Education
Master of Arts, 2003. The George Washington University, Washington DC. Graduate School of Political Management.
Strategic Corporate Research Program, June 2003, Cornell University. Understanding and researching corporate ownership structure, corporate finance, and the sources of corporate power.
Bachelor of Arts, 1998. The University of Western Ontario, Canada. Honors Political Science and French Literature.
Experience
Researcher - Alliance for Retired Americans (AFL-CIO). Washington DC. Government and Political Affairs department. Assisted in the research of various publications. Translated Alliance documents and media releases into web pages for publication on Alliance website (2001-2002).
VP Web Design - Pangea Studios Web Design and Graphics. London Canada. Small Internet and Graphical Design company. Worked on web page design, E-commerce solutions, PC/network administration, domain name registration, and acquiring clients for company (1998-2001).
Youth Issues Journalist - Vatican Radio. Vatican City. Hosted daily youth show, researcher for daily programs in English, French, and Italian. Worked as a reporter, sent on assignments at the Vatican, and around Italy. Experience working in large crowds of over 100,000 people (2000).
Bilingual Acting Team Leader - Oracle the Assistance Group. London Canada. Customer Assistance Team, bilingual claims inquiries, and membership processing, telephone call center (1998-2000).
"Talk Radio" Producer and Host - CHRW 94.7 FM. CHRW is a community radio station in London, Canada. Also worked as a radio news reader, news copy writer, and reporter (1995-1999).
"Talk Politics" Producer and Host - TV Western. Campus and Community cable television channel, London Canada (1998-99).
Internet Commissioner - The University Students’ Council, University of Western Ontario. Computer Systems Administration and Maintenance, Web Page Design, Consultation Work, Volunteer Coordination, and Group Instruction (1997-98).
Web Site Manager and Editor - Social Science Students’ Council, University of Western Ontario. Designed and ran the SSSC web site. Served as Editor of the Socializer, a monthly student newspaper publication (1996-97).
Communications Committee, Chair since February 1997 - London District Separate School Board. Ontario, Canada. Elected to committee by School Board Trustees (1994-1999).
Municipal Intern -Researcher for City Councilor Bob Beccarea, City of London, Canada (1996-97).
Other Skills
Knowledgeable in Linux, Dos, Windows (Win98x & NT), Word Perfect, MS Office, Corel Photo Paint, Adobe, HTML Design, Java Scripting, CGI, Real Media Streaming, and BASIC.
I am an Internet web site designer with experience creating political/issue advocacy websites.
Experience and training in television & radio production. Over six years experience reporting news events, and writing copy for television and radio news broadcasts.
Fluently bilingual in English and French, conversant in Portuguese and Italian.
Version - 01.17.2003
