My prospective studies include: land management, general contracting, bushcraft, carpentry, art cinema, artificial intelligence, children's literature, cultural theory, theology, geomorphology, short-form poetics.
I was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in an industrial farming community near the Columbia River Gorge. I attended local public-schools and excelled in English, wrestling and track and field. As a teen I worked in construction as a shop assistant, in retail as a clerk, and as a freight dockworker loading and unloading semi-tractor trailers.
I moved from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington in 2000 right out of high school. I started studying at community college and worked different jobs in manual labor and customer service. Eventually I became a residential counselor teaching life-skills curriculum to handicapped young people.
I finished undergraduate studies in psychology in 2007 and graduate studies in psychology in 2011. The undergraduate program was composed of independent learning contracts, study abroad modules and a field-research externship in disaster psychology. The graduate program was composed of theoretical study in existential-phenomenology and clinical-training as an outpatient psychotherapist specializing in therapy with at-risk juvenile offenders, usually as part of their court-mandated counseling.
I left the field of clinical psychology around 2013 and started working as a freelance creative consultant and teacher. Initially my consulting work was pastoral in nature, but is now largely composed of creative strategy, operations management, human resources, digital media production, and artificial intelligence evaluations.
HIGHER EDUCATION
MASTER OF ARTS (2011) Seattle University
DEPT. of Psychology, Existential-Phenomenology
BACHELOR OF ARTS (2009)
The Evergreen State College
DEPT. of Society, Politics, Behavior & Change
UNIT: Community Psychology
BACHELOR OF ARTS (2009)
The Evergreen State College
DEPT. of Society, Politics, Behavior & Change
UNIT: Community Psychology
NON_DEGREE STUDENT (2005-09)
ASUW Experimental College
HyperText Markup Language, Cascading Style Sheets,
Photographic Emulsions, Photographic Processing
Shoreline Community College
UNIT: Contemporary Moral Problems
LIST OF PROFICIENCIES
CONCEPTUAL — Psychology - Philosophy - Counseling - Consulting - Journalism - Storytelling - Narrative Analysis - Discourse Analysis - Body Language Analysis - Interviews - Human Resources - Negotiation - Applied Ethics - Problem Solving - Creative Thinking - Content Strategy - Poetry - Musical Composition & Scoring - Cultural Studies - Interpersonal Communication - Metaphysics - World-religions - Mythology - History - Comparative History of Ideas - Discourse Analysis - Literary and Rhetorical Devices - Human Resources - Semiotics - Phenomenology - Existentialism - Criminology - Media Studies - Race-Relations - Political Ideologies - Police Science - Semiotics - Phenomenology - Existentialism - Leisure Studies - Turn of the Century Rap Music - Tupacian Lyricism
TECHNICAL — Research - Creative Content Production - Crowd Sourcing - Fact Checking - Editing - Copyediting - Technical Writing - Transcription - Annotation - Academic Writing - Creative Writing - Script Writing - Image Editing - Voice Over - Proofreading - Media Curation - YouTube - Videography - Video Editing - Final Cut Pro - Digital Media & Publishing - Digital photography - Systems Generation - Graphic Design - Apple iOS - Microsoft Suite - Google Suite - Zoom - Web Builders - Data Analytics - Search Engine Optimization - Social Media - Platform Management - CSS - HTML - Audio/Video Management - Executive Consulting - Small Business Consulting - Business Development - Recruiting - Employee Relations - Project Management - New Hire Orientations - Curriculum Design - Screening Resumes - Scheduling - Information Technology - Teaching - Training - Terminations
WORK CHRONOLOGY (1995 - 2024)
17+ years experience as a superintendent Editor, Consultant, & Producer in addition to 17 years experience as a subordinate Educator, Counselor & Clinician
EDITOR | CONSULTANT | PRODUCER
▪ Principal Consultant / Zero Ground, LLC (2014—)
▪ Crowd Source Editor / Genius Media Group, Inc (2013—18)
▪ Field Research Editor / TESC Disaster Psychology Ext. (2007)
EDUCATOR | COUNSELOR | CLINICIAN
▪ Preschool Teacher / Interlake Child Learning Center (2014—17)
▪ Psychotherapist, LMHC / Atlantic Street Center (2010—12)
