Thread 01
Research & Professional Experience
Textile Librarian Temp — Holly Hunt
New York, NY · Supervisor: Annie Chatenka
Oct – Dec 2025
- Structured inventory, catalog, sourcing & tagging of fabrics, fiber & decorative arts.
- Primary point of inquiry for the product portfolio; represented collections to design partners.
Makerspace Manager & Docent — NarraSpaceXR, UMD
Supervisor: Dr. Marisa Parham
Aug 2024 – Dec 2025
- Designed an immersive AR/VR/XR lab supporting storytelling from marginalized experiences.
- Edited grant proposals awarded $3K–$300K to advance arts, tech & public good.
Program Coordinator — MITH
Supervisor: Trevor Muñoz
Aug 2023 – Dec 2025
- Organized interns' public exhibition of MITH's vintage computer & video game collection.
- Managed marketing, onboarding, calendars, and grant reporting for funded initiatives.
Computational Arts & Humanities Associate — AADHum
Supervisor: Christin Washington
Jun 2023 – Dec 2025
- Produced eco-friendly creative-computing workshops with public libraries.
- Facilitated coding & literacy exercises for local educators (NLP, AI).
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Digital Humanities & Digital Studies
Aug 2021 – May 2023
- Architected A.Studio, a fabrication space for students & community members.
Research Assistant — Research Foundation of CUNY
Brooklyn, NY · Supervisor: Dr. Rosamond King
Oct 2022 – Dec 2023
- Curated & developed the first scholarly African diasporic electronic literature collection.
Residential Assistant — UMD Dept. of Residential Life
Supervisors: Bria Jackson, Nikki Newman
Nov 2019 – May 2023
- Ran 32 development programs annually; mediated conflict and crisis response.
Thread 02
Leadership & Program Development
Co-Lead, Microgrants Program — AADHum
Oct 2023 – May 2025
Managed $5K in seed funding for student creativity across Black study, art & technology.
Lead Educator, REDU Fellowship — AADHum
Aug – Dec 2024
Translated 7 undergraduate research papers into published websites.
Facilitator, Social Media Corps — AADHum
Jun – Aug 2024
Lead Mentor, Splash Fellows — AADHum
Jun 2024 – May 2025
Trained fellows in administrative systems & machining.
VP of Administrative Affairs — Black Student Union
Aug 2020 – 2021
Program Assistant — Clever Communities in Action
Norfolk, VA
May – Aug 2021
Middle School Outreach Lead, MSP — MCPS
Aug 2017 – 2019
Collaborations & Consulting
Witness Unhurried
with Seren Sensei · 2023
Website illustration on play as healing & collective witness.
Sharpness and Duty
with Christiana McClain · 2023
Virtual exhibit & reading featuring Nikki Finney.
Stories of Sudan
with Basmah Elradi
Film on Sudanese narratives of war & displacement.
Agua de Coco
with Yereni Butcher · 2024
Internet art on coconut in Panamanian Afro-Antillean culture.
Woven Diaspora
with Tekoa Sultan-Reisler · 2024
Interactive site on cotton's botanical legacy in Africa.
Untitled ArcGIS Project
with Carla J. Thomas McGinnis · 2024
Taxonomy of morning glory & urban garden history.
References
Dr. Marisa Parham — Supervisor
Director, AADHum & NarraSpaceXR; Associate Director, MITH · UMD
Contact available upon request
Trevor Muñoz
Director, MITH · UMD
Contact available upon request
Christin Washington
Assistant Director, Academic & Community Relationships, AADHum & MITH · UMD
Contact available upon request
Nicole Norat — Holly Hunt reference
Randstad Staffing Agency
Contact available upon request