portfolio

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

magazine


-Contributing writer, Central Coast Parent. -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


- Federal International
- BALANCE therapy and counseling
- 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):