Marketing and promoting for community organizations and public figures; advancing initiatives in all areas including outreach and media management. Extensive experience orchestrating political and cultural events. Press releases. Multilingual.

Experience

Executive Board Secretary, Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco; 2015–Present

Executor, content creator and graphic designer of comprehensive communications strategy including website, social media, and online newsletter. Point of contact for public and media. Responsible for the maintenance of organization’s communications and inquiries, management of email distribution and member database. Event planning of cultural activities and festivities. Coordination of fundraising events and disaster relief efforts.

Manager, World Music Industry; 2012-2020

Public relations management for clients, marketing and promotion. Composed and edited biographies, press releases, and artist content on the web. Website design and social media management. Digital design of album covers and Electronic Press Kits (EPK). Scheduled, organized, and oversaw performances. Arranged details for national tours. Communication liaison between artists and venues. Drafted contracts. Negotiated fees and payments.

Program Coordinator, UC Berkeley; 2010-2012

Administration for the UC Berkeley DeCal Tamarkoz Course. Coordinated logistics of class details. Prepared correspondence, spreadsheets, presentations, flyers, and announcements. Tracked attendance, registered assignments. Managed student communications.

New Employee Orientation Facilitator, Kaiser Permanente; 2005-2008

Led bi-monthly New Employee Orientation workshops. Designed, developed, and implemented materials for new hires. Designed presentations and drafted orientation materials. Responsible for securing venues, detailed planning of orientations. Processed up to 300 new employees per month.

Program Manager, Proyecto Contra SIDA Por Vida; 2002-2005

Facilitated the HIV prevention program in the Latinx community of San Francisco. Developed HIV prevention materials, performed outreach, taught classes at alternative/continuing high schools where the student body predominantly identified as Latina/o/x. Led implementation of site-based HIV testing and HIV improvement initiatives, including treatment and prevention. Advocate for the creation of affordable housing and job equality for individuals living with HIV. Organized fundraising events.

Archival intern, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts;2002-2003

Archived, organized, stored and preserved silk screened posters of political events, local concerts and community festivities from the 1970’s through the 1990’s in San Francisco. Maintained records of prints and managed archival database.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Bridge. Canva. Social media marketing. Website building applications: Weebly, Google Sites, GoDaddy, WIX. Apple iWork and Microsoft Office.

Languages

• Fluency in English. Conversational Spanish. Intermediate French. Beginning Arabic and Persian.

• Sorbonne Cours de Civilisation Française, Paris, France; French Language Certificate, 2017.

Education

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, Bachelor of Arts, Latin American Studies, 2003. Minor Political Science.