General Background and Education

My academic background includes a Bachelor of Public Relations from Conestoga College, where I completed a co-op term with the college’s Alumni Relations department (now part of Employee Experience and Development). In that role, I published feature stories on notable Conestoga alumni for more than 1,000 readers, and developed marketing materials to support ongoing fundraising campaigns.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Alberta, which deepened my understanding of strategic communication across diverse audiences. I have also completed a Master of Education in Educational Studies at Lakehead University, with a focus on the universality of education, post-secondary policy development, and program management.

Industry Experience – Business and Corporate Communications

After my first undergrad (the Bachelor of Public Relations), I served as the communications manager for a small staging and design business in Cambridge, liaising with a team of stylists who worked independently with residents and other businesses across Ontario. I introduced a branding and style guidebook to promote consistency and relationship-building in written correspondence with stakeholders, and designed a training booklet on how stylists can write engaging website content to establish a personal brand with their clients.

Since starting with Teaching and Learning, I’ve implemented a weekly digital newsletter distributed to Conestoga professors, Chairs, Deans, and Vice-Presidents—promoting Teaching and Learning’s workshops, credit micro-credential courses, and on-campus events to a combined audience of 3,500. I’ve launched a faculty success story series to celebrate faculty achievements and to share how others can incorporate elements of effective teaching into their practice.

Experience Teaching Adult Learners

I have taught Managing Marketing Communications, beginner- and advanced-level Writing for Public Relations courses, and College Reading and Writing Skills, a common course for every first-year Conestoga diploma student.

I have had the opportunity to design and present workshops at Conestoga’s Employees for Excellence in Education (E3) and SupportStaff@Conestoga conferences, including “Three Steps to Professional E-mail Communication,” “An Introduction to Internal Communication in Hybrid Work Environments” and “Using CoPilot to Write Effective Professional E-mails.”