Worker Education Oriented Academic Researcher
In a world of business and bureaucracy, the human element is all to often forgotten. We, as workers, have more worth than simply the product of our labor. We are the foundation of which the middle class was built, and are the backbone of the public and private sectors. As a Union Stagehand with IATSE Local One, and a worker in the greater labor community, it is my goal to work for a better world locally and nationally.
Through Labor Education, skills training and academic research, I strive to better the mental health and wellbeing of all workers, specifically those in the entertainment industries. As a 10 year member of IATSE Local One in New York City, I have seen how debilitating poor mental health can be for workers in precarious, gig work based labor economies. Better academic research is needed to better understand what workers need to lead happier and healthier lives.
Currently a 2nd year Ph.D. Student in Labor Relations at Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations. In addition I am an IATSE Local One Stagehand and recent member of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT. I am a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor with Behind the Scenes, and am a Representative-at-Large for the United Association of Labor Education.
Through Labor Education, skills training and academic research, I strive to better the mental health and wellbeing of all workers, specifically those in the entertainment industries. As a 10 year member of IATSE Local One in New York City, I have seen how debilitating poor mental health can be for workers in precarious, gig work based labor economies. Better academic research is needed to better understand what workers need to lead happier and healthier lives.
Currently a 2nd year Ph.D. Student in Labor Relations at Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations. In addition I am an IATSE Local One Stagehand and recent member of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT. I am a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor with Behind the Scenes, and am a Representative-at-Large for the United Association of Labor Education.
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