Selected Engagements and Honors
2023 | Colorado College Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies Contingent and Community Scholars Writing and Research Fellow
2022 | RedLine Arts in Society grantee, San Luis High School Media Project
9.22 | Emcee, Spring Institute Intercultural Awards, Denver City Park
9.22 | Panelist, Colorado Media Project Advancing Equity in Local Media Convening. w/ Cat Jaffee and Ann Marie Awad of House of Pod, Kristan Uhlenbrock of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and Ryan Conarro of Inside Wire.
9.22 | Guest Instructor, Digital Media Lab, Centennial High School, San Luis, Colorado
8.22 | Panelist, Colorado Preservation Inc. "Storytelling as Local Heritage Preservation" with Roque Madrid, Aaron Abeyta and moderated by Eric Carpio of History Colorado.
7.22 | Grant Review Panelist, Red Line Contemporary Art Gallery INSITE Fund
2022 | Visiting Lecturer, documentary film, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Collaborations with PBS NewsHour Arts Canvas
2021 | Gates Family Foundation and Colorado Media Project Water Reporting Fellow
11.21 | Film screening and filmmaker Q+A, Lost and Preserved in Colorado Springs, Pioneers Museum
10.21 | Panelist, Cultural Office Arts Month
9.21 | Film screening and filmmaker Q+A, YDA Master Class, Kimball’s Theater, Colorado Springs
9.21 | Panelist, Sound and Culture, Colorado College virtual event featuring Pulitzer Prize Winner Ravon Chacon
8.21 | Guest, Humanitou Podcast
7.21| Film Screening + filmmaker Q+A: YDA Master Class at Kimball's Theatre in Colorado Springs
2.21 | Film Screening + filmmaker Q+A: Pikes Peak Library District: Fannie Mae Duncan and the Cotton Club
2021 | Heartland Emmy Nomination, Cultural Documentary,
Unsilenced: The Untold Story of Indigenous
Enslavement, 2021
2021 | Heartland Emmy Nomination, Cultural Documentary,
Ron Rael: A Coming Home Story
2017 - 2020 | Advisory Council, Youth Documentary Academy
11.20 | Host + moderator, 35th Anniversary event,
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
10.20 | Panelist, State of Music in the Region, Arts Month Series
9.20 | Performer + presenter,
Downtown Colorado Springs Rotary Club
8.20 | Guest, Humanitou Podcast
5.20 | Guest DJ, Lunch Beat, Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art
3.20 | Selection Committee, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts 2021 Business for the Arts Awards
2.20 | Host + Performer, Colorado Springs Philharmonic Children's Show, The Orchestra Rocks at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
2020 | Heartland Emmy Nomination, Cultural Documentary,
Colorado Experience: Glen Eyrie Castle
2020 | Heartland Emmy Nomination, Magazine Arts Program, Host and Producer, Arts District
2019 Pikes Peak Arts Business Education Consortium Cultural Heritage Award
11.19 | Denver TedX Musical Performer, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
11.19 | Host, Economic Activity Study Breakfast, Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, for Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
10.19 | Guest Instructor, Music Production,
Colorado College, Colorado Springs
10.19 | Speaker, Fannie Mae Duncan statue dedication, Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
7.19 | Denver Arts & Venues presenter + panelist, 2019 Underground Music Showcase
7.19 | Performer, Film on the Rocks, Red Rocks Amphitheater
6.19 | Best Rock Band Nominee, Spirettes, Denver Westword
4.19 | Guest Lecturer + Presenter, Colorado College Historical Documentary Class
2.19 | Feature filmmaker + panelist, Rocky Mountain Women's Film Institute, Fannie Mae Duncan and the Cotton Club
1.19 | Children's Music Workshop Presenter with Chela Lujan, Colorado DeTour program with the Bohemian Foundation, La Junta
2019 | Heartland Emmy Nomination, Cultural Documentary, Colorado Experience: Fannie Mae Duncan
2017-2020 | Advisor, Knights of Columbus Hall Arts Collective Initiative, Pikes Peak Library District
3.17 | Meow Wolf DIY Fund Grant writer and recipient
2014-22 | Radio and Television Advisory Board, Pikes
Peak Community College, Colorado Springs
2016-19 | IndyGive Community Fundraiser NonProfit
Selection Committee, Colorado Springs
2015 - 2018 | Creator + Instructor, Citizen Journalism coursework at Tim Gill Center for Public Media
11. 18 | Co-Host, CBCA Economic Impact Survey Breakfast, with Michael Gadlin
11.18 | Presenter, Colorado State House of Representatives Resolution on behalf of Fannie Mae Duncan
5.18 | Keynote, Griffith Centers for Children
fundraiser, with Denver Mayor Michael
Hancock
5.18 | Keynote, Women’s Community Leadership
Initiative, “Engaging Your Passion,”
Leadership Pikes Peak
3.18 | Recipient, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts EY Next Wave Leadership Award
2018 | Best Pop Band, Eros and the Eschaton, Denver Westword
2017 | Nominated for Best Dance Band, Eros and the Eschaton, Denver Westword
2018 | Colorado Business Committee for the Arts EY Next Wave Leadership Award
2015-2018 | Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards Gala Master of Ceremonies
5.18 | ABE Awards Presenter, Colorado Springs
5.18 | Guest Instructor, Songwriting Workshop, Colorado College
2017 | Recipient, Colorado Springs Business Journal Rising Star Award
2017 | Curator, 2017 Colorado Springs Gallery of
Contemporary Art Classical Concert Series
10.17 | Curator, ArtPOP 2017
10.17 | Presenter, Colorado Springs Chamber and
Economic Development Corporation
Chamber Connect Series
10.17 | Moderator, Courses for Creatives Artist
Development Panel, Opportunities for
Artists
10.17 | Speaker, Girl Crush Social Club, “Arts
Month: Finding Your Creative Voice.”
10.17 | Panelist, Leadership Pikes Peak Panel
10.17 | Guest, Ultra 5280 “Behind the Scene”
Podcast
3.17 | Presenter and written contributor, Fine Arts
Center, “Front Row Center"
2.17 | Speaker, Girl Crush Social Club, “Authorship of
Culture"
2017 | Colorado Springs Business Journal Rising Star Award
2017 | Curator, 2017 Colorado Springs Gallery of Contemporary Art Classical Concert Series
10.17 | Curator, ArtPOP. Administered 20 pop-up arts events utilizing 70 local artists across 6 zip codes
10.17 | Presenter, Colorado Springs Chamber and Economic Development Corporation Chamber Connect Series: “Arts in the Pikes Peak Region"
10.17 | Moderator, Courses for Creatives Artist Development Panel, “Opportunities for Artists"
10.17 | Lecturer and Panelist, Social Club, “Arts Month: Finding Your Creative Voice"
10.17 | Panelist, Leadership Pikes Peak Panel
9.17 | Guest, Ultra 5280 “Behind the Scene” Podcast
3.17 | Presenter and written contributor, Fine Arts Center, “Front Row Center"
2.17 | Speaker, Social Club, “Authorship of Culture"
2016 | Nominated for Best Dance Band, Eros and the Eschaton, Denver Westword
10.16 | Presenter, Gallery of Contemporary Art Chit
Chat Series, “Lemurs and Local Music"
8.16 | Guest, Critical Karaoke, “The Shift"
10.16 | Guest, Air Check, KRCC Public Radio
3.16 | Panelist, Courses for Creatives: Production and Filmmaking