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2018 – Present: Chaplain in Home Care and Residential Elderly Care
2022 – Present: Team Leader of the Online Meditation Program “Tara’s Triple Excellence”
(In the absence of Heidi Koppl, currently in 3 year retreat)
2022 – Present: Program Coordinator at Stichting Duizend Handen +
Blacklane GmbH, Berlin, Germany - Partner Manager
January 2019 - June 2022
BT Plc, Leicester, UK — Call Centre Manager (CCM)
August 2014 - January 2017
DWP Home Finance Ltd, Leicester — Business Development Manager
November 2011 - June 2014 +
I have worked as a professional freelance translator since I graduated in 2023 until 2025. +
Oral Interpreter - Multiple Dharma institutions, Samye International, Samye Malaysia (2025)
Online Tibetan Language Teacher - Self-employed (2025)
Intermediate Classical Tibetan Summer Course Teaching Assistant - Rangjung Yeshe Institute (2024) +
Crestone Mountain Zen Center Staff May 2019-2020
Vail Resort July 2018-2019
Garchen Insitute Staff January 2014- December 2014 +
UC Berkeley - July 2024
University of British Columbia Vancouver - August 2024
Microdosing Facilitator Summit - June 2025
Nature Conservancy - July 2025 +
Teaching Assistant and Residential Assistant
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California
June 2025 to present
Provided emotional and logistical support to students participating in Gomde California's annual summer program. Answered basic Dharma questions and directed students to competent teachers or scriptural resources as appropriate.
Research Assistant
Laboratory for Cognitive and Perceptual Learning at Brown University
2022 through 2023
Assisted in experiments that used simultaneous polysomnography (PSG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The job included preparation of PSG (attachment of the PSG cap, impedance checking, taking rapport with volunteers, placing the volunteer inside the MRI scanner). Collaborated with professors, postdocs, and undergraduates in the laboratory in meetings.
Barber
self employed, part time
2015-present
Performed haircuts for ~200 clients consisting of classmates, teammates, teachers, friends, and family. See https://www.instagram.com/sagethebarber/ for examples of work. +
Technical Writer. Healing Tree Communications (own consultancy). Technical writing contract with the Nova Scotia provincial Occupational Health and Safety Division of the Labour Skills and Immigration Department. Two parts of the contract spanned January 2025 until now (currently active).
Archival Assistant. Library and Archives Canada. Contract spanned November 2023 – December 2024. I was on sick leave for the last several months, for surgery, and related treatments.
Technical Writer. Healing Tree Communications (own consultancy). Technical writing contract with the Nova Scotia provincial Technical Safety Branch of the Labour Skills and Immigration Department. Two parts of the contract spanned January 2022 to July 2023. +
University of Chicago, Writing Program, Writing Specialist, 2021-present
New York University, Liberal Studies Program, Adjunct Assistant Professor 2020-2021
Manhattan College, English Department, Adjunct Assistant Professor 2019-2020 +
Signed to Record Label - 10/2009
Started Independent Record Label - 9/2012
Opened Recording Studio - 9/2012 +
Library Assistant, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, August 28-December 22, 2022
Conference organizer, guest lecture coordinator, and online course producer (combined role), Rangjung Yeshe Institute. 15th of January 2023-May 1st 2024
Traditional Sanskrit instructor and Tibetan-English interpreter (combined role), Rangjung Yeshe Institute, June 7th-August 7th. +
2010 - 2023 Sales and Marketing at Larchwood Enterprises
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UC Berkeley - July 2024
University of British Columbia Vancouver - August 2024
Microdosing Facilitator Summit - June 2025
Nature Conservancy - July 2025 +
1/11-9/11 Gallery Assistant, Tally Beck Contemporary Art Gallery New York, NY
7/10-8/11 Receptionist, Jivamukti Yoga Center New York, NY
7/08-9/04 Barista, Starbucks Dallas, TX +
Blacklane GmbH, Berlin, Germany - Partner Manager
January 2019 - June 2022
BT Plc, Leicester, UK — Call Centre Manager (CCM)
August 2014 - January 2017
DWP Home Finance Ltd, Leicester — Business Development Manager
November 2011 - June 2014 +
Yoga Instructor - (May 2018-present) currently teaching in 11 locations across CT; Lead Teacher YogaSix Stamford
Center Manager and Oral Interpreter at Gomde Pyrenees - (December 28 - March 19)
Behavioral Therapist, Academic Tutor, and School Shadow at Waverly Group, Greenwich, CT - (August 2020 - August 2024) +
Nantucket Food Pantry - Public outreach, delivery driver, and service worker both English and Spanish - 2019-2022
Bartlett's Farm - Garden center representative - 2020-2022
YMCA (Taunton, MA branch) - Youth group leader, program organizer - 2021 +
-01/09/2020-30/06/2021 : High school teacher at the Lycée Intégral Roger Lallemand, Brussels
-01/03/2020 – 20/03/2020 : Operation manager at Gomde Lindholme Hall UK (contract stopped prematurely because of the covid situation)
-01/09/2017-30/06/2018 : High school teacher at the Lycée Intégral Roger Lallemand, Brussels +
• 01/09/2020-30/06/2021 : History and Geography teacher in an alternative public high school , le lycee integral Roger Lallemand, Brussels.
• 01/03/2020 – 20/03/2020 : Operation manager at Gomde Lindholme Hall UK (contract stopped prematurely because of the covid situation)
• 01/09/2017-30/06/2018: History and Geography teacher in an alternative public high school , le lycee integral Roger Lallemand, Brussels.
• 01/09/2013-30/06/2017: Economy and geography teacher at the public high school institut Saint Dominique, Brussels. +
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I have been incarcerated in New York state prisons from 1996 to 2017 for murder, which later was reduced to manslaughter, and other drug related charges. I received the above mentioned diplomas while in prison. I would like to ask that this information be kept confidential. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, who suggested that I do this retreat, and a few members of Gomde's board of directors only know of my past. Since my release, for the past three summers, I have worked as manager in a beach club\cafeteria in Albania. While in prison, I worked as a law library clerk, general library clerk, and Catholic Chaplain`s clerk. +
