Experience
& Skills

    • 15+ years — providing plain language healthcare education for patients and caregivers

    • 10+ years — training employees, mentoring colleagues, and coaching peers

    • 7+ years — tutoring graduate-level scholarly writing, biological sciences, Latin, and math

    • 7+ years — teaching trauma-informed mindfulness, yoga, rock climbing, and canyoneering

  • Master of Education: Learning Technologies

    • Interactive e-Learning Course Development

      • Communicating with Patients who are Non-Verbal

    • Instructional Design for Higher Education Client

      • Faculty Continuing Education Module

    • Collaborative Evaluation Study

      • Microsoft Accessibility LinkedIn Learning Course

    • Educational Research Independent Study Design

      • Online Group Work and Autistic College Students

    Industry Web & Strategic Content Development

    • Founded a trauma-informed fitness and adventure instruction business

      • Built and maintained business website on squarespace

      • Produced strategic social media and educational content

      • Grew a following of over 10k across platforms in 6 months

    • 5+ years of social media management

      • Created content and conducted social media marketing while managing various adventure businesses

      • Achieved consistent growth in follower counts and increased engagement in every leadership role to date

  • 10+ Years of Nursing Experience

    • 7+ years — in-home and private duty skilled care

    • 4+ years — training and mentoring nurses

    Specializations

    • Populations

      • Pediatric, adult, geriatric, palliative care, long-term care, surgical recovery, school, rehabilitation, addiction

    • Patient Conditions

      • Cerebral palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida, autism, paralysis, wounds, renal failure, traumatic brain injury, dementia

    • Skills

      • Mechanical ventilation, tracheotomy, vesicostomy, colostomy, dialysis monitoring, wound care

      • patient and caregiver education, care coordination, patient advocacy, medication and DME management

Education

  • The Ohio State University

    Graduated Dec 2025 — GPA 3.95

    • 70% complete, 3 courses remain, flexible and part-time

    • Portfolio-based instructional design program

    Notable Projects

    Interactive e-Learning Course Development

    • Communicating with Patients who are Non-Verbal

      • Created a fully functional, interactive online course for healthcare professionals

      • Designed all assets and learning modules while prioritizing plain language, accessibility, and UDL

      • Conducted SME research, wrote and storyboarded content, then built and published the online experience

      • Focused on high-need clinical communication scenarios commonly experienced by the target audience

    Instructional Design for Higher Education Client

    • Faculty Continuing Education Module

      • Transformed expert-sourced training materials into a brand-aligned, structured eLearning design plan

      • Conducted audience analysis and aligned deliverables with client’s organizational and pedagogical goals

      • Scripting, storyboarding, and designing assets for eLearning module scheduled to launch in May 2025

    Collaborative Evaluation Study

    • Microsoft Accessibility LinkedIn Learning Course

      • Co-led a mixed-methods evaluation of working professionals’ experience with accessibility-focused course using Qualtrics surveys and Zoom interviews; synthesized quantitative and qualitative findings

      • Co-authored a 90-page report with thematic analysis and data visualization

      • Final deliverables emphasized actionable pedagogical insights to enhance learner content transfer

    Educational Research Independent Study

    • Online Group Work and Autistic College Students

      • Secured departmental approval and support to lead a multi-semester research study on collaborative learning experiences of autistic higher education students in online courses

      • Completed advanced CITI ethical research practice certifications; recruited co-investigator to assist with upcoming data collection and reporting phases

      • Currently drafting IRB application, study planned to begin summer 2025

  • The University of Akron

    May 2017 — Summa cum laude

    • Honors Thesis: clinical research

      • Utilized U.S. census survey data to investigate the link between adolescent BMI and use of complementary and alternative medicine

      • Collaborated with external advisor, a pediatric physician and public health researcher, while receiving mixed-methods clinical research mentorship

      • Presented a poster at Pediatric Academic Societies (2017)

    • Akron Children’s Hospital’s Summer Pediatric Research Scholars program

      • Performed quantitative analysis of electronic charting software data assessing Burn Center Advance Directive compliance

      • Won 1st place in category at the American Burn Association Meeting (2016)

  • Practical Nursing Certificate

    Jan 2010 — Academic Excellence Award (GPA 4.0)

    • Current LPN-M-IV multi-state license

    • BLS/CPR/AED certified

Tools

  • Microsoft

    • Windows OS, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Visio, OneDrive, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint

    Apple

    • Mac OS, Parallels Desktop, iPhone OS, Apple Shortcuts & Automations, Garageband, iMovie

    Communication

    • Zoom, Slack, Webex, Teams, Discord

    Project Management

    • Notion, Monday.com

  • E-Learning Development Tools & Learning Management Systems

    • Articulate 360

      • Storyline, Rise, Peek, Review

    • Instructure Canvas LMS

    • Moodle

    • Docebo

    • Camtasia

    • SCORM Publishing

    • Adobe

      • InDesign, Acrobat, Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, Rush, Premier, Fresco

    • Canva

    • Procreate

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