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Happy Halloween from our beloved Moon Man at Blume Studios! Have a vision for his next outfit? We want to hear from you! Share your ideas in the…
Happy Halloween from our beloved Moon Man at Blume Studios! Have a vision for his next outfit? We want to hear from you! Share your ideas in the…
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In case you’re looking to work at an amazingly awesome company.
In case you’re looking to work at an amazingly awesome company.
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Botanic gardens aren’t just for rare orchids and dedicated gardeners—they’re full-scale wonderlands of biodiversity and community events that combine…
Botanic gardens aren’t just for rare orchids and dedicated gardeners—they’re full-scale wonderlands of biodiversity and community events that combine…
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Volunteer Experience
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Board Member, CFO & General Counsel
The Cause Corporation Foundation
- Present 5 years 6 months
What if a company could be owned by Nature? Or by Social Justice or Art? Cause Corporations are 100% cause-owned companies that live at the intersection of profit and impact, blurring the lines between business and philanthropy.
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General Counsel
Two Bit Circus Foundation
- Present 8 years 11 months
Education
TwoBitCircus.org is a nonprofit educational organization designed to cultivate the next generation of inventors, advance environmental stewardship and spur community engagement. Combining the inspiration of Two Bit Circus with castoff material from hundreds of manufacturers, our programs help students learn STEAM education and innovation skills while inspiring critical and creative thinking.
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General Counsel
DIY Girls
- Present 4 years 11 months
Science and Technology
DIY (“Do-It-Yourself”) Girls’ mission is to increase girls’ interest and success in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships. We're a supportive community for girls driven by an interest in creating and building with technology.
DIY Girls uses a three-pronged program approach that integrates engagement, capacity building, and continuity to ensure girls’ success. We offer after-school and summer programs that provide hands-on…DIY (“Do-It-Yourself”) Girls’ mission is to increase girls’ interest and success in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships. We're a supportive community for girls driven by an interest in creating and building with technology.
DIY Girls uses a three-pronged program approach that integrates engagement, capacity building, and continuity to ensure girls’ success. We offer after-school and summer programs that provide hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) experiences for girls. Girls learn technical skills and apply them by creating their own creative projects and inventions. -
General Counsel
Project Wreckless
- Present 4 years 11 months
Economic Empowerment
Project Wreckless change lives of at risk youth through tangible skills—classic car restoration! focusing on predominately pre 1975 American muscle!
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Board Member
The Triforium Project
Arts and Culture
The Triforium is a “polyphonoptic” is a six-story, 60-ton public, kinetic sculpture by Joseph Young, whose original design includes 1,494 multicolored glass cubes that glow in synchrony to music from a 79-note glass bell carillon. It stands in Fletcher-Bowron Square, in the shadow of Los Angeles' City Hall. We are a coalition of artists, urban planners, civic leaders, and LA enthusiasts who believe that Joseph Young’s vision for an interactive light and sound sculpture deserves a second…
The Triforium is a “polyphonoptic” is a six-story, 60-ton public, kinetic sculpture by Joseph Young, whose original design includes 1,494 multicolored glass cubes that glow in synchrony to music from a 79-note glass bell carillon. It stands in Fletcher-Bowron Square, in the shadow of Los Angeles' City Hall. We are a coalition of artists, urban planners, civic leaders, and LA enthusiasts who believe that Joseph Young’s vision for an interactive light and sound sculpture deserves a second chance.
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Executive Director
Escuelita Cultural
- Present 12 years 1 month
Education
Escuelita Cultural is a non-profit that develops arts-integrated, curriculum-based, educational multimedia and programs geared towards dual language learning for children and their parents.
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Advisory Board
PLUS1
- Present 8 years 11 months
One artist, one show, one fan and one dollar at a time — together we’re tackling issues from poverty and injustice to the environment. It’s simple. We partner with performing artists who agree to add $1 to every concert ticket sold as a donation, with 100% going to a cause that they and Plus One believe in.
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Board Member
Put It Up, Inc.
- Present 20 years 11 months
Children
Non-profit partnership with LA County and Los Angeles Clippers to provide financial literacy training to “at risk” youth
Publications
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Foreclosure In California: A Crisis of Compliance
Aequitas Compliance Solutions, Inc.
Honors & Awards
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Future Leader
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Organizations
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Caramba Kids
Advisory Board
- PresentCross-media “edu-tainment” company that manages a bilingual library of media properties
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California Bar
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I was asked to participate in the UC Berkeley Center for New Media's "Games @ Berkeley" conference on October 11th 2024 for students and community…
I was asked to participate in the UC Berkeley Center for New Media's "Games @ Berkeley" conference on October 11th 2024 for students and community…
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Silent House Theatre’s latest experiment, ‘House of Dracula,’ has managed to blend live theater with a haunted dinner party, all set in a mansion…
Silent House Theatre’s latest experiment, ‘House of Dracula,’ has managed to blend live theater with a haunted dinner party, all set in a mansion…
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Pack up your sensible shoes and a spare pair of nerves, because Universal Studios is dropping a year-round horror attraction at AREA15 in Las Vegas…
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Picture your worst corporate nightmare, but with flying staplers, filing cabinets covered in bubblegum-pink ooze, and retro video games—it’s…
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Mystic Universe promises enlightenment, or at least a wild 90 minutes in Chiang Mai’s new art epicenter. Get ready to dive into a 360-degree art…
Mystic Universe promises enlightenment, or at least a wild 90 minutes in Chiang Mai’s new art epicenter. Get ready to dive into a 360-degree art…
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Think the pyramids are only for ancient wonders and camel photobombs? This November, the Pyramids of Giza aren’t just for tourists—they’re now…
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