Experience
Archival
Outreach - Public Speaking - Records Organization - Collaboration
Magnolia Mound Plantation
Public Speaking -Local History - National History - Colonial History - Customer Service
January 2021- Present
Working at Magnolia Mound was important step in learning how to best connect with regular people about topics related to Anthropology, History, and local knowledge. Educating about history when many might not be interested was the most challenging aspect but allowed me to learn the most affective way to educate while keeping information palatable and respectful.
LSU Museum of Natural History
Archiving - Historical Documents - Archaeological Documents
January 2021 - May 2021
The Natural History Museum of LSU provided a formidible introduction to the managing of archival oriented organizations. I primarily sorted through documents and compiled results for various research projects being conducted by thrid party researchers
Student Worker, Louisiana State Archaeological division
Archaeological Documents - Local History - Indigenous History - Material Culture Archiving - Translating - Education - Outreach
August 2021 - January 2022
Working with the State Archaeologist, Collections Manager, Head of Education and Outreach, I had the opportunity to contribute to various different projects. My primary focus was the managing and organization of Archeaological reports regarding Lousisana, I also help translate educational materials into French for public schools and helped organize material culture entering the State archive by sorting and sometime cleaning artifacts.
Assistant Editor, Delta Literary Journal
Collaboration - Organization - Visual Art - Spoken Art - Literature - Curating
Feb 2021 - April 2021
As the Assistant Editor, I helped with curating various pieces of prose and poetry submitted by students atending LSU and edited them to be published in the Delta Literary Journal. Particularly, I curated art and spoken art works submitted to the journal and corresponded with artists about relevant changes to be made for publishing.
Volunteer
Outreach - Education - Community Service
Gardere Initiative
July 2021-Present
The Gardere Initiative is an education based community center that provides a variety of services like education, community outreach and betterment. There, I learned how to educate and advocate for and with a community with a distressed community, often in Spanish
VIPS Reading Partner
February - April, 2020
WIth VIPS Reading Partners, I volunteered at a local elementary school and read with children in order to improve their literacy, English, and confidence.
General Volunteering
Through my time in undergraduate studies at LSU, I have volunteered at various animal shelters, habitat for humanity, ecological projects and a variety of smaller other volunteer opportunities all for the benefit of the greater Baton Rouge area.