EDUCATION
2007-2011: University of California, Davis.
Triple B.A. French, Italian, International Relations.
College of Letters & Science Dean’s Honor’s list
Departmental Citation in Italian.
2009 Study Abroad Program in Siena, Italy with homestay and full immersion.
2012: TEFL International, Paris, France- Completion of TEFL Certification course.
PROFILE
Son of an immigrant father and first-generation American mother.
Born in the border town of San Diego, CA *Raised on both costs of the U.S.
2013-2017: Ardmore/Embassy/Kaplan International- ESL Instructor, twice promoted.
Fluent in French, Spanish, and Italian. *Experienced in translation.
PUBLIC SERVICE
In advocacy for Social Justice: 2017 *San Diego Women’s March, 40,000 in attendance.
2018-2020: *Registered to vote in Oregon. Signed over 50 petitions for progressive or environmental causes. *Portland March for Our Lives Rally *Portland Women’s March *Portland Pride *Portland Impeachment Rally *Strategic absence from demonstrations with high potential for violence. *Regular donor to Rose Haven women’s shelter.
2020: Community outreach/weekly volunteer for Senator Jeff Merkley’s Portland office.
2021: Fully vaccinated, abstaining from gatherings, limiting public exposure. Masked.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN POETRY
2017-Present: 4 poems published by What Rough Beast, 3 poems published by New Verse News, 2 poems published by Poets Reading the News. 1 poem published by Writer’s Resist. Honorable mention by Society of Classical Poets: Friend’s of Falun Gong.
2018: Winner in Power of Wind & Water Art Show Contest: Kregel Museum, NE.
2019: Invited to Speak at Portland’s AWP event by Poets Reading the News.
2021: *Hand-picked by the founder of Frontier Poetry to give an interview on my journey as a writer. *Launched a poetry blog that is an ironic satire of the 45th president, covering everything from political scandals, natural disasters, criminal activity and numerous social justice issues that remain unresolved to this day.
New Posts every Wednesday at: https://great4foxsake.blogspot.com.
SOURCES
The Atlantic, Slate, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Vox, Reuters, The guardian, Huffington Post, The Oregonian, OPB, Willamette Week, Last Week Tonight, livestreams of demonstrations and protests, Jeff Merkley’s America is Better Than This: Trump’s War Against Migrant Families, Brian Tyler Cohen on youtube, C-Span.
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