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Professional Experience
Arden's Garden, Atlanta, GA
Office Assistant | October 2010 – present
Design flyers and pamphlets with information about products. Format documents for government and file-keeping purposes.
Assist customers in stores and over the phone.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York, NY
International Film Festival Outreach Consultant | May 2010 – June 2010
Previewed Festival films to identify themes and implemented outreach effort to target viewer
organizations and demographics. Used social media contacts, email/e-flyers, phone calls, and flyer
distribution with photos, film synopses, screening times, and information about HRW.
International Film Festival Intern | February 2009 – January 2010
Established database for supporter contact information and history. Coordinated submission
process for the Festival's youth-produced film program Youth Producing Change.
Tribeca Film Institute, New York, NY
Tribeca All Access (TAA) Intern | February 2010 – May 2010
Entered filmmaker and film information into restricted online database for access by film industry
persons. Managed guest lists and itineraries for TAA events and meetings.
Art in Action, Menlo Park, CA
Program Developer | Summers 2002 – 2008
Increasing responsibilities over the years: Created database of sources and coordinated acquisition of
copyright permissions for artwork. Negotiated reduced rates or free rights for art to be included in
curriculum of non-profit art education organization. Illustrated concepts, vocabulary, and skills in online
animated versions of curriculum. Edited text and clarified themes in printed versions of program.
Ensured consistency of curriculum books layout design.
Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Development Work Scholar Intern September 2007 – May 2008
Orchestrated mailings and handled varied assignments before and during annual benefit to ensure it
ran smoothly. Set up artist's works for salon events at board members' homes and served as a hostess
to provide information about Aperture. Performed tasks as receptionist for the front desk.
Additional Experience
Photography & Imaging Senior Catalog – Tisch School of the Arts, New York University Fall 2009
Introductory Photography Course Instructor – Robert Mapplethorpe House, NY Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
Contributing Author – Gallatin Journal of Global Affairs at New York University Summer 2008
Displayed Artist – Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA Summer 2007
Skills
Expert with Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office, Outlook. Skilled with Filemaker Pro, Macromedia
Flash, HTML, CSS.
Education
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (New York, NY) | Bachelor of Fine Arts – May 2010
Major in Photography & Imaging
American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt) | Semester abroad – Fall 2008
Studied Arabic (MSA and Colloquial) and International Human Rights Law
Interests
Human Rights and human trafficking activism, movies, baking, crocheting, belly dancing