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June 02, 2011

RESUME

Gabrielle Becker

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Education

BA from Bard College, 2003. Major in playwriting.

Permaculture Certification 2005. Teacher Dave Jacke, author of Edible Forest Garden, taught this

permaculture class for seven weekends in a row. Permaculture is the study of how nature intersects

sustainably with human needs.

Work

Holly Anne’s Deli 6/2003-4/2005. Duties included being a cashier and doing kitchen preparation.

Becker & Becker 1/2007-2/2008 Part-time receptionist. I answered a five-line phone system for Becker&

Becker Law Office and used the transcription machine for paralegal work.

Checklist Cleaning DBA, Green Cleaning Business, 7/2005-Current. Responsibilities include running and

managing my own business in terms of contacts, scheduling, hiring sub-contractors, budgeting, payments

and cleaning.

Community Service

Grand Street Community Arts Founder, 9/2002-Current. Grand Street Community Arts is a non-profit

agency that is located in the heart of my home-town neighborhood in Albany, NY. It hosts YO! Youth

Organics (a summer camp), Youth FX (a film camp) and Kids Club( an afterschool program).

Additionally it has Boarded Up (an outdoors art project), First Friday (a monthly gallery) and the Vacant

Lots Project which makes vacant city lots gardens or other, with permission from the city. As the founder

I spent the first two years networking, building committees and running weekly meetings to start it. I

now serve on the finance committee. www.grandarts.org

Americorps Volunteer in 3/2005-6/2005 for YO! Youth Organics, a summer camp for local Albany

children. Over the summer I co-created the first year of the program with four other volunteers. Activities

included locating and building the garden area, obtaining insurance, advertising the camp, creating the

activities and overseeing the children as a camp counselor.

Awards

Art Award, Albany High School 1999. A four year award of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each year

of college.

References available upon request