My Portfolio.
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Placer RCD Website
Led the concept, structure, and content development for Placer RCD’s redesigned website, creating an intuitive resource-area user interface, coordinating cross-program content, integrating HubSpot CRM, and ensuring accessibility, transparency, and public engagement through clear storytelling, updated content, forms, and online donation and shop functionality.
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From Rill to Resilience: Integrating Soil Health, Stewardship, and Practice
A narrative article that uses the transformation of a working orchard to illuminate how soil health practice, community learning, and courageous re-examination of long-standing land assumptions create pathways for practical and relational renewal.
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Wonder & Wander: A Trailside Companion to Renewal
A collaboratively created field guide blending narrative, contemplative practices, poetry, and wilderness ethos—conceived, shaped, and brought to completion through my editorial leadership, original writing, and full-spectrum graphic design. I authored the Preface, curated and organized the book’s structure, and developed its visual identity and layout using Adobe Illustrator. The project preserved the heart of Renewal…
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Flyer for Urban and Community Agriculture Assistance
A bilingual outreach campaign I wrote, designed, and directed – transforming a new conservation program into an accessible, community-centered invitation by blending modern agricultural visuals, inclusive partnerships, and culturally attuned messaging to expand engagement among suburban, underserved, and Spanish-speaking residents.
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Placer County Community Gardens Review
Led Placer County’s first comprehensive review of community gardens, conducting interviews, site visits, surveys, photography, and data analysis. Synthesized findings into a visually rich digital report designed in Canva, highlighting food access, community impact, and organizational needs. This work became a foundational resource and helped launch the Placer County Community Garden Network.
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Watershed Moment: Wisdom up Close
Co-created Watershed Moment, a reflective, arts-based watershed booklet for the Indiana Watershed Leadership Academy. Led all graphic design, narrative editing, and key written contributions, integrating youth artwork, indigenous perspectives, and contemplative prompts. The project invited watershed leaders to move from technical management toward relational, place-based stewardship.
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An Agricultural Tour of Placer County
Produced a virtual agriculture tour for Placer County during the pandemic, developing scripts, interview prompts, and on-camera introductions. Coordinated with a local videographer, guided story development, and led much of the editing. The series highlighted climate resilience, ecosystem services, and the economic and cultural contributions of Placer County agriculture.
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Practices of Renewal
A reflective chapter distilling the core movements and practices of Renewal in the Wilderness. It offers a rhythm for guiding individuals from everyday pressures into deeper presence, using intention, silence, attention to place, and the arc of leaving, wandering, and returning to renew compassion for self, others, and community.
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Placer County Community Garden Leader’s Tour: Fostering Connection, Sharing, and Place-Based Leadership
Organized and facilitated the Placer County Community Garden Leader’s Tour, a learning experience integrating Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory and Wilber’s AQAL framework. Designed reflective practices, guided site-based discussions, and crafted narrative framing that strengthened inter-garden relationships, supported shared learning, and expanded the Placer County Community Garden Network.
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Lenten Communion Reflection
Organized and delivered a Lenten communion reflection series at Common Ground Christian Church, shaping the seasonal theme, coordinating congregant participation, and integrating narrative theology. Wrote and presented this reflection that wove personal story, biblical imagery, and metaphors of humility, soil, and renewal to deepen the congregation’s spiritual formation.
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After the Egg Breaks: Conservation Districts, Grief, and the Work of Living in a Broken World
Wrote After the Egg Breaks, a creative essay using the Humpty Dumpty story as a metaphor for ecological loss, fragmentation, and the grief inherent in conservation work. The piece looks toward the concept of renewal and limitations, inviting conservationists to build emotional capacity, face brokenness honestly, and cultivate meaning-making within the community.
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Healthy Humus = Healthy Humans
Designed an educational outreach graphic illustrating the human health benefits of healthy soil for Placer RCD’s Urban & Community Program. Created all visuals using Adobe Illustrator and royalty-free elements. Developed a clear, approachable public message that connected soil care with immune health, happiness, respiratory well-being, and deeper appreciation for nature.
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Marketing and Branding: The Runners Forum
Led comprehensive branding and marketing for The Runners Forum during a period of rapid expansion. Redesigned the company logo for a transition from running to triathlon retail, built the website from scratch, and produced thousands of design assets; from apparel and signage to email campaigns, vehicle wraps, and event collateral.
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Egoforma and Ecoforma: Two New Words for Understanding Our Intentions within the Natural World
Developed the original concepts egoforma and ecoforma to articulate how human intention shapes ecological relationships. Wrote a concise environmental philosophy piece distinguishing control-based and relational approaches to land, offering practitioners and communities a clear, accessible framework for examining their motivations within natural systems.
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Communications Analytics Report to Board Directors
Produced quarterly board reports synthesizing project updates, social media metrics, and website analytics to inform strategic decision-making at Placer RCD. Delivered clear, actionable insights that guided communication priorities and highlighted service potential.
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Understanding Landscape Aesthetics for Conservation and Restoration
Developed and delivered landscape aesthetics presentation integrating psychology and ecology to help conservationists understand how emotional resonance and perceptual needs shape public engagement with land. Introduced frameworks such as the Kaplan Preference Matrix and Prospect–Refuge theory, inspiring practitioners to reimagine restoration as a pathway to belonging and connection.
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Your Action, Community Impact
Coordinated a countywide outreach feature for PCWA’s Fire & Water, developing a cross-program GIS mapping system, refining language with multiple departments, and creating a clear public message for inactive landowners. Co-led collaboration, design direction, and engagement tracking through integrated QR analytics.
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Social Media Samples
Created and managed social media content across multiple platforms, producing original photography, graphics, and scheduled posts using Illustrator, Canva, and various publishing tools. Built consistent visual identity, strengthened community engagement, and translated conservation work into accessible, compelling digital storytelling.
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Dry Creek Watershed Red Sesbania Removal Program
Managed a multi-year invasive species control program across the Dry Creek Watershed, coordinating contractors, landowners, and funders while directing mapping, outreach, agreements, and strategic reporting. Secured supplemental funding and advanced a source-tracking approach that strengthened ecological outcomes across more than 21 miles of stream.
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Placer RCD Annual Report
Directed the development of an annual report centered on human-centered storytelling while communicating impact. Provided narrative framing, editorial leadership, photography, and quality control while refining language, tone, and visual presentation.
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Email Newsletter – Renewal in the Wilderness
Designed and rebuilt a fully custom email newsletter for Renewal in the Wilderness, using HTML and Mailchimp to balance expressive design, accessibility, and cross-platform reliability. Prioritized clarity, typographic care, and values-aligned storytelling across devices and email clients.
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Whole Community: Projects that Engage Beyond the Traditional Audience
Developed and delivered a values-centered presentation for CARCD highlighting community conservation projects that engage beyond traditional audiences, integrating reflection, language, and lived experience to connect inner wholeness with inclusive, place-based program design.
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Food Security: Setting Up Your Container Garden Videos
Produced bilingual instructional videos supporting food-insecure households, guiding tomato container gardening from setup through care. Led scripting, voiceover, editing, and multilingual collaboration to deliver clear, accessible, and culturally responsive education through community food pantries.
Selected Works
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