Volunteer Work

2019 / ONGOING

  • 2007- Present: Dana Farber Cancer Institute Kraft Family Platelet Donor Center, Boston MA and American Red Cross Springfield, MA – 46 Platelet Donations (and counting)

 2018 

  • September 2018: Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education– Guest Artist (Reframing Islam: A Photographic Resolution), Malden, MA
  • July 2018: Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey– Guest Artist (Reframing Islam: A Photographic Resolution), Boston, MA
  • April- June 2018: New England Flower Society: Nasami Farms– Volunteer photographer of native plant life, and event coverage for print and digital assets 
  • February 2017- 2018: Reframing Islam: A Photographic Resolution Founder and Lead Photographer; Massachusetts-wide project

 2017 

  • October 2017: MassArt Continuing Education Department Graduate Lecture Series– “Financial Literacy & Careers”- Alumni Panel Speaker, MassArt Boston MA
  • July 2017: Smith College– Volunteer Ecological Research Field Technician; New England Region and Atlantic Canada
  • June 2017: Massachusetts State House– Guest Artist (Reframing Islam: A Photographic Resolution) Invited by Republican State Representative Hannah Kane; Boston MA
  • February 2017- Present: Reframing Islam: A Photographic Resolution Founder and Lead Photographer; Massachusetts-wide project
  • April 2017: MassArt Continuing Education Department Graduate Lecture Series– “You and Freelance Work: So Happy Together”- Author and Lecturer; MassArt Boston MA

2016

  • September 2016- 2017: St. James Church Second Helpings Soup Kitchen- Weekly Volunteer Server on Mondays; Greenfield MA
  • June 2016: American Red Cross Blood Drive– Organizer/ Coordinator for Compass Medical, P.C.; East Bridgewater MA
  • May 2016: YMCA Touch-A-Truck Event– Host/ Organizer for Compass Medical, P.C.; East Bridgewater
  • April 2016: Nameless Truth Yoga Project for Veterans with PTSD– Volunteer Photographer; Dedham MA
  • February 2014-2016: Old School Game Show– Volunteer Photographer; Somerville MA

2015

  • November 2015: MassArt Continuing Education Department Graduate Lecture Series- “You and Freelance Work: So Happy Together”- Author and Lecturer; MassArt Boston MA
  • July 2015: Mass Audubon– Volunteer Ecological Research Field Technician; Westport MA
  • June 2015: Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Night in White for a Cure- Volunteer Photographer; Boston MA
  • April 2015: Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics “ACT-SO” High School Division– Volunteer Judge: Photography Category; Brockton MA
  • April 2015: New England Natural History Conference– Volunteer Photographer; Springfield MA
  • March 2015: Leprechaun Plunge Suicide Awareness Campaign– Volunteer Photographer; South Hadley MA
  • March 2015: WGBH / PBS– On-Air Pledge Collection Volunteer; Boston MA
  • January 2015: NAACP Brockton Chapter, Martin Luther King Day Brunch- Volunteer Photographer; Brockton MA
  • January 2015: Avon 39 Walk for Breast Cancer– Volunteer Photographer; Marshfield MA

2014

  • December 2014: Boston Music Awards– Volunteer Photographer; Boston MA
  • November 2014: Arthritis Foundation Annual Jingle Bell Walk & Run- Volunteer Photographer; Newton MA
  • November 2014: NAACP Brockton Chapter, 60th Anniversary Gala- Volunteer Staff Photographer; Lombardo’s Randolph MA
  • June 2014: Arthritis Foundation Walk to Cure Arthritis– Volunteer Photographer; West Newton MA
  • March 2014: MassArt’s Memorial Service for Professor Benjamin Peterson- Volunteer Photographer; Boston MA
  • February 2014: MassArt’s Family Day– Volunteer Staff Photographer; Boston MA

2013 / BEYOND

  • September 2013: The Shalupe Foundation, “Unbent” Fashion Fundraiser, Volunteer Staff Photographer; New York City NY
  • 2009-2011: MassArt Blood & Platelet Donor Association– SGA Founder and Organizer; Brigham & Women’s Hospital/ MassArt, Boston MA
  • May 2007: Life Lover’s SmaAck Magazine– Silent Art Auction; proceeds benefit AIDS education in Swaziland; The Otherside Café, Boston MA
  • 2006-2010: MassArt Semesterly Clothing Donation Drives- SGA Founder and Organizer; Boston MA