Employment Objective: Botanical and Horticultural Education, Curation, Writing, and Marketing

Education

• 1994 B.A. in Economics.
  UC San Diego. Programs of Concentration in Music and Advanced Calculus.
• 1996 A.Sc. in Environmental Horticulture.
  Santa Barbara City College (SBCC), with related areas of study in Regenerative and Restoration Horticulture and Horticulture Science (related GPA: 4.00).
• 2000 Kew Diploma in Horticulture.
  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Dissertation: Honors. Overall: Honors.
• 2002 M.Sc. in Plant Diversity.
  Biodiversity and Conservation, University of Reading, England. Thesis: A restructuring of Rabat Botanical Garden (Morocco); propagation facility for botanical and horticultural operations, including staff training in horticultural techniques, data entry, and herbarium research. Honors.

Employment and Experience

• 2003-present: Office Assistant and Small Business Consultant, Chia Nursery, Carpinteria, California.
• 1997-2000: Botanical Horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Gardens Development Unit Media Liaison, Conservation Projects Development Unit, Kew Mutual Improvement Society (Treasurer and Technician), and Kew Student Union (Secretary and President).
• 1996: Horticulturist, Lotusland, Montecito, California. Summer position in the Living Collections specializing in the Rose Garden and development of the Palm Garden.
• 1996: Co-Manager of the Chumash Point Ethnobotanic Preserve and Lifescape for the Environmental Horticulture Department, SB City College. Created and implemented interpretation for the Lifescape, coordinated horticultural projects for classmates.
• 1995: Laboratory Assistant in Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Specialized research assistant to Dr. Paul Neal, to study Spergularia marina.
• 1995-1996: Lab and Teaching Assistant, Santa Barbara City College Biological Sciences. Collected and presented native and naturalized flora for Jepson Manual plant identification, marking exams.
• 1995-1996: Research Assistant, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Seed collection, cleaning, propagation, transplanting and monitoring field experiments for endangered endemic species, ex-situ and in-situ on Santa Cruz Island.
• 1995-1996: Assistant in Administration and Education, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Worked with children and adults to create plant related Arts and Crafts.
• 1994: Research Assistant in Kuala Belalong Field Studies Center, University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. Helped create a permanent marker system on mountain trails and assisted in herbarium collections of plant species on campus.

Field Experience

• Kuala Belalong Field Studies Center, Temburong, Brunei
• Tasek Merimbun, Tutong, Brunei
• San Clemente and Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California
• Coal Oil Point Nature Preserve, Ellwood, California
• Santa Barbara City College Lifescape, Santa Barbara, California
• Almeria, Spain
• Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
• Perth, West Australia
• Adelaide, South Australia
• Northland, North Island, New Zealand
• Northern Morocco

Accomplishments and Awards

• Travel grant to Brunei Darussalam (David Dalziel Prize, Kew Guild Prize, Royal Horticultural Society grant, Mary Helliar Travel Scholarship from the International Plant Propagators Society);
• Travel grant to Almeria, Spain (Kew Guild Prize, self-organized fundraising raffle and auction);
• Travel grant to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and California (Ernest Thornton-Smith Travelling Scholarship);
• Travel grant to Morocco, in collaboration with the University of Reading and British Museum (Darwin Initiative).
• Scholarship from Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society
• Book Scholarship from Santa Barbara Chapter, American Begonia Society
• Continuous Honor Roll, Santa Barbara City College
• Lifetime Membership to the UK Student Union for services rendered as the RBG Kew's Course 35 Representative, and the School of Horticulture's Student Secretary and President

Technical Abilities:

• Touch type 70 WPM, Windows 98, NT, XP, MSO (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint), and Macintosh. Basic working knowledge in HTML composition and webpage maintenance.
• Botanical photography with standard 35mm SLR cameras, digital cameras, flatbed and slide scanners, and digital image editing.
• Specialized knowledge of Mediterranean climate flora, ornamental horticulture and California natives.

Professional Affiliations:

• Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society
• Santa Barbara Horticulture Consortium
• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
• The Kew Guild
• The Royal Horticultural Society
• National Botanic Gardens, South Africa
• Program Director, Board of Directors for the Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society.

References available upon request

Resume available as a MSO Word document.