Member of the Northwest Editor’s Guild and ACES: Society for Editing.
Because of my technical background, I specialize in technical editing and proofreading. However, I enjoy and am highly knowledgeable in topics relating to psychology/neurobiology/neuropsychology, neurodivergence, world languages, European travel, and cooking (particularly international cooking and cookbooks). I’ve edited bilingual (French and English) packaging and also have strong foundational knowledge of Spanish, Italian, German, Czech, and Russian.
For two years, I was the volunteer managing editor for the nonprofit group, GHF Learners. As such, I created the in-house style guide and standard practices across for all content, including books published through their press arm and all online content (newsletters, blogs, community posts, etc.). I copy edited email newsletters, promotional content, and nonfiction books, as well as fact-checked, confirmed, and formatted all references and citations. I formatted the page layouts for print in Adobe InDesign and polished the eBook/Kindle layouts. Additionally, I actively searched for potential new authors; I brought in two new authors before leaving my volunteer position due to work conflicts.
Book List (editing/proofreading):
Representing Word One New York:
8 Steps to Better Security: A Simple Cyber Resilience Guide for Business (October 2021): proofreading
Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere by Henry Kurkowski (October 2021): proofreading
SQL for Data Scientists: A Beginner’s Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis by Renee M Teate (September 2021): technical proofreading
The Art of Attack: Attacker Mindset for Security Professionals 1st Edition by Maxie Reynolds (August 2021): proofreading
Decisively Digital: From Creating a Culture to Designing Strategy by Alexander Loth (July 2021): technical proofreading
Visual Studio Code for Python Programmers 1st Edition by April Speight (July 2021): technical proofreading
Spotify Only You Campaign 2021: final proofreading
Ubuntu Linux Bible by Christopher Negus and David Clinton (2021, v19.10): technical proofreading
Spotify blog post: How Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020: technical final proofreading (part of proofreading team)
Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible 1st Edition by Gus Khawaja (June 2021): technical proofreading
Beginning Rust Programming by Ric Messier (March 2021): technical proofreading
Data Visualization with Excel Dashboards and Reports by Dick Kusleika (Feb 2021): technical proofreading
Professional C++, 5th Ed. by Marc Gregoire (2021): technical proofreading
Blum Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, 4th Ed. by Richard Blum (Jan 2021): technical proofreading
Spotify Wrapped 2020: final proofreading
Powershell 7 for IT Pros by Thomas Lee (Dec 2020): technical proofreading
Machine Learning for Time Series Forecasting with Python by Francesca Lazzeri (Nov 2020): technical proofreading
Representing Myself:
Confessions From Your Token Black Colleague: True Stories & Candid Conversations About Equity & Inclusion In The Workplace by Talisa “Tali” Lavarry (Aug 2020): copyediting, page layout for print and eBook version (Kindle)
Kathleen Humble’s Gifted Myths: An Easy-to-Read Guide to Myths on the Gifted and Twice-Exceptional by Kathleen Humble (Nov 2019): copyediting, page layout and eBook version (Kindle)
Bilingual Package Design (French/English) for The Packaging Girl/Instinct Design
Specialized Courses Taken:
- Unconscious Bias and the Conscientious Editor (ACES)
- Tweet This, Not That (editing for social media) (ACES)
- What’s New in Style (ACES)
- Readers, Relevance, and Ranking (SEO) (ACES)
- Content Strategy for Editors (ACES)
- Editing Translations (ACES)
- Know Your Audience: Using the Right Voice and Keywords in Content Marketing (ACES)
- Bricklaying: Editing for Structure (Copyediting.com Masterclass)
- Mastering Numbers (Copyediting.com Masterclass)
- Editing Recipes and Cookbooks (Copyediting.com Masterclass)
- Editing for Young Readers (Copyediting.com Masterclass)
- Quality Control for Publications (Copyediting.com Masterclass)
Languages
- Spanish, French (proficient reading skills, intermediate speaking, listening, writing)
- Italian (proficient reading, upper beginner speaking, listening, writing)
- German (Intermediate reading, high beginner/lower intermediate speaking, listening)
- Russian (Upper beginner all across the board, can read and write Cyrillic)
- Portuguese (Upper beginner all across the board)
- Czech (Solid daily communication skills in speaking and listening, upper intermediate reading)
Services
- copy editing
- line editing
- SEO
- proofreading
- fact-checking
- style guide development
- translations / localization
- self-publishing (Amazon/Ingram)
- book layouts for print (Adobe InDesign)
- book layouts for eReaders/Kindle
- fixed and reflowable layouts
Tools
- Chicago Manual of Style/APA/MLA
- WordPress
- Microsoft Word + track changes
- proofreading (manual + PDF)
- MS Office Suite
- technical documentation
- Adobe InDesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
Technologies
- HTML/XML/XHTML
- JavaScript
- CSS
- SQL & MySQL
- VisualBasic
- C
- C++
- Linux
- WordPress & Other CMS
- GitHub
- Slack
- Database Management
- Cloud Computing
- KnowledgeBase/Zen Desk
- SSH / Command Line/ Remote
