Education:
- Aquila Aviation 2022 – Current
- Commercial pilot license program
- University of Fraser Valley 2018 – Current
- Bachelor of Integrated Studies with a Focus on Aviation
- Coastal Pacific Aviation 2020 – 2021
- Private pilot license program
- University of British Columbia 2012 – 2018
- Focus of Major: Mathematics, Physics
- WJ Mouat High School – 2008 – 2012
- Languages: French Immersion Honours, German Second Language National Embassy Competition Winner 2011
- Dogwood District Scholarship Winner, 2008 – 2012 Effort & Academic Honor Roll
Work Experience:
- Founder and Executive Director of Mayday Club Youth Choir Charity (2015 – Current)
- Manage and run a federally registered charity with 54 members, 14 volunteers, and 3 part-time employees
- Teach music to youth with neurodiversities
- Teach large groups of youth with disabilities and lead them in 2-part harmony singing, games, and outings
- VYPER Core Member and Project Leader (2022 – Current)
- Lead various projects aimed at reconciliation and indigenous cultural revitalization
- Tap Dance Teacher at Dynamic Dance (2017 – Current)
- Teach students aged 4 to 18 competitive and recreational tap dance classes
- Independent Web Design and Development (2020 – Current)
- Meet with clients to discuss their vision and goals for their website
- Build the website using WordPress and perform SEO optimization
- Skip the Dishes Delivery Driver (2020 – Current)
- Use personal vehicle to pick up orders from restaurants and drop them off at customers’ homes
- Tutor Doctor (2017 – 2020)
- High School and University-Level Calculus and French tutoring
- Mission Folk Music Festival (2019, 2022 – Seasonal)
- Community Outreach Coordinator
- Help organize the music festival, request donations, and supervise operations during the festival
- Maan Farms School Fieldtrip Tour Guide (2021, 2022 – Seasonal)
- School Field Trip Leader
- Lead groups of kids (20 – 300 at a time) on field trips through the pumpkin patch, corn maze, and petting zoo.
- Famoso Pizza (2021 – 2022)
- Pizza chef, day prep, and line cook.
- AK Media Productions (2021) (Canada Summer Jobs Contract)
- Website development using WordPress and Joomla
- Graphic design using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Coastal Pacific Aviation Student Program Coordinator and Assistant to Director of Flight Operations (2019 – 2021)
- Guide international students through the school registration process, write LOAs
- Manage website and social media pages, write legal documents and letters
- Communicate with students, maintenance engineers, partnering institutions
- Franchise Manager of University First Class Painters (2019 – 2020) (Seasonal)
- Book estimates and oversee house painting projects
- Manage employees, ensure safety and well-being of painters on job sites
- Communicate with customers, manage bank accounts, communicate with Dulux Paints sales reps.
- Painting (Independent) (2017 – 2021)
- Interior and exterior painting
- Preparing painting areas, including caulking, sanding, priming, scraping, pressure washing
- Me-n-Eds Pizza Parlor (2013 – 2017)
- Chef – cook pizzas, pasta dishes, salads, and appetizers
- Delivery Driver
- ACT Autism Community Training (2016 – 2018)
- Update website database, improve website using WordPress
- Office Receptionist – answer phone calls, take phone payments, complete event registrations
- Abbotsford Heat Street Team (2012 – 2014)
- Wear AHL team mascot costume to community events, spreading enthusiasm and awareness of the team in the community
- Drive Abbotsford Heat vehicle to and from events
- New World Technologies Office Assistant (2007 – 2012)
- Answer phones, put together manuals, sort files.
Volunteer Experience:
- Attentional Neuroscience Lab Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
- Research assistant, performing EEG’s on paid participants, data analysis
- St-John Ambulance Therapy Dog Trainer and Handler
- Responsibilities include caring for and training a therapy dog- raise the dog from puppyhood, visiting high schools and hospitals with my dog
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Teen Mentor (2010 – 2012)
- Spending one hour per week with a middle-school aged student who is considered to be ‘at-risk’
- Committees and Boards
- VYPER (Visionary Youth Peers for Equity and Revitalization) Member (2022 – Current)
- Mayday Club Youth Choir Board Chair (2015 – Current)
- Fraser Health Young Health Influencers Panel (2020 – 2021)
- Voices of Autism Fraser Valley Representative (2019 – Current)
- Abbotsford Diverse Abilities Committee Member (2016 – Current)
- Community Living BC Community Committee (2016 – 2018)
Speaking and Performing Experience:
- Emcee at VYPER Weekly Family Powwow Nights (2022)
- Workshop Host at Bergen County Academies High School in Hackensack, NJ
- Guest at speaker/workshop series on inclusion and disability
- Keynote Speaker Abbotsford ADAC Transition Fair (2018)
- Vancouver Coop Radio Show Host (Neurodiversity Now) (2020 – Current)
- Host weekly radio show on Vancouver Coop Radio – interview community members and provide inspirational and educational talks about neurodiversity and inclusion
- Voice Acting: Red Talent Mgmt. (2011 – Current)
- Cartoon voices on advertisements, TV shows, and movies, including:
- Mune: Guardian of the Moon (Glim)
- Snapships: Dawn of Battle (Dee La)
- Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (Jimmy)
- Cartoon voices on advertisements, TV shows, and movies, including:
Skills:
- Serving it Right Certificate Holder
- Writing
- Aviation (Cessna-172 PPL Holder)
- WordPress Website Development
- Teaching calculus, upper-level high school science
- Painting interior and Exterior
- Leadership and Management
- Working with youth with disabilities
- Customer service
- Excellent work ethic and excellent focus
- Languages: Fluent in English, French, and German.
Awards:
- 2021 – Canada Governor General’s Meritorious Service Award Winner
- 2018 – Autism BC ‘Advocate of the Year’ Award
- 2017 – Pacific Autism Family Network ‘Game Changer Award’
- 2013 – Winner of Surrey Film Festival
- 2013 – Winner of ‘Best High School Short Film’ at International Student Film Festival Hollywood
- 2013 – Abbotsford Arty Award
- 2012 – WJ Mouat Citizenship Award
- 2012 – Abbotsford Youth Council “You Rock” Award
- 2012 – District Scholarship Award