Education
- self-education: Resiliency~Durability~Sustainability, Ecology, Economics, Sociology, Spirituality, Psychology, and Marketing
- Community Building for Multiple Victories, Workshop by the Pomegranate Center (Issaquah, WA)
- WA state Teaching Certification, + 3y professional development, Department of Early Learning
- internship in Feeling Psychology (psychology using scientific method) (1 year)
- academic scientific research in DNA repair and immunology (see Experience)
- Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S., 4 year degree) in Biochemistry at Inholland University, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands (thesis at Dana-Farber, Boston, MA)
Experience
Full-time commitment to the transition of Seattle to a Carbon Neutral City (~2 years) Sample projects include:
- Member of SCALLOPS at Sustainable Greenwood-Phinney: team member & facilitator of Transition Handbook group
- Presenter at Seattle’s Evolver group
- Board member at Just Garden project
- Seattle City Council’s carbon neutral community forum: co-conducted research upon request of the Council, co-presented on government TV and in whitepaper
- Community building and consulting as my own business: Inside-Out Sustainable, now also called Neighbors On Purpose
Teacher in 2 Montessori schools, co-designing and implementing holistic, learner-centered, emergent curriculum (3 years)
Educator to educators: taught 2 workshops at Washington State’s annual professional development training conference for WA Educators of Young Children (WAEYC)
- Empowered Children, Joyful Classroom: emotions & language
- Facing the Future: a Global Sustainability curriculum guide
Full-time sabbatical for self-study (1-year)
- Marshall Rosenberg’s Non-Violent Communication,
- David Allen’s Getting Things Done system,
- Vicki Robin’s Conversation Cafés,
- Open-Space Technology organic unconferences,
- Feeling Psychology, and more.
Academic research on human biological integrity and resilience mechanisms (3 years)
- published in Nucleic Acids Research (found the gene/RNA/protein to knock out 10% of all cancers (the other 90% can be knocked out by knocking out telomerase) in the future, when (hypothetically) viruses can be used to specifically infect cancer tissue without spreading)
- gene sequencing, immune-system genotyping in service to research on (auto-)immunity, pregnancy, and microchimerism at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- presented research upon request by stem cell experts at the University of Washington
- chromosome integrity and DNA repair/recombination studies at Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Worked, studied, and lived in the Netherlands, including studies in 6 languages and developing a knack for anthropology-through-immersion. (12 years)
Expertise
- 20-year track record in acting, sales, service, teaching, presenting, marketing, and public speaking
- Detail oriented, Big-Picture motivated, with a triple-bottom-line orientation and the mindset of a holistic programmer/engineer/designer
- Self-directed collaborator with strong team ethic and excellent communication skills
- Degree includes training in speaking, presenting, note-taking, meeting facilitation, and collaborative project development
