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creative business marketing and communications


-Accessorize in Glamour With the Pink Explorer
-Tuning In To The Pulsar 260: Pure Sound Immersion Without Missing A Call
-Discovering Pure Audio Quality with Plantronics Discovery 665
-Trash Talking, Enemy Walking: The .Audio 370 and Team Pandemic Take Back the Game
-CS55H Home Edition: Professional Productivity for a Home Office Pro
-Delivering Your Future with the CS55H Home Edition
-CES Picks Five Winners From Plantronics
-Holiday Headset Gift Guide
-CS70 - The Essential Executive Tool



educational and environmental multimedia learning tools


-Wetland Stewards, middle school environmental curriculum
-Introduction to the Watsonville Wetlands, for elementary age students and their teachers



journalism


-Contributing writer, Central Coast Parent magazine. Ongoing features include native plant profiles, children's book reviews, and best-bet family hikes.
August 2007 feature articles: "Eating Green: Packing Environmentally Minded School Lunches," "Shopping Green for Back to School," "Gardening Greener: Planting a Native Plant Garden with your Kids," "Hidden Trails on the Central Coast"
June 2007 feature articles: "Five Great Day Trips," "Weekend Getaways," "Best-Bet Summer Hikes"
April 2007 feature articles: "Earthbound Farm," "Family Fun at The Farm," "Central Coast Pediatric Group Expands to Seaside," Douglas Ranch Camp: Fostering Camping Traditions in Carmel Valley," "The Toy Store Like No Other," and "Safe Summer Fun with the YMCA."
-Love Spoken Here
-New Law Extends Hospice Services for Children
-Surf City Fights Back
-Moving In! Seacliff Highlands Apartments Completed
-A $50, six course meals uses only local products



research, essays, and manuscripts


-"Habitats of Identity: Oral Histories of the Watsonville Wetlands"
-"Reducing Institutional Paper Use: A Plan of Action"
-Animalfish Alphabet
-Pickleweed Picnic
-Mama-Magic



editorial


-Founding editor, TravelSearcher
-Web copywriter, Plantronics
-Script editor and subtitle editor, AquaAir Productions, Monterey, CA



web development and design


- International Oral History Association
- TravelSearcher
-as Cybersolutions of Aptos, clients included Travel and Entertainment Network online, Disney Cruise Lines, Disney Resorts, Loews Hotels, Mark Publishing, Beverly Fabrics, Mugnaini Imports, Rose Blossom Preschool, Parkland Kennels



speeches, awards, and professional affiliations


-Panelist, 2007 Oral History Association Conference in Oakland, CA -Winner of the California State University - Monterey Bay's 2007 Student Research Competition
-Invited speaker to the 2006 International Oral History Conference in Sydney, Australia
-Presenter, 2006 Western Association of Schools and Colleges "Learning Journey"
-Speaker, 2006 CSUMB senior capstone festival
-Presenter, 2005 CSUMB Water Issues Conference
-Member, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators



videography and digital stories



-Creator of "Voices of the Watsonville Wetlands," 20-minute oral history documentary
-Creator of award-winning digital story "Why I Walk"
-Selected digital videos with original photography is available here on YouTube



photography



-Specializing in nature and outdoors photography
-Location shots include Vancouver, San Francisco, Monterey Bay area, Big Sur, Lake Tahoe and the Sierras, Molokai and Kauai, Hawaii
-Photo, "Sandpiper in Spring," in OCEAN Magazine spring 2007
-Photojournalism published in print editions of the Central Coast Parent, Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Times Publishing Group -Clips available of lifestyle and product photography
- Samples of available photos (click for larger image):