EDUCATION
MS, with Distinction, 2021
University of Edinburgh
Science Communication and Public Engagement

BA, High Honors, 2008   
University of California, Berkeley
Interdisciplinary Studies in the Field
CERTIFICATION
2020, Fundamentals of Statistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Online (MITx) 

2020, Probability – The Science of Uncertainty and Data, MITx

2019, Professional Technical Communicator, Society for Technical Communication
WORK HISTORY
Oct. 2009 - Present
Freelance Technical Writer
Mostly remote

May 2022 - Oct. 2023
Technical Proposal Writer
Coforma, LLC
Remote

May 2021 - April 2022
Research Development Specialist
University of Maine
Remote

Oct. 2009 - May 2014
Laboratory Assistant
First Gate Energies
Kilauea, HI

Jan. 2010 - May 2014
Certified Substitute Teacher
State of Hawaii, Dept. of Education
Kapa'a, HI

Sept. 2007 - Sept. 2009
Workshop Technician
Zina Kao Exclusives
Berkeley, CA

July 2004 - Aug. 2007
Farm-to-Table General Labor
North Shore, Kaua'i, HI

Oct. 2001 - June 2004
Development Assistant
The Yosemite Fund
San Francisco, CA

Aug. 1998 - Aug. 2000
Stage Manager and Electrician
Northern Stage; Universal Studios and Freelance
White River Jct., VT; Orlando, FL
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Grant Writing, Government Contracting, & Regulatory Compliance
  • Sole author on 5 successful grant proposals (totaling $525,000) to corporate and foundation sponsors for arts or environmental non-profit organizations
  • Original writing and/or deep line editing on 2 successful federal grant proposals:
    • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program: $1,514,211
    • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER (first-round submission, <10% win rate): $671,920
  • Writer on 9 winning RFP responses totaling $35.4M from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), others
  • Writer on 2 winning bulk purchasing agreement (BPA) submissions (OPM, CMS)
  • Regulatory compliance: Deep line editing on 8 competitively awarded licensure applications

Content Management & Strategy
  • Product documentation: Worked on a team of editors to develop a content strategy for a developmental nuclear reactor’s multivolume safety and emergency response manual
    • Applied Global English style guidelines to serve a multinational audience of Japanese, German, Korean, Indian, and Thai users with varying technical proficiencies
    • Conducted user research (through authors) to discover who needed what information, where they needed it, when, and how quickly
  • Proposal documentation: Currently introducing product management approaches to help companies of all sizes align on roadmaps for prioritized content development alongside active proposal responses
    • Conducting stakeholder interviews and surveying resource landscape to match needs with personnel and tools (e.g., Loopio for content management, ChatGPT with strategic querying)
    • Developing templates that standardize and schedule data collection from projects to reduce internal teams’ demands on project-level subject matter experts (SMEs)
    • In one location, increased RFP answer automation from 11% to 47% in less than a year

​Plain Language for General Audiences
  • Content marketing: Copy editor of white papers and web-based instructional content for a leading provider of mathematical computing software
  • Media: Wrote web articles, interactive quizzes, and social media posts as an intern for the Roslin Institute, home of Dolly the cloned sheep
  • Outreach: Wrote a game-based presentation on microplastics for grade levels 6 and higher

Peer-to-Peer Research Communications
  • Deep line editor for more than 400 STEM research articles, many published by high-impact-factor journals including Science and Nature (1st- and 2nd-round acceptance rates: 62.8% and 85.4%, respectively)
  • Reviewer response letters: Never lost a re-submission when authors used my edits on both the manuscript and response letter

CORE SKILLS 
  • Deep fluency in advanced English grammar, best practices in plain language, and Global English style guidelines for human and machine translations
  • Conversational fluency in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics
    • Biomedical nomenclature: Regular copy editor for Journal of Clinical Investigations
    • Proposal writer for digital services company applying human-centered design and agile approaches
    • Calculus and statistics, including matrix notation, especially for engineering and finance applications
  • Quick learner of complex topics via independent research and/or subject matter expert (SME) interviews 
  • Graphics development: Schematics for infographics, flow charts, histograms, illustrations, etc.
  • Collaboration & time management: Extensive work on multi-disciplinary teams with remote coworkers, meeting overlapping deadlines across time zones
  • Problem-solving: Creative, adaptable, and skilled at conflict resolution via dialogue and consensus-building
  • Ethics & confidentiality: Strict observance of non-disclosure agreements and intellectual property protocols
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