Highlights

Successful Projects, Awards, Community Impacts

Accomplishments

A curated list of career highlights

  • $300,000 in funding for Sidney streets (Safe Streets for All Planning Grant)
  • Managed one of the largest Tire Recycling Collections in the Nebraska Panhadle, 2021, with over 500 tons of tires collected
  • Averaged over $150,000/yr in secured grant funding, to date
  • Programs have been highlighted in Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) State Reports in 2021, 2022, and 2023
  • Winner of the 2021 Community Impact Award by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce

Volunteering

What I do between planting season and grant writing gigs

  • Plains-West CASA
  • SHS Gay-Straight Alliance
  • Jekyll Island Bird Banding Station (Georgia)
  • The person in the friend group with a pickup truck who will help you move.

Skills

Things I can do.

  • Mechanical: diesel and gasoline engine repairs, large equipment, and passenger vehicles (BMW, Subaru, and Toyota)
  • Photography
  • Skilled gardener and houseplant curator
  • Some web design, if you give me a template
  • Excel spreadsheet wizard
  • Witchcraft
  • Gnu Image Manipulation Program, Darktable, Krita Experience
  • Keeping my Linux PC running

Careers

Actual work I've done

  • Farm Manager
  • Contracted Grant Writer for local governments and organizations
  • Writing and design for social media posts, legal documents, federal and state grants, and the occasional toot that pops off.
  • Non-Profit Director
  • 17 years of resturant experience
  • Mastdon Instance Owner
  • Property Management

Mastodon Instance

Fouroclockfarms.club is a small general purpose instance for queer people regardless of their ability to drive a tractor. This instance is hosted by fedi.monster and runs the Mastodon Glitch Edition