Editing

Education

• Contributing Content Marketing Editor, Quatrain Creative.
• Developmental Editor, Layout, and Indie Publishing: "Fulfilled: A Daily Devotional Prayer Journal," by Pastor Stephen Apt. Publishing Jan 2025.
• Developmental Editor: CrossTrain Kids Ministries, K-8 Curriculum on spiritual, emotional, and physical resiliency. Publishing 2024.
• ​Book Coach and Developmental Editor: CrossTrain Ministries, non-fiction work on spiritual, emotional, and physical resiliency. Publishing 2025.
• Permissions Editor, Martin Luther College History Department, permissions research and seeking for all third-party material for the publication of a history sourcebook of over 200 documents.
• Proofreading & Formatting: Martin Luther College History Department, New Ulm, MN 
  • Updated out-of-print textbooks for republication:
    • The Past Speaks for Itself: Documents in Western Civilization Vol I
    • The Past Speaks for Itself: Documents in Western Civilization Vol II
• Proofreading, Formatting, & Design: Lutheran Institute for Music Education, non-profit brochures
• Writing, Proofing, Formatting & Design: State Street Theatre, New Ulm, MN
  •  Edited 40 pages of archived county history into a one-page marketing brochure that celebrated the theatre's past while highlighting its current mission​.

2022

Poynter Institute ACES: Certificate in Copyediting
Editor Caitlin Pyle: Certificate in General Proofreading Theory and Practice
Digital Marketing Foundations: Online course with Shelby Leigh 
Ongoing Education: Publishing and editing is a dynamic field. I keep up-to-date following leaders in the field: Jane Friedman; indie publishing entrepreneur, Dave Chesson with Kindlepreneur; publisher Anna David's "On Good Authority;" and book coach Jennie Nash with Author Accelerator.

2009

Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU): M.A., Dramatic Arts with an emphasis on Dramaturgy

• Thesis: Muse or Medusa: Activism in the History of Community-Based Theatre, *Received MSU’s Outstanding Research Award (2009)
• Dramaturgical works presented at the American College Theatre Festival Region V, Kansas City, MO (01/2009) and Omaha, NB (01/2008). *Received the KCACTF National Dramaturgy Award for outstanding dramaturgical work on Lysistrata (2009) and outstanding dramaturgical research: Dostoevsky Censored: The Grand Inquisitor and Christ’s Kiss in the Adaptation History of “The Brothers Karamazov” (2008)
• KCACTF *National Critic’s Institute Scholarship to study with theatre and film critic Michael Phillips (2009)

2004

​Wisconsin Lutheran College (WLC): B. A., Psychology/Theatre, Summa cum Laude

• Lead APA writing tutor for WLC’s social and behavioral sciences
• Undergraduate teaching assistant to Dr. Leanne Olson for Psychological Research Methods
• Freelance copyeditor for academic dissertations within the field of education

 Writing for Non-Profits

St Paul Lutheran Church, Ottawa, Ontario

• Developed consistent branding and voice across all marketing platforms for St. Paul’s youth and family ministry. 
• Developed all training materials and documentation for implementing and overseeing St. Paul’s Child Abuse Prevention Policy.
• Wrote educational curriculum, including Easter Puzzle Hunts: Masterpieces of the Resurrection and Extreme Easter Hunts: Apologetics for Kids. Curriculum featured at ResourcefulChurch.com
• ​Co-wrote Gospel Parenting, a 6-week parenting course with a corresponding workbook. Resource requested at Lutheran churches and schools across the US.

Community Care’s Family Care Program, Mequon, WI 

• Worked on an interdisciplinary Case Manager/RN team, assessing, planning (i.e., writing care plans, behavior support plans, medical release plans, and ongoing government documentation), and coordinating effective/cost-effective support services for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities as well as elderly with high-care needs. 
• As lead case manager, I developed and implemented training for all new Ozaukee County Family Care hires (social workers and nurses) in the implementation of Wisconsin’s Family Care programming; materials distributed to all Family Care sites due to their quality and effectiveness.

Justice 2000, Milwaukee, WI

• Wrote court release plans advocating for the pretrial release and community integration of incarcerated individuals with AODA and/or mental health concerns.
• Team proofreader for release planning.

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

• Developed and implemented an after-school literacy program (Ages 6-12). Asked to present my findings: After the Bell: A 10-Month Look into Effective After-school Literacy Programs at the County’s reading initiative task force due to the program’s quality and effectiveness. 

Creative Writing

Coming to Terms: The Antony Flew Story, At the pinnacle of his career, Antony Flew, one of the world's most prestigious philosophers, befriends a young Christian apologist. An unlikely friendship grows, but when the truth Flew discovers is not the truth he wants, he is forced to choose between his lifelong principles and his good name. Based on a true story. 
 
The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare, a stage adaptation of G.K. Chesterton’s original novel. *Nominated for the Chesterton Society (Chicago) Reader’s Theatre Award (2012); Produced as a staged reading in Wisconsin Lutheran College’s 2011 season. 
 
Julius Caesar Abridged, commissioned and produced by St. Timothy’s Classical Academy, Ottawa, ON (2020).
 
Classically Comedic: 12 Monologues from Literature’s Most Beloved Children’s Characters, commissioned and produced by St. Timothy’s Classical Academy, Ottawa, ON (2021).
 
The 1539 Festival of Ghent: Two Rhetorical Dramas, a dramatic re-telling of two of the original Dutch plays performed in the famous 1539 Festival of Ghent. One of them even won the competition. Commissioned and produced by St Paul Youth and Family Ministry, Ottawa, ON (2014).
 
Zoom to Bethlehem, an imaginative re-telling of the three wise men. Children (ages 4-7) travel to Bethlehem on a costume-rich, interactive journey where a simple banana box becomes everything from a stout camel and hefty elephant, to a boat and present fit for a king. Commissioned and produced by St Paul Youth and Family Ministry, Ottawa, ON (2017).