BIO
Personal Profile
I have background in several professions. I worked as a babysitter and have been offered positions as a nanny for over 5 years. Performing at church services, graduations, and speaker events, are also part of my skillset. For the summers of 2020 and 2021 I worked eight or nine hour days on a variety of local farms. In the summer of 2022 I was offered a position as a substitute deck-hand on a schooner.
Education
2009-2020
Ashwood Waldorf School
2020-2024
Watershed School
Sept. 2022-Dec. 2022
Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki
Ashwood is a primary school that is based off of Rudolf Steiner's teachings. It values experiential learning, creativity, and the arts. This school also taught taught skills such as woodworking, and fiber arts.
Watershed is a small secondary school that values close teacher student relationships, student lead learning, rigorous academics, and a strong experiential science program.
Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki is a riggorous residential program centered aroun place-based learning and community. They have a strong science program and a first aid certification is included.
Work Experience
Summers of 2020 & 2021
Herbal Revolution
Jun.-Aug. 2021
Swell Farm
Jun.-Aug. 2021
Erickson Fields: Maine Coastal Heretige Trust
2017-present
Childcare
2019-present
Freelance Violinist
June-August 2022
Substitute Deck-Hand
I worked as a farm worker on an herb farm in rural Maine. Some of my typical tasks include weeding, harvesting, watering, and mulching.
Over the summer I worked at a cut flower farm walking distance from my house. Some of my typical tasks include weeding, washing buckets, raking pathways, and planting bulbs.
This is a program that is part of a greater non-profit dedicated to preserving land, and in the case of Erickson teaching teens to farm sustainably. We also sold most of our produce to food pantries for a steeply reduced rate. Here is learned about Korean Natural Farming.
When I was 12 I began doing mother's helpering which eventually grew into full-blown childcare. I help play with children but also do some household chores if needed (although that is not common) I was offered a month long position as a live-in nanny during the summer of 2021 but I was not able to accept it because of COVID19.
I have performed many concerts throughout Midcoast Maine. I have played at nursing homes, churches, high school graduations, silent auctions, and many more. Many of these are pro-bono opportunities but an increasing number of these have been paid. I have also been on the radio.
In the spring of 2021 I was able to go on a sailing cruise on a local schooner. On that trip I hit it off with both the crew and the captain and spent a lot of time helping out around the boat. That must be why I landed a job as a substitute deck-hand the next year without much prior experience. Some of my many jobs included raising sails, helping to tack and jibe the boat as well as standing night watch, cleaning decks and making sure the passengers were well cared for.
Skills
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Violin
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Ballet
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Farming
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Poetry Writing
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Engaged in Local Politics
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Strong Executive Functioning
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Communication
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Survival Skills
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Acting & Theatre
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Culinary Arts
- Contemporary Dance
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Gardening
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Novella Composition
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Childcare
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Leadership
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Cooperation
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Botanical Medicine
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Visual Arts
Scholarships and Awards
Young Stars of Maine Prize Program: The Anna Bereziuk and Lindley Wood Prize for Ensemble Endeavors
Maine Youth Environmental Leadership Scholarship
This is a prestigious chamber music prize that was awarded to my piano trio in the spring of 2022. It has been given out annually by Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School for over 60 years and comes with a $1000 stipend. There was an article written about it in the local news paper.
This is a scholarship only awarded to students from Maine who are rising juniors. Students who demonstrate their already exsisting passion for enviromental advocacy and academic excellence.It is for students who creates positive change in their communities. This scholarship means the person awarded it is in the top 20% of their grade. At the end of my time at Chewonki I was interviewed about my experience there and that was posted their website.