▪ Preschool Teacher / Wallingford United Methodist (2009—10)
▪ Special Education Counselor / Fodor Homes, LLC (2003—06)
▪ Paraprofessional Aid / Precision Learning Academy (2000—03)
SKILLED & UNSKILLED LABOR
▪ Field Research Editor / TESC Disaster Psychology Ext. (2007)
▪ Publisher, Editor-In-Chief / The Commonline Journal (2007—17)
▪ Preschool Teacher / Interlake Child Learning Center (2014—17)
▪ Psychotherapist, LMHC / Atlantic Street Center (2010—12)
▪ Preschool Teacher / Wallingford United Methodist (2009—10)
▪ Special Education Counselor / Fodor Homes, LLC (2003—06)
▪ Paraprofessional Aid / Precision Learning Academy (2000—03)
SKILLED & UNSKILLED LABOR
▪ Administrative Assistant / Premier Business Centers (2007—08)
▪ On-site Property Manager / Glacier Management (2004—06)
▪ Town-Car Driver / Aces For Hire / (2003—04)
▪ Caterer-Driver / Delicious Planet (2001—03)
▪ Night Auditor / Silver Cloud Inn (2000—03)
▪ Freight Dockworker / United Parcel Service (1998—00)
▪ Associate Clerk / Bugle Boy Industries (1997—98)
▪ Shop Assistant / Lynn Hufford Construction (1995—97)
▪ Caterer-Driver / Delicious Planet (2001—03)
▪ Night Auditor / Silver Cloud Inn (2000—03)
▪ Freight Dockworker / United Parcel Service (1998—00)
▪ Associate Clerk / Bugle Boy Industries (1997—98)
▪ Shop Assistant / Lynn Hufford Construction (1995—97)
EXPERIENCE SUMMARIES
(CONSULTANT) Direct executive administration ▪ Provide counseling, research, feedback and criticism to clients ▪ Conduct essential human resource functions ▪ Develop and design systems for implementation ▪ Write and produce technical manuals, executive policies and procedures ▪ Create and curate images for branding ▪ Produce text for web and media for clients ▪ Draft proposals, write and execute contracts ▪ Serve as primary administrator for all media management platforms • Use data analytics, research, analysis and third-party tools to drive product engagement ▪ Provide academic advising to students, counseling, feedback and criticism to clients, draft proposals and manuscripts
(EDITOR) Develop and execute brands and editorial strategies, executive ethics policies and procedures ▪ Direct editorial boards, create, curate and aggregate content ▪ Correspond with the public and conduct interviews with public figures for web-publication ▪ Supervise assistant editors, enforce style, technical and ethical guidelines ▪ Serve as primary administrator for video-sharing, blog-publishing and open-source content management systems ▪ Analyze, interpret and annotate complex discourse for web-consumers ▪ Accept, reject and refine crowd-sourced contributions for accuracy, style and brevity
(PRODUCER) Produce video content for web-consumers ▪ Conduct principal videography, media curation and post-production editing ▪ Create storyboards, write scripts and direct musical scoring ▪ Executive produce digital media content for scholastic, leisure and marketing genres
(PRODUCER) Produce video content for web-consumers ▪ Conduct principal videography, media curation and post-production editing ▪ Create storyboards, write scripts and direct musical scoring ▪ Executive produce digital media content for scholastic, leisure and marketing genres
(CLINICIAN) Conducted outreach, intake, psychotherapy and case-management for patients ▪ Developed and implemented individual treatment plans, individual education plans (IEP), crisis intervention directives, and conducted ongoing mental-health assessments ▪ Facilitated access to services
(EDUCATOR) Planned and facilitated developmentally appropriate curriculums ▪ Directed classroom design ▪ Trained assistant teachers ▪ Completed ongoing assessments of social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language maturation via developmental continuum ▪ Conducted parent-teacher conferences ▪ Supported early childhood education (ECE) teachers and executives
(COUNSELOR) Planned and executed life-skills curriculums for adolescents in residential program with various developmental disabilities ▪ Organized activities and field-trips, completed daily and monthly reports for administrators and state liaisons ▪ Assisted K-12 University Heights classrooms by providing one-on-one support to students with developmental disorders
MAJOR EDITOR PROJECTS (SELECTED)
Peer-Review Editor, Academic
• Is Africa Merely an Effect?
• A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Stephen Dunn
• The Commonline Journal Questions Def Poet George Watsky
• Is Africa Merely an Effect?
