Roles, Responsibilities and Experiences

January 2026 - April 2026

Project Manager & Co-Curator, OCADU School of Graduate Studies, Xpace Cultural Center, Toronto

Elected as Project Manager by a cohort of 7 OCADU Criticism & Curatorial Practice students to oversee exhibition planning & execution. Managed end-to-end project logistics, implementing a centralized digital drive and semiweekly progress tracking to ensure all milestones were met. Attended weekly meetings and organized & attended extra meetings. Ongoing artist liaison, sourced material for the exhibition proposal. Spearheaded the exhibition proposal, including artwork information & photo sourcing, comprehensive editing and successful formal presentations to Avalon Mott & Tairone Bastien. Secured venue partnerships with faculty members, OCADU events, & local Toronto Venue owners. Began sourcing external funding by pitching to the Dean, facilitated the team’s creation of a budget proposal, formatting the doc, allocating tasks & roles to members and completing most of the budget. Developed & monitored the overall budget, allocating roles, creating inventory & sales trackers for fundraising initiatives & sourced expense estimates. Planned, organized & executed 4 fundraising events. Was involved in exhibition layout, lighting, installation & de-installation. Overall, heavily involved in the entire project, beyond the parameters of Project Manager.

September 2025 - Present

Graduate Student Conference Organizer, OCADU School of Graduate Studies, Toronto

Volunteered for and selected for a position on the Grad Conference Council. Weekly meetings to plan the conference from start to finish. Working with the Council to come up with a theme, brainstorm graphics & communicate that to the graphic designer. Writing and promoting the call out. Hosted a drop in for students to attend and ask questions regarding the theme, and submission. Working with the team to promote the call out via email, social media, conversations & posters. Was one of two students with access to the email to respond to queries, manage communications & outreach to OCADU and other Grad Schools in Toronto. Reviewed and selected all workshop leaders, speakers/panelists & artists with the team. Liaised with applicants to inform decisions, and continued communication with selected participants throughout the pre-conference stages. Reviewed all incoming information & informed the faculty member what needed to be added, updated, changed etc. on the website. Compiled all incoming information via email and disseminated to correct team members to ensure progress in the planning stages. Organized the Installation & De-Installation of the art exhibition & was present for the respective days.

September 2024 - May 2025

Vice President of Events - Concordi’ART, Concordia University, Montreal

Selected out of various candidates to be the VP of Events for Concordi’art for the 2024/25 academic year. Concordi’art is a student run club that connects Concordia art students from various disciplines, and provides opportunities that foster connection, and networking within and beyond the Concordia community, educational opportunities that allow for a deeper understanding of the various professions within the art industry, and opportunities for exhibitions and income. Contacted event spaces, researched costs of materials, catering and events, aided other executives with the budget, planning and ideas for administrative work.  Acted as a liaison between the final exhibition space & the team, and between the jury, artists & team. Co-Chair of the Jury for the final art exhibition (un) familiar spaces in April 2025, at WIP Works Event Space.

November 2024

Solo show juror, Gallerie VAV Gallery, Concordia University

Individually evaluated each application based on artistic merit, feasibility, clarity and affinity, giving scores out of 5 for each category. Met with the other jurors to collectively go through and discuss the applications, provide feedback, and select the top applicants. Submitted votes for the top three applicants, and then further went through their applications with the jury to provide more feedback and select the artist for the solo show.

June 2023 - August 2023

Companion; YMCA Fine Arts Camp, Concordia University

Companion at the YMCA Concordia University Fine Arts Camp for the 7-week summer session. Worked one-on-one with various children to ensure their participation and enjoyment of the camp. Spent two weeks with one camper, and 4 weeks with another. Assisted counsellors in tailoring activities to the abilities of my campers, communicated with respective parents regarding their child’s day, changes that needed to be made, feedback, and general daily checkups to ensure their child was getting the most from their time at camp. Spent time before my camper’s attendance learning their background, their needs, wants, interests and unique qualities to ensure I was equipped daily with the tools to foster an inclusive and fun summer camp experience. Communicated with my superiors to ensure my needs and my campers’ needs were met. Additionally, spent time as a floating counsellor assisting where needed, aiding staff in changing programming to be more inclusive and supporting staff who needed specialized support for some campers.

March 2024

Event Volunteer; Art Matters Festival, Concordia University

One day event volunteer for an Art Matters Vernissage and Artist Talk. Aided the facilitator in last-minute setup tweaks, supervised the artworks during the vernissage, troubleshooting issues, aided artists when needed, supervised gallery space and artwork during the artist talk, and aided visitors with questions, directions and providing information on Art Matters.

April 2023 - Present

Radio DJ at CJLO 1690AM; Concordia University Community Radio

Radio DJ with a weekly show, “Hittin’ All the Bases”. Creating weekly hour-long sets, prepping notes, and information on the music, researching local open mic events, local musicians and DJs playing around the city and informing listeners. Creating weekly playlists documenting the artists, song titles, whether the music is newly released, Canadian music, Hits, instrumental etc. Keeping track of song durations and talk spot durations down to the seconds in the playlist. Following the ad schedule and playing the ads at required times throughout the show. Updating the show web page with the show recordings, including descriptions, times, and dates. Adhering to Canadian Radio Rules and Regulations for song selections, and talk spot sections.

October 2022 - October 2023

Member of The Board of Directors for the Art Matters Festival

Worked to ensure that Art Matters BoD fulfills its legal duties and obligations to the Art Matters Festival; fostering Art Matters’ vision, monitoring its performance, developing its policy, ensuring the organization fulfills its legal responsibilities, and ensuring it acts with loyalty, honesty, diligence, and care. Attending board meetings, passing motions, and selecting festival facilitators, curators and jury members. Going over budgets, suggesting changes, and assisting facilitators and coordinators wherever possible. Completing interviews with coordinators for the Volunteer Coordinator Position. Member of the Catalogue Launch Committee, planning and running the Launch and Clothing sale with other board members and volunteers.

October 2022

Juror for the 2022 Fall Programming at Gallerie VAV Gallery, at Concordia University

Jury member for Concordia’s VAV gallery fall 2022 programming. Individually went through each submission from the open call. Ranking them out of 5 based on personal affinity, feasibility to the project and/or individual works, clarity and coherence of the submission, and adherence to submission guidelines. From those ranks, designating an overall mark out of 5 to determine the successfulness of the work and its alignment with the VAV gallery’s mandate and anti-oppression values. Providing constructive comments and feedback to each applicant. A group meeting with all other jurors to discuss and collaboratively create a plan for the fall programming.

September 2020 - May 2021

Senior Arts Editor of the Branksome Hall Arts and Literary Magazine; Perennial

Collaborated with the Senior Writing Editor, Junior Arts Editor, and Communications Leader to plan and run team meetings virtually. Sourced submissions, contacted artists, ensured high-quality images and selected the final pieces for publication. Planned, designed and ordered team merchandise. Created the first publication draft and submitted it to the publisher. Collaborated with the other editors, leaders, team members and the publisher to revise each draft before sending the publication to print.