Freelance Copywriter Staff Writer

Miranda Ochoa Natera

773-***-**** adrps4@r.postjobfree.com

Experience

Literacy Teacher, ADECO

**** ******* ** ****** * volunteer rural teacher in the community of San José Corral Blanco, Puebla, Mexico. Taught adults, mostly single mothers, reading, writing, and mathematics using Paulo Freire’s pedagogy. Prepared each lesson with anticipation and personalized techniques that would cater to my student's goals and resources.

Freelance Translator, CAAFSA,

2018 Translated multiple documents on corporate compliance from English to Spanish and created presentations to be shared with the team.

Woodshop and Metal shop Monitor/Assistant Instructor, SAIC

2019-2022 Responsible to oversee the proper use of machinery and tools in both shops while helping students with project planning. Helped maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment through detailed knowledge of protocols and web-checkout systems.

Staff Writer, FNews Magazine

2020-2022 Wrote articles for the Literature section including book reviews, recommendations, and commentaries on contemporary material. Worked closely with my editor and pitched ideas for new content.

Freelance Copywriter, FCB Mexico

2021 Edited written interviews for the head of FCB Mexico office, published in Little Black Book. Wrote and conceptualized creative scripts for brand advertising campaigns.

Woodworking Instructor, Iroquois Springs Camp

2021 Planned daily lessons for several groups of over 15 kids ages 7-16 teaching them the basics of woodworking. Worked in a fast-paced environment that required hyperawareness of surroundings. Reported daily to my supervisors and worked closely with another instructor.

SAIC Humanities Managing Assistant

2022 Designed visual work for the department’s events such as symposiums and artists’ talks.

Teaching Assistant, Phillips Academy-Andover

2022 Will be assisting in the class “Express Yourself,” a course focused on developing skills in artistic creation such as theater, film, and writing in order to reinterpret one own’s life. Responsibilities will include lesson planning, paper grading, and close examination of class dynamics and exercises for children ages 11-13.

Skills

Languages: Spanish, English, French, German

Critical Thinking Skills

Journalism

Research

Public Speaking

Customer Service

Time Management

Visual and Performing Arts

Relevant Coursework

Academic

Advanced Essay Writing

Adorno on ‘Culture Industry’

Latinx Genre Writers

Marxism and the Novel

Trans Studies

Palestinian/Israeli Conflict

Syntax/Meaning

Gilles Deleuze

Philosophy of Modernism

Political Philosophy

Tolstoy’s Aesthetics

History of Modern Architecture

Critical Race Studies

Disability Studies

Journalism

Several courses on Art History

Studio

Fundamentals of Woodworking in the 21st C.

Digital Photography

Ceramic Sculpture & Vessel making

Sculpture I, II, III

Figure Drawing

Creative Writing: Autobiography

Writing: Syntax/Meaning/Feeling

Publications

Writer’s Egg Magazine (Short story)

FNews Magazine

Mouth Literary Magazine

Freelance Editing

George Roeder Undergraduate Award in Visual & Critical Studies for the thesis “The Portals of Solitude: The Power of Inner World-Building”

Education

Modern American School, Mexico City

School of the Art Institute, Majoring in Visual Critical Studies 2018-2022

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