Resume
Education
University of California, Los Angeles | MLIS 2018
University of Pennsylvania | BA, summa cum laude 2013
Major: Romance languages (Spanish and French) Minor: Anthropology
Experience
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Technical Group Lead - Information Management Services | November 2021-present
Information Management Engineer | November 2018-present
Information Science Intern | January 2018-September 2018
- Consult with engineering and business teams throughout the organization about strategies for improving knowledge capture, sharing, and preservation
- Provide guidance regarding choice and use of institutional tools for enterprise content management
- Create user documentation and training for institutional repositories
- Engage in cross-organizational collaboration on tasks related to enterprise search and semantic technologies
- Improve enterprise search results by making curated changes based on user requests and query data
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate Student Reference Assistant | September 2016-June 2018
- Provided in person and online research assistance to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and members of the public
- Developed training manual and provided in-person training for new reference assistants
- Collaborated with librarians to plan, co-teach, and lead library instruction sessions for undergraduate history and English classes
- Co-taught and led Research Cornerstone workshops on Forming a Research Question and Citation Management
- Created and edited subject and course-specific LibGuides
Center for Primary Research and Training, UCLA Los Angeles, CA
CFPRT Processing Scholar | June-September 2017
- Processed collection of the Arthur Stern Papers, created finding aid in Archivist’s Toolkit, and wrote blog post regarding collection
- Processed additions and updated finding aid for Heavy Metal Music Collection
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA
Collection Information and Digital Assets Intern | June-September 2017
- Completed data cleanup project in The Museum System (TMS)
- Reviewed LACMA object classification in preparation for linking to Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles, CA
Guest Relations Associate | February 2015-November 2016
- Staffed ticket desks and greeting positions to provide excellent customer service to a diverse population of guests in a busy, fast-paced environment
- Trained new guest relations employees
Blueprint LSAT Preparation Los Angeles, CA
Operations Assistant Blueprint | September 2013-July 2014
- Responded to inquiries from current and prospective students by phone and email
- Coordinated with instructors, students and regional managers to arrange one-on-one tutoring
- Managed facility bookings for classroom instruction across the country
Kislak Center for Special Collections, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Student Library Assistant | June 2012-August 2013
- Paged, reshelved, and created housing for rare books and manuscripts
- Assisted patrons with check in and requests and monitored reading room
- Helped develop an exhibit for the Free Library of Philadelphia of the Dreyfus Affair Collection, including concept development, item selection, and exhibit text
Publications:
“Improving Enterprise Content Findability through Strategic Intervention,” Code4Lib Journal, Issue 42, November 8, 2018
Presentations:
”Minding Your Digital Junk Drawer” (Poster), Code4Lib, March 2020
“Three Strategic Interventions to Improve the Findability of Enterprise Content” (Poster), Code4Lib, February 2019
“Instruction from the MLIS Student Perspective” (Lightning talk), SCILWorks, February 2018