Brigham Young University

Successful project manager, research analyst, writing and music teacher, director, producer, musician, and actress.

Direct sales and marketing for a construction and landscape design company.
Design unique creative spaces to beautify properties
Design and create advertising (paper and social media) 
Network with potential buyers and provide customer service to current and potential customers
Manage finances

Nature Built Designs

Marketing & Sales Director, Owner

Lead actress in a locally and internationally broadcast commercial for Siemens technologies, by Ogilvy advertising. 
Supporting actress and model in other commercials on youtube, etc.  
Supporting actress in short indie films. 
Featured background actress in Hallmark and Lifetime films

Freelance Actor, Voice over Talent, Musician

Film Actress

Wrote for and received a $20,000 grant towards new instruments and school improvement funds at the junior high where I worked as an orchestra teacher.
Taught beginning and intermediate string orchestras (violin, viola, cello, and bass) to hundreds of students in grades K-12. For three years taught music and led concerts and directed dances and plays in the Spanish language to about 400 students grades K-8. 
Translated and directed a Spanish version of the Christmas Carol. 
Taught private music lessons to students of varying ages who were learning violin, viola, or cello.

Music Teacher

Music Teacher (Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Guitar, Ukelele; and Voice)

Played fiddle and helped create an immersive experience for guests.

Evermore Park

Actress

Collaborated with UVU policy stakeholders to change the policies around offering survey incentives, in order to improve the survey response rates. 
Managed an operational transition and took care of facility/ space concerns for the UVU survey research center, collaborating with stakeholders from other departments as well so everyone was happy with the changes.
Organized (with a team) the curriculum and schedule for the first UVU Data Academy.
Taught colleagues and other UVU professionals about survey research, etc. in the Data Academy.
Solidified relationships with key clients of Institutional Research. 
Strategized with the administrative team to improve and solidify internal departmental processes and policies. 
Managed a team of research analysts and advocated for their concerns with higher management and other stakeholders.

Utah Valley University

Associate Director of Client Relations and Professional Services, Institutional Research

Designed and taught curriculum for a business presentations class, and taught and edited the curriculum for a business writing class (resumes, research reports, etc.), both in person and remotely.

Adjunct Professor - Marketing Presentations and Business Writing 

•	Managed statisticians and full-stack developer employees and planned events for the office 
•	Resolved concerns from various academic departments on BYU campus about their university enrollment data for their formal university unit reviews 
•	Presented and explained data tables and informed academic departments at BYU of additional options for survey analysis and data requests
•	Re-designed (along with coworkers) the Unit Review tables in their transition to a different data representation software (from Crystal to Business Objects), and worked with OIT to get rid of typos and formatting glitches
•	Designed (along with coworkers) the BYU Planning & Assessment Department website and helped produce and edit content
•	Designed repeat surveys and reports for the School of Education as well as a major annual educational showcase event on campus and presented the reports to key stakeholders in the McKay School or University Relations, respectively 
•	Collaborated with coworkers, proofreading the writing and design of published essays and internal university reports to enhance their accuracy and clarity and appearance
•	Suggested and helped implement a departmental change in the manner and type of prize distribution for survey completion
•	Created varying reports from the university data base in Business Objects for entities on and off campus
•	Represented our department as a United Way Representative for campus-wide service and fundraising events

Institutional Assessment & Analysis, Brigham Young University

Research Analyst/ Office Manager

•	Coordinated with other faculty and administration at a charter school and produced and led about 400 students in bilingual music, dance, and theater performances for the community
•	Organized field trips, talent shows, and other educational events and classes 
•	Taught music, dance, and theater classes in Spanish
Worked as a part-time teacher during the entire MPA program.

Megan Graves, MPA