Work and Volunteer Experience

 

·      School of Music Representative – Boston University College of Fine Arts Student Government: Winter 2024-present. Roles include coordinating social events, following a budget, creating promotional graphics, and working with professional university staff.

 

·      Vice President – National Association for Music Education, Boston University Chapter: Fall 2024-present. Coordinated with students and faculty to start a music education pre-professional society open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Roles include hosting meetings, coordinating events, and submitting proposals for funding to the music education department.

 

·      Summer Camp Instructor – Seattle Bouldering Project: Summer 2025. Worked full-time as a day camp counselor at an indoor rock-climbing facility. Led children aged 6-15 through a variety of age-appropriate camp activities, both on the rock wall and off it.

 

·      Teaching Intern – Seattle JazzED: Summer 2024, Summer 2025. Worked alongside experience professionals to provide beginning trombone instruction to elementary school students preparing to enter their school music programs.

 

·      Staff Member – MOD Pizza: Winter 2023-Summer 2023. Cooked, prepared, and served pizza to customers at a fast-paced counter service pizzeria. Performed dishwashing and cleaning duties as well as customer service.

 

·      Seasonal Ice Cream Scooper – Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream: Spring 2022-Fall 2022. Scooped ice cream for customers, used a cash register, and performed housekeeping/cleaning duties for the shop. Worked alongside a variety of coworkers, primarily experienced adults.

 

·      Pit Orchestra Member (Trombone and Percussion) – Broadway Bound Children’s Theatre: Summer 2019, Winter 2020, and Spring 2022. Performed as a volunteer alongside student actors in productions of the stage musicals Urinetown and Les Misérables. Performed the same duties as a paid orchestra member for a production of Into the Woods.

 

·      Youth Soccer Coach – Arena Sports SODO: Summer 2021-Spring 2022. Led soccer classes and camps for children between 2 and 7 years old, working alongside teenage coworkers as well as adults to deliver developmentally appropriate and fun programming.

 

·      Participant – Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop: Spring 2018, 2019 and 2021. Worked with other teenage musicians and adult mentors to write pieces of music to be performed by members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

 

Interests

 

·      Music: Bass trombone, piano, music composition, and education.

·      Athletics: Cycling, running, and bouldering.

·      Urbanism: Advocate for equitable access to public transportation, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, park space, and car-free public spaces.

 

Education

 

·      Boston University: Expected graduation date May 2027. BM in Music Education. Will receive Massachusetts K-12 music teaching certification upon graduation.

·      Garfield High School (Seattle, WA): Graduated June 2022.

·      Private Bass Trombone Instruction: Jerome Smith (2019-2021), Eden Garza (2023, summer 2024, summer 2025), Gabriel Rice (2023-).