Welcome to my Highlight Reel
I am a versatile creative known for memorable content, deliberate design, and detailed yet simple events. In my work, I create strategic experiences and stories that make people feel connected—to each other, to a mission, to feelings bigger than themselves. My approach binds logistics to meaning, design to human behavior, and details to create on-brand atmospheres, themes, and action.
As a Strategic Events and Community Engagement Professional with eight years of experience, I specialize in building relationships, crafting on-brand stories, and creating experiences that drive impact within education.
I am pursuing creative, communication-centered opportunities with innovative, growth-driven organizations in need of a high-quality communicator who can think strategically and execute simply.
Professional Focus
As the Coordinator, Special Events at Heartland Community College (HCC), I design, plan, and execute institutional events that drive student success and strengthen community partnerships.
My philosophy: Combine tradition and innovation to maximize engagement and impact.
My professional experience includes:
- Higher Education Impact: Directing the use of HCC’s premier facilities, such as the Advanced Manufacturing Center and Agriculture Complex, to connect external groups with vital educational resources in addition to facilitating internal events.
- Prior Leadership: Leading high-performing volunteer teams and executing major initiatives as the Director of Alumni and Special Events at Central Catholic High School.
- Marketing: IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital marketing intern, Ball State University Freedom Bus Immersive Learning Project team member, The Ball State Daily page designer.
Whether I am managing venue logistics, securing sponsorships, or crafting compelling content, my ultimate goal is to create strategic content and connections that spark community improvement.
Foundation & Brand
My work is rooted in a strategic background built off of research and optimal storytelling techniques, holding Journalism and Sociology degrees from Ball State University.
- I continuously refine my communication capabilities, notably through Toastmasters International, and volunteer my design expertise to organizations I support such as Women United and USA Powerlifting.
- My weekends are spent delving deep into human interaction and customer service excellence as a bartender.
- A Midwest native and powerlifter, I blog about mental health awareness, unsaid angles and life lessons.
Core Skills & Expertise
- Event Strategy & Logistics: Venue Logistics, Volunteer Team Management, Sponsorship Sales, Gift Procurement, Budget Administration, and Facility Rental Management.
- Content & Marketing: Social Media Marketing, Newsletter & Magazine Writing, Ad Design, Commercial Copywriting, and Strategic Storytelling.
- Technical Proficiency: WordPress, Canva Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, Raiser’s Edge NXT, Greater Giving, and 25Live.