Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Just another midwest city kid, first generation college graduate married to her college sweetheart who's from the Bronx. Currently holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and looking for work in Public Relations. Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Experience in marketing & communications in both non-profit and for profit organizations. Editor-in-chief of The Mosaic, Cuyahoga Community College's campus newspaper. Received the George Moore Journalism Award in 2009 at Cuyahoga Community College.

Work History

• Department of Homeland Security
• Transportation Security Officer
• January 2011 to Present

• Provide Customer Service & Security to passengers, screen baggage, control entry and exit points.

• United Protestant Campus Ministries
• Intern
• November 2009 to April 2010

• Utilized social media by starting a facebook page & twitter account to create awareness of new campus ministry at Cleveland State University. Participated in campus events involving the organization.

• Cuyahoga Community College
• Student Marketing Communications Assistant
• November 2008 to August 2009

• Developed questionnaires for weekly feature story to appear in the internal e-newsletter, Inside Tri-C. Interviewed new faculty using the questionnaires developed to write the feature. Also wrote other articles for Inside Tri-C. Prepared Press Releases for immediate release and articles for college website.

Education

• Cleveland State University
• Bachelor of Arts, Communication
• 2007 - 2010

• Relevant Coursework:
  Principles of Public Relations
  Organizational Communication
  Communication Campaigns

• Cuyahoga Community College
• Associate of Arts, Sociology
• 2003 - 2007