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Education
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
Fall 2009
Center for continuing studies industrial design graduate prep classes.
Coursework: Product Design, and Drawing for Industrial Design.

Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO

2004-2008
Bachelor of Arts, Major: Liberal Arts and Sciences: Environmental Studies (Self-designed major)
Thesis: “New Zealand’s and Japans contrasting views on whaling and how these views play out in the
International Whaling Commission.”
• Thesis work includes first hand research and interviews conducted in New Zealand.
Relevant course work: Experimental Molds and Multiples, Small Metal Sculpture, Woodworking, Arts and
Crafts: Jewelry making.
Awards Received At Colorado College: Venture Grant to study poverty housing in Romania, Outdoor
Recreation Leader, Recipient of The Ritt Kellogg Memorial Fund Scholarship to do outdoor expeditions in the
summers of 2005 and 2006.

School for International Training Brattleboro, Vermont

Summer 2006
Coursework: Coastal Archaeology and Swahili language and Culture in Kenya and Tanzania.
• included a ten-day home stay with a Muslim Swahili family in Mombasa, Kenya.

The National Outdoor Leadership School Lander, WY

2003, 2004
Coursework: Mountaineering in the North Cascades in Washington in summer of 2003. Kayaking, Sailing,
and Backpacking for a spring semester in Baja in 2004.

The Taft School Watertown, CT

1999-2003 Awards Received at Taft: Varsity Ski Team
Captain 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, Taft School Girls Ski Racing Award 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, Taft School
Thirds Field Hockey Captain 2000-2001.

Work Experience
Floral Designer Assistant Carl Friedrich, New York, NY
October 2009-current
• assisting floral designer on greenspace design decisions, floral arrangements, and general
maintenance of flowers, plants, and urban greenspaces.

Apprentice Designo Patagonia, Bariloche, Argentina

January-April 2009
• worked with industrial designers assisting with product design and construction
• innovated design techniques for new materials
• researched sustainable design methods

Jewelers Apprentice Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME

Fall 2008
• constructed high end professional quality jewelry
• constructed designs of Sam Shaw
Carpenter/Woodworker’s assistant, Colorado College Carpenter Shop, Colorado Springs, CO
Summer 2008
• assisted college carpenter on variety of projects including furniture, gifts, art, and maintenance of
school.
• practiced shop skills including use of machinery like the table, jig, ban, chop, radial arm, saber, saws,
joiners and planers, forklift operation, and festool and biscuit joiners.

Jewelers Assistant Brenda Houck, Colorado Springs, CO

Summer 2008
• assisted jeweler in completion of projects and shop maintenance.
• practiced small metal skills including soldering, riveting, hydraulic pressing, enameling, and general
metalworking.

Ridge Runner Friends Of Acadia, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME

Summer, 2004, 2005, 2007
• educated park visitors about Leave No Trace, maintained trails and cairns, and assessed visitor use of
the park.
• often hiked 10 miles a day and lifted large rocks
Volunteer Experience
Habitat For Humanity Cluj Napoca, Romania
Conservation Commission and the Beautification Committee Southwest Harbor, ME, helped maintain
trees and plants in the town.
Rocky Mountain Field Institute helped to create and fix trails around a popular rock climbing area in
Colorado.
Great Sand Dunes State Park Colorado, helped clean up their visitor center and campground.