Caroline Breitbach

3303 N. Biltmore Ave. Peoria, IL 61604

(309) 251-4198 | carobreitbach@gmail.com
cbreitbach.weebly.com

Education
Bachelor in Liberal Arts Loras College Expected: May 2020
Major: English Creative Writing & Media Studies GPA: 3.9
 Honors and Activities
o Dean’s List (7 of 7 completed semesters)
o Loras College Honors Program, Project Chain Reaction: Cycling in Dubuque
o Recipient of the Rechenmacher Award for Creativity (2019-2020), Bauerly-Roseliep
Scholarship 2019-2020, Dr. Robert & Rosemary Cronin Scholarship 2019-2020, Stribling
Theatre Arts Scholarship 2019-2020 and 2018-2019, Heidi Anna Honkamp-Myhre
Scholarship 2019-2020 and 2018-2019, and Fred and Alta Appel Award 2018-2019
o President of Guild of St. Genesius, honors theatre guild, former Vice President and
Secretary/Treasurer

Work Experience
Associate Web Project Intern – Great River Learning (Dubuque, IA) March 2019-Present
 Building online textbooks, HTML coding, placing content, creating components for quizzes/assignments,
completing author edits

Catfish Creek Editor – Loras College (Dubuque, IA) March 2018-Present

 National undergraduate literary magazine, acted as Poetry and Prose (Fiction and Nonfiction) editors
 Copyediting, soliciting material prose and poetry, evaluating material, organizing and tracking submissions,
laying out publication in Adobe InDesign

Library Assistant – Loras College Library (Dubuque, IA) August 2017-March 2019
 Customer service, check books in/out, shelve materials, author of weekly blog post, decorating

Tennis Instructor, Camp Counselor – Peoria Park District (Peoria, IL) May 2018-August 2018
 Tennis instructor ages 4-adult, set up and plan lessons, substitute counselor at Fine Arts Camp and Camp
Onstage

Published and Presented Works

 Publications
o “Drop-Offs” Delta Epsilon Sigma National Undergraduate Writing Competition First Place
Short Fiction 2018-2019
o “Best in Show” Alpha Award short story at Limestone Review 2018-2019
o “Horse at the Zoo” poem at plain china 2017-2018
 Short Films
o Co-creator and writer “A Love Affair (in Brief)” 2019; screened at Alternating Currents Film
Festival, Iowa Independent Film Festival, Muscatine Independent Film Festival, and Loras
College Legacy Symposium Film Festival; First Place Best Short Film at Iowa College Media
Association 2020
o Creative team “Sliced” 2019 and “Curdled” 2018 at Julien Dubuque International Film
Festival It’s a Wrap Film Competition; First Place
 Academic Presentations
o “Killing the Angel of the House: Lily’s Path to Vision” presented at Streamlines
Undergraduate Literary Conference (2018)