AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION & PRESERVATION
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
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Masters of Library and Information Science, Media Archival Studies - June 2019
University of California, Santa Cruz
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B.A. Film and Digital Media, Production Concentration - June 2012
Chabot-Las Positas Community College, Livermore/Hayward, CA
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A.A. Liberal Arts - June 2010
Professional Experience
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Academy Film Archive, Film Traffic Coordinator, Los Angeles, CA, June 2019 - Present
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Academy Film Archive, Film Preservation Intern, Los Angeles, CA, Jan - June 2019
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Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Head Archivist, Los Angeles, CA, Sept 2017 - June 2019
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UCLA, GSE&IS Information Studies Lab, Lab Assistant III, Los Angeles, CA, Sept 2017 - June 2019
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UCLA Film & TV Archive, Collections Intern, Santa Clarita, CA, June - Dec 2018
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20th Century Fox, Archives Intern, Century City, CA, June - Aug 2018
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Essanay Film Museum, Collections/Researcher, Niles, CA, Oct - Dec 2013 / June - Aug 2017
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Multicom Ent. Group, Project Media Inventory Asst., Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2016 - March 2017
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Cole Video, Project Manager/Video Editor, Sonora, CA, Jan 2014 - July 2016
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Canyon Cinema, Film Inspection/Promotional Media Intern, San Francisco, CA, April - Dec 2013
Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships
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UCLA/Mellon Foundation Internship Project Recipient, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 2018-2019
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Rick Chase Foundation AMIA Scholarship, 2018
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MLIS Professional Programs Committee Travel Fund, IS Dept., UCLA, CA, 2018
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UCSC Dean’s Award, outstanding research, Morally Straight: A Portrait of Gay Eagle Scouts, 2013
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Porter College Fellowship in F.D.M., 2012
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Porter College Undergraduate Fellowship Award, 2012
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Audience Choice Award, Feature Doc - Exit 426: Watsonville, Santa Cruz Film Festival, 2012
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Eagle Scout, 2007
Presentations & Publications-
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Bastard Film Encounter, Presentation, Baltimore, MD, April 25 - 27, 2019
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Preserving Place: Moving the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Article,
Performance! SAA Newsletter, Spring 2019
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The Bob Baker Marionette Theater: Archiving with Oral Histories, Panel,
AMIA Annual Conference, Portland, OR, Nov 28 - Dec 1, 2018
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The French One Panel, Blog, 21st Century Fox Archives, Sept 19, 2019
Workshops, Conferences & Symposia
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Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Digital Asset Symposium, Virtual, Sept 2020
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Orphan Film Symposium: Water, Climate, and Migration, Virtual, May 2020
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Airtable for A/V Archivist, AMIA CEA Task Force, Virtual, May 8, 2020
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Annual AMIA Conference, Baltimore, MD, Nov 2019
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The Reel Thing XLV, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 2019
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Bastard Film Encounter, Baltimore, MD, April 2019
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Annual AMIA Conference, Portland, OR, Nov 2018
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The Reel Thing XLIII, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 2018
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The Business, Science, and Art of Film and TV Restoration and Preservation, VES/SMPTE,
AMPAS, Los Angeles, CA, July 17, 2018
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Orphan Film Symposium: Love, Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY, April 2018
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Annual AMIA Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov 2017
Affiliations
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American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), 2019 - Present
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Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), 2018 - Present
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Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), 2016 - Present
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Conference Program Committee, AMIA, 2020
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Co-President - UCLA AMIA Student Chapter, 2018 - 2019
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Treasurer - UCLA AMIA Student Chapter, 2017 - 2018
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Vice President - UCLA Special Libraries Association (SLA) Student Chapter, 2017 - 2018
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Webmaster; Instructional Services Liaison - UCLA Student Governing Board, 2017 - 2018
Technical Skills
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Content/Project Management Systems & Databases - Adlib, Filemaker Pro, Airtable, Libib /
Experience with Omeka, Voyager, GitHub, CONTENTdm
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Film - 35mm, 16mm, 8mm, Super 8
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Tape - ¼ inch Reel to Reel, Betacam, Umatic, VHS
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Grooved Discs - Vitaphone, Transcription, Glass Radio Discs
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Analogue Tools - Rewinds/flatbeds, guillotine/cement splicers, synchronizers, small gauge projectors,
reel to reels, video decks, time-based correctors, patch bays
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Digital Tools - Final Cut X and 7, Premiere, Compressor, Quicktime, VLC, MPEG Streamclip /
Logic, Audition / Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator
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Office / Operating Systems - PC and Mac, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Office 365 /
Experience with Command Line and Terminal
Volunteer Work
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Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Archive/Library Consultant, Los Angeles, CA 2019 - Present
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4th Archaeology of Moving Image Media Workshop, Introduction to Film Repair, Los Angeles, CA July 2019
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Home Movie Day, Film Inspection/MC, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 - Present
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The Reel Thing XLIII, Los Angeles, Registration, 2018 - 2019
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Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive, Student Volunteer, School of Cinema Arts, USC, Los Angeles, CA,
2018 - 2019
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VES/SMPTE Meeting Hollywood: The Business, Science, and Art of Film and TV Restoration and Preservation,
Registration, July 17, 2018
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Orphan Film Symposium: Love, Registration, Queens, NY, April 2018
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Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Conference, Registration, New Orleans, LA Nov 2017
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Calaveras Community TV, Looking For Animals, Host/Showrunner/Puppeteer, CA, 2014 - 2016
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AMIA Film Advocacy Task Force, Promotional Media Volunteer, 2014
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Spinnaker Yacht Club, Junior Sailing Instructor, San Leandro, CA, 2004 - 2009