8/99 to present  Hickgal Communications

Freelance Writer and Photographer, full length features and photo supplements including ag technology, farm/ranch profiles, personal profiles and issue coverage. PR press releases and community newsletters for Klickitat County. PR photography for Goebs and Soell, Inc. Clients include Farm Journal, Oregon Farmer-Stockman, Washington Farmer and Cascade Cattlemen.

2/99 to 8/99  Goldendale Sentinel

News Editor
Responsible for all news content, photography, layout and design for 3,000 weekly newspaper. Use manual and digital photography. Assisted in technology upgrade from 25 percent to 85 percent.

10/98 to 2/99  Martinez News-Gazette

Staff Writer
Worked as one of two staff writers at 14,000 tri-weekly newspaper. Responsible for half of editorial content as well as page design and layout, and photography.

9/97 to 5/98  Writing Center, Montana State University

Writing Tutor
Worked as writing tutor to students in basic writing, college writing, and many classes spanning the curriculum.

Carondelet High School, Concord, CA-Graduated 1996

1996-1998, Montana State University-Bozeman

Major: Animal Science

Minor: English-Writing

1999-present, Columbia Gorge Community College

Dean's List-Fall '99

Delta Family YMCA Youth & Government, Advisor 1998-1999 Klickitat County 4-H horse leader 1999-present Washington State Cattleman's Association 1999-present

Macintosh/PC    MS Office 95/98  Quark Xpress 3.3/4.04  Adobe Photoshop 4LE/5 Adobe InDesign  Scanner (various)  Digital camera (Olympus and Minolta)     Manual camera  Outlook Express/IE4/Netscape Navigator