Concordia University

   Master of Arts, Individualized Program in Humanities
   2022 - 2025

- Working on an interdisciplinary research-creation project bridging three fields of study: English literature, Media Studies, and Computation Arts/Design for my thesis submission in April 2025: YOU WILL NOT WIN AND YOU MUST DIE, YOU CHURL.

- Member of TAG (Technoculture, Art and Games), a centre for research/creation in game studies and design, digital culture and interactive art

- Member of the newly established Behaviour Interactive Research Chair in Game Design Scholarship and Research Group

   Bachelor of Arts with distinction, English Literature Major
   2019 - 2022

- Honed my skills in academic and creative writing, critical literary analysis

- Published creative nonfiction pieces in literary and visual arts magazines, contributed to The Concordian

- Gained experience in: Adobe Creative Suite, Audacity, GarageBand, Final Cut, and other audio-visual editing programs to produce multimedia content

Dawson College

   Diploma in College Studies, Cinema-Communications
   2015 - 2017

- Gained screenwriting and script editing experience.

- Collaborated with classmates on many film production, animation, and multimedia projects in various genres

- Focused on analyzing cinematic and literary expressions of political/philosophical ideologies

Concordia University

   Teaching Assistantships
   2022 - 2025

➛ English Department:

ENGL 261 (Fall 2022 + 2023, Winter 2025)British Literature to 1660

ENGL 306 (Winter 2024)Tolkien's Old English

➛ Education Department:

INST 250 (Winter 2023, 2024, 2025)Introductory Information Literacy Skills

   Web Developer + Graphic Designer for Affecting Machines
   Summer 2023 + Winter 2025

- Designed and developed the site identity for the Applied AI Institute's Advancing Gender Equity in AI Sectors project

- Produced graphic assets, logos, and customized presentation slides for in-person workshops showcasing the institute's research

- Updated the Affecting Machines site by adding the French translation of all content and graphics.

Assorted Grab Bag of Experience Before Grad School

- Produced, wrote, and co-hosted the Dawson Cinema-Communications graduating cohort's end-of-year Media Night presentation showcasing some of the students' best work over the year

- Was responsible for maintaining administrative control over various parts of the day-to-day business, helping management with staff communication, handling banking information, schedules, and accounting tasks for a big-box retailer at the heart of Downtown Montreal

- Years of customer service and sales experience as a team leader for a high-volume clothing and accessories merchandise floor

- Copywriting, archiving, organizing, and QC/QA experience in office and commercial spaces

 Technical skills:

  - Adobe Creative Suite
   - HTML, CSS, JS
   - Twine (Harlowe, SugarCube)
   - Weird Looking Digital Art

 Fluent in:

   - English
   - French
   - Bulgarian
   - Old English (not really, but I love it obviously)

   - Behaviour Interactive Research Chair Graduate Scholarship (2024)
   - France and Andre Desmarais Graduate Fellowship (2022)
   - English Department Undergraduate Award (2021)
   - Bob McDevitt Award (2019)
   - Concordia University Distinction Award (2018)
   - Dawson College Honors List (2016-2018)