• A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Stephen Dunn
• The Commonline Journal Questions Def Poet George Watsky
• Racial Health Disparities & Race-Based Bioethics
• Blasting the Canon: Hip-Hop Poetics, Race & the Ivory Tower
• The Subversive Structure of Lolita
Major Editor, Literary Publisher
• Catalogue of the poet Justin Hyde (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Dennis P. Wilken (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Doug Draime (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Rob Plath (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Howie Good (08-17)
Major Editor, Genius Crowd-Source
• "Shorty the Pimp" [1992] by Too $hort
• "Lethal Injection" [1993] by Ice Cube
• "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z." [1993] by Tupac Shakur
• "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" [1996] by Makaveli
• "Lets Get Free" (2000) by dead prez
• "Tipping Point" [2004] by The Roots
• "Revolutionary But Gangsta" [2004] by dead prez
• "Emeritus" [2008] by Scarface
• "Raw" [2010] by Hopsin
• "Follow Me Home" [2011] by Jay Rock
• "Section .80" [2011] by Kendrick Lamar
• "The Workout" [2012] by Stic.man
• "Run the Jewels" [2013] by Run the Jewels
• "Run the Jewels 2" [2014] by Run the Jewels
• "Black Hystori Project" [2014] by CyHi The Prince
• "Black Hystori Project 2: N.A.A.C.P." [2015] by CyHi The Prince
• "To Pimp a Butterfly" [2015] by Kendrick Lamar
• "Ascension" [2016] by Flatbush Zombies
• "DAMN" [2017] by Kendrick Lamar
• Blasting the Canon: Hip-Hop Poetics, Race & the Ivory Tower
• The Subversive Structure of Lolita
Major Editor, Literary Publisher
• Catalogue of the poet Justin Hyde (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Dennis P. Wilken (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Doug Draime (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Rob Plath (07-17)
• Catalogue of the poet Howie Good (08-17)
Major Editor, Genius Crowd-Source
• "Shorty the Pimp" [1992] by Too $hort
• "Lethal Injection" [1993] by Ice Cube
• "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z." [1993] by Tupac Shakur
• "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" [1996] by Makaveli
• "Lets Get Free" (2000) by dead prez
• "Tipping Point" [2004] by The Roots
• "Revolutionary But Gangsta" [2004] by dead prez
• "Emeritus" [2008] by Scarface
• "Raw" [2010] by Hopsin
• "Follow Me Home" [2011] by Jay Rock
• "Section .80" [2011] by Kendrick Lamar
• "The Workout" [2012] by Stic.man
• "Run the Jewels" [2013] by Run the Jewels
• "Run the Jewels 2" [2014] by Run the Jewels
• "Black Hystori Project" [2014] by CyHi The Prince
• "Black Hystori Project 2: N.A.A.C.P." [2015] by CyHi The Prince
• "To Pimp a Butterfly" [2015] by Kendrick Lamar
• "Ascension" [2016] by Flatbush Zombies
• "DAMN" [2017] by Kendrick Lamar
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESENTATIONS
• University of Washington SLP Grand Rounds
on Traumatic Brain Injury (02/2007)
• The Evergreen State College Symposium
"Community Psychology Versus" (09/2007)
• The Evergreen State College Symposium
on Psychoneuroimmunology (03/2008)
• Department of Behavior & Society
Colloquium on CAM Therapies (12/2008)
• Department of Behavior & Society
Colloquium on Neuroplasticity (12/2008)
• University of Washington Colloquium:
Pleasures and Perils of Culture (03/2010)
• Seattle University Workshop
on Brief Solution-Oriented Therapy (04/2010)
• Seattle University Seminar:
Obtaining Graduate Level Internships (02/2011)
• UW School of Social Work Invited Symposium:
Criminology Questions in WA State (09/2015)
• UW Invited Symposium II:
“Community Impact Forum" (01/2016)
CONTINUING EDICATION
CONTINUING EDICATION
• SIDS Training [Certification] (2014)
• STARS Merit Training [Certification] (2014)
• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy [10 credits] (03/2012)
• Positive Behavior Guidance [2 credit Merit] (2016)
• AWSU Experimental College [various] (2005-2009)
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
• Society for Existential Analysis
• Registry of Open Access Repositories
• Genius Media Group Inc.
• Viktor Frankl Institute