CONSULTANCIES

What Kids Can Do; Providence, RI and Beijing, China (2007-present)

Creating youth media program in Beijing, China.

 

United Nations; NYC, NY (2005-2006)

Developed strategic media plan for IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks).  Focused on leveraging open source media tools to distribute video produced in Africa and Middle East for educational purposes.

 

freeDimensional International Arts Residencies; NYC, NY (2006-2007)

Provided strategic development consulting, particularly for the youth program and technology services.

 

Queens Museum of Arts; Queens, NY, (2004)

Developed technology and arts program for the museum’s Youth Adults Leadership Program, a 5-yr funded program by The Ford Foundation.

 

PASE (Partnership for After School Education); NYC, NY, (2004-2006)

Produced the new training Institute, “Teaching Literacy and Media Literacy through Hip-Hop culture.”

 

 

TEACHING POSITIONS  

Student Planet; Beijing, China (2005)

Taught new media technology at various high schools in Beijing.

 

Community School of Social Justice; Bronx, NY( 2004-2005)

Taught social documentary production in an after-school program at an alternative public high school.

 

Queens Museum of Arts; Queens, NY, (2005)

Taught youth how to document community voices through video; used media literacy and popular culture as teaching tools.

 

 

NON-PROFIT POSITIONS

The Point Community Development Center, Academic Program Manager; Bronx, NY (2005-06)

 Worked with low-income youth to create an individualized education plan.

 

Living Beyond Belief (LBB), Scholarship Manager; NYC, NY (2002-2006)

Oversaw college scholarship program for NYC high-school students active in HIV/AIDS education.

 

H2Ed (Hip-Hop Education), Director and Co-founder; NYC, NY (2003-2004)

Organized community of educators to explore best practices in using Hip-Hop as an educational tool. 

 

H2O Hip-Hop Odyssey Int’l Film Festival, Director and Founder of Freshest Youth Program; NYC, NY (2004)

Developed youth category and educational component of the film festival.

 

Manhattan Neighborhood Network Youth Channel, Associate Director; NYC, NY (2002-2003)

Developed, outreached and coordinated execution of special projects and events and managed staff.  Conceptualized and instructed after-school program, D.A.M.N. YC News, NYC’s first youth produced bi-monthly news program.

 

 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZER

• Living Beyond Belief (LBB) Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Gala; NYC, NY (2002-2006)
• The Point Community Development Center’s 2nd Annual Women in Hip-Hop Conference, Bronx,    NY (2004-2005)
• Hip-Hop Education Summit; NYC, NY, (2002 -2004)
• Hip-Hop Odyssey Int’l Film Festival, Youth Program; NYC, NY, (2002-2004)
• PACE University,  2nd Annual Mock Student Presidential Primaries; NYC, NY (2003)

 

 

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

• Free Speech TV’s “Primary Day:  What matters?” Co-producer/researcher; NYC, NY (2004)

  Redstorm Productions, Videographer; NYC, NY (2003)

• Herway Productions, Editor & Videographer; San Diego, CA (2002)
• National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA), Producer/Videographer/Editor; La Jolla, Ca. (2002)
• University of California, San Diego, Thurgood Marshall College Leadership Committee for Cultural Connection; Editor, La Jolla, CA, (2002)
• Del Mar Television, Television Station Intern; Del Mar, CA (2002)

 

