Colin Leath
Spring 2010
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5142 Hollister Ave #5
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 |
805 699 6411 colinleath@gmail.com |
guiding adventures in life/love/creation
Endeavors
Certifications
Wilderness First Responder and CPR/First Aid. NOLS WMI. Expires 12/14/2011. <view>
Lifeguarding and First Aid. American Red Cross. Expires 5/21/2012. <view>
Employment
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Fall 2009 |
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Naturalist (41+ field days)
Naturalists at Large Ventura, California
Developed and facilitated multi-day outdoor education and group-building programs throughout California to help students and faculty become comfortable in the outdoors and with each other. Experimented with new ways to foster fun and growth. Met many who continue to inspire me. |
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Summer 2009 |
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Mentor (volunteer; 20 field days) Wilderness Youth Project Santa Barbara, California
Let 3-5-year-olds be along streams, bluffs, beaches, marshes, boulders, a river, and a rose garden aided by caring older kids, parents, and co-mentors. Shared gratitude. Modeled and counseled peace and the good message. Began to mentor—to broaden individuals' views of what is possible and to recognize and deepen passion. |
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Spring 2004-Summer 2008 |
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Challenge Course Facilitator, Lead Facilitator, Leadership Camp Lead
Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center (& four other companies) San Diego, California
Designed teambuilding programs to meet client goals. Supervised co-facilitators and trainees. Inspected course. Designed and led two sessions of week-long Junior Leaders daycamp. Grew to guide 80+ participant programs for AFROTC and high schools. Grew in ability to nourish fun and appreciation. I continue to learn from my coworkers and supervisors there. |
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Fall 2001-Spring 2003 |
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Research Support Specialist Department of Vision Sciences, SUNY State College of Optometry New York, New York
Wrote software to create and present visual displays and to collect and analyze data. Supported experimental design, recruiting and running study participants, apparatus construction, and data analysis and presentation. Mentored by a caring and considerate professor. Grew in respect for forethought and precision. |
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Fall 1999-Spring 2001 |
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VB Programmer (3rd), Install Developer (2nd), QA Analyst (1st) Greentree Systems Incorporated Pacific Grove, California + Maintained, enhanced, and documented Resume Analyzer.+ Designed and coded iGreentree setup, reducing one-hour process to 15 minutes. + Verified bