facility coordination, transcription, reporting and proposal writing.
Adore Magazine -- 2018-Present
Freelance contributor to the New Orleans Adocate's magazine, Adore.
Spring Hill College Admissions -- Fall 2015-Fall 2016
I worked as a tele-recruiter for the SHC admissions office. My role was to call high school students that had applied, visited, inquired, or a mixture of those options. After graduating, I continued volunteering for the Office of Admissions as an alumna, reaching out to students in the Greater New Orleans area that were interested or had applied to SHC.
The College Tourist -- Summer and Fall of 2015
Worked as a travel blogger intern for two sessions. During the second session, I worked as an editor for the Sunday Funday articles each week.
Hazelnut -- 2013-Present
Work as a sales associate at the Magazine Street store part time. I work on the floor, at the register, in stock and in shipping.
Renaissance Publishing (New Orleans, La) -- Summer 2014
Worked as an intern in multiple departments of the company including sales, editorial and marketing. Assisted sales reps with contacting clients, attended meetings with clients and assisted in their office work. Assisted editors with copy editing. Assisted the marketing department in preparing for events and worked to compile contact lists.
Mes Amies Day Camp (New Orleans, La) -- Summer 2007-Summer 2013
Director of Arts & Crafts and cooking and counselor. Skills include planning, verbal skills, working with and leading large groups, supporting the staff members under me and planning activities for all campers. This job required me to be hands-on and multi-task at all times.
Saltwater Grill (New Orleans, La) -- 2004-Spring 2012
Worked as a hostess in the restaurant and work at festivals. For both positions, skills needed include planning, verbal “people” skills, multi-tasking, helping other staff members, and keeping inventory.
Fundraising Experience
My fundraising experience began when I was a part of the wrapping paper committee at Sacred Heart. This fundraiser is run by a group of juniors to put on prom for seniors. It's a school-wide fundraiser, and the job included coordination of sales, distribution of sales packets on the front in and the merchandise on the back end, and marketing. I continued my fundraising experience into college with my sorority, raising money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Each year, we held approximately four philanthropy events throughout the school year, all involving various types of fundraisers ranging from food, toy or clothing drives, sending fundraising letters around the country, hosting events where teams could sign up and pay to participate, etc. Some examples of the events include a Mangeant (man-pageant) and Kickballin' for Kids, a kickball tournament. In addition, I participated in dozens of philanthropy events and fundraisers for other Greek organizations on campus. As Panhellenic president, I assisted in planning and coordination of Grilled Cheese Study Break fundraisers for Circle of Sisterhood, a philanthropy benefiting women and girls around the world that lack education, and, because of that, opportunities.
Awards and Honors
Gautraulet Scholarship
Tuition scholarship based on merit awarded upon acceptance to Spring Hill College.
Outstanding Lady
Awarded by my pledge class in Spring 2014 for being an outstanding member of my pledge class.
Walsh Memorial Award
Awarded by my professors at the 2016 Honors Convocation for public speaking.
Dean's List
Fall and Spring semesters Sophomore, Junior and Senior years.
Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society
Interests and Activities
Phi Mu Fraternity -- Spring 2013-Present
Volunteer for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Academic Committee member
Radiance Committee member
Social Committee member
President of Spring Hill College’s Panhellenic Board
References upon request.
Photos by Kristen Meyer.