EXPERIENCE
2002-Present: Family Behavioral Resources. Monroeville, PA.
Therapeutic Support Specialist.
- Provide "Wraparound Services" (customized treatment plans) for at-risk and developmentally delayed youth with diagnoses of autism, learning disabilities, and social and communication disabilities.
- Integrate childrens’ experiences at schools, at home and with family and friends, with health care agencies, legal agencies, and at recreational and community organizations.
- Implement treatment plans with a team of physicians, social workers, parents, and teachers.

2001-2002: Johns Hopkins University Franklin and Marshall College site. Lancaster, PA.
Center for Talented Youth Residential Program Assistant.
- One of three administors who liaisoned between administration, residential staff, and instructional staff in a residential academic summer program for 540 students who score in the top .5 of SATs.
- Assisted in organizing recreational and academic programs such as field trips, arts and crafts, and tournaments.
- Supervised and organized 34 students during days between sessions.
- Primary program representative to parents and visitors, both in main office and in telecommunications.

2000: Camp Cayuga. Honesdale, PA.
Residential Counselor and Athletic Instructor
- Maintained constant supervision with eleven 8 year-old boys in a residential cabin setting.
- One of two gymnastics instructors for 24-40 students daily, ranging 6-16 years in age, in 2-3 classes daily.
- One of seven trapezists responsible for safely flying and catching 175 children from a 40-foot double trapeze.
- Single-handedly initiated and implemented breakdance workshop, including demonstration for visitor’s day.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Psychology. University of Pittsburgh.
- Concentration in Developmental Psychology and Childhood Development.
- Minor in Religious Studies.
Certificate Degree, Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. University of Pittsburgh.
- Healthcare, education, and therapy-related program addressing ethics, history, and philosophy of medicine.

INTERESTS
- "Big" with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh.
- Gymnastics coach, with eight gymnastics classes weekly, at the National School of Gymnastics in Aspinwall.
- Fluent Korean and conversational French.
- Former tenor with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the professional choral affiliate of Mariss Jansons’ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Grammy award-winning Maestro Robert Page.
- Freelance writer. Formerly a weekly politics, humor, and lifestyle columnist for the Perspectives section of the Pitt News, with a daily circulation of 30,000.
- Enjoy team sports, martial arts, dance, activism, astronomy, live music, and industrial design.
- Chancellor’s Scholar at New York University.

first of all, i hate corporate capitalism. i'm not going to go into that right now.

second of all, i also hate materialism. i'm not going to go into that either.

thirdly, i care about the environment and people in other countries. honestly, i care about them more than i care about my home and most of the very rude people around me.

i want to live and work in a residential community. i'm looking into:

1) the peace corps;

2) working abroad to teach english, computer skills, sports, math, science, history, music, and/or other skills we in america take for granted;

3) finding a co-op.

right now, i have a comfortable job with a big corporation. it's a lot like office space, if you've ever seen that movie. but i really shouldn't complain. anyone who works a white-collar job shouldn't complain, really. the money is good. it's not at all strenuous. the environment is comfortable. thank god for my office being right next door to a public library and the children's museum and the public theater. also in allegheny center is a park, grade schools, and the former planetarium. the mattress factory and the aviary and east ohio street and the warhol museum and the north shore are all really close too. and i do sneak out of the office to go to these places - my salvation from sitting-at-computer slavery.

my other "work" is music, i have a whole page about that. (s)

a (bad) column i wrote in a hurry about sexuality (s)

an editorial about a lot of things (s). i hate the title my editor wrote.

two political columns (s) (s), among many, my editor agreed to run

naturally i have many more, but i don't feel like publishing them here right now.

my staff bio (s)