NON-ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

• National Media Education Conference;  www.amlainfo.org; San Francisco, NY, June 25-28, 2005
  • Attendee
• The Passage Institute’s Amigals Literary Retreat; www.thepassageinstitute.com; Beacon, NY; June 10, 2005
  • Trainer; Workshop: 20+ Things to Know When Using Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
• National Middle-School Conference; www.calsac.org; SF, CA; Nov. 2004
  • Trainer; Workshop:  20+ Things to Know When Using Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
• UNESCO World Youth Summit; www.barcelona2004.org/festivaljoventut; Barcelona, Spain; Aug. 2004   
  • Moderator & Panel Organizer; Panel:  Universal Language of Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
• National Hip-Hop Political Convention; www.hiphopconvention.org; Newark, NJ; June 2004
  • Panel Organizer; Panel: Politics of Using Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
• Ladies of the Mic; NYC, NY; May 2004
  • Speaker; Panel:  Females in Management Positions
• Females in Hip-Hop Conference @The Point CDC, www.thepoint.org; Bronx, NY; Mar. 2004
  • Trainer; Workshop:  Developing Lesson Plans for Female History Month
• It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop Youth Conference; www.unionsettlement.org; NY; Feb. 2004
  • Advisor & Trainer; Workshop: Exploring Various Uses of Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
• Zulu Nation’s 29th Annual Hip-Hop Celebration;  NYC, NY; Nov. 2003
  • Speaker; Panel:  Hip-Hop as a Social Justice Tool
• Alliance for Community Media Northeast Conference; www.alliancecm.org; Brooklyn, NY; Aug. 2003
  • Speaker & Workshop Organizer; Workshop: Youth Media Responds to the War, Working Relationships    for Youth and Adults; Youth Media Track
• Alliance for Community Media National Conference; www.alliancecm.org; Tacoma, WA; Feb. 2003
  • Speaker & Panel Organizer; Panel: Successful Models of Peer-to-Peer Youth Media Trainings    Programs
• NYMAP (National Youth Media Action Project); Denver, CO; Jan. 2003
  • Trainer; Workshop:  3 Day Series – How to Outreach and Recruit for your Youth Media Program
• Hip-Hop Education Summit; NYC, NY; 2003 & 2004
  • Trainer in 2003; Workshop:  How to Develop Lesson Plans using Hip-Hop Culture

 

 

 

HIGHLIGHT OF SELECTED PROJECTS

Hip-Hop Education Summit, www.h2ed.net

Organized and co-founded the Summit, creating the first Conference in 2003 to bring together educators, youth leaders, parents, social workers and education administrators to dialogue on best practices in using Hip-Hop as an educational tool.  The first conference in 2003  had over 400 attendees, the second in 2004  had over 1000 attendees.

 

YMSM Project (Young Men Having Sex with Men), www.apicha.org/ymsm

Part of Adult Committee that Advises youth in how to implement outreach projects that support their mission to create visibility around issues that face the youth in the Asian Pacific Islander community.  The mission of the YMSM Project is to combat AIDS-related discrimination, and to support, empower, and enhance the quality of life of Asian & Pacific Islander YMSM.  In 2004, the YMSM Project finished the third NYC subway ad series.

 

Leadership Through the Arts Program at Queens Museum of Art, www.queensmuseum.org

Part of the Advisory Committee that assisted the Museum in implementing and developing workshops that use popular culture as the teaching tool. I worked with Eyebeam Museum to develop the first Blogging Curriculum that taught community building through popular culture.  I also has the opportunity to teach and develop the curriculum for the Videomaking class that focused on community storytelling.  The Leadership Through the Arts Program provides social justice and art making workshops to Queens youth. 

 

Youth Media RSS Project; http://listenup.org/share

Co-conceptualized the beta-program in 2003 with other youth media organizers.  This project calls on all youth media organizations to implement syndication tools in order to generate, receive, and share news feeds to help mature the information sharing within the youth media field and maximize its impact.

 

Living Beyond Belief, www.livingbeyondbelief.org

Currently part of the Advisory Program, and has served as a consultant to conceptualize the college scholarship programs and annual fundraiser.  LBB gives out college scholarships to NYC high-school students active in HIV/AIDS education. 

 

 

 

ADVISORY BOARDS

        freeDimensional (2006-present)

        The Queens Museum of Art (2003-2006)

        Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIVAIDS (APICHA), (2003-2007)

 

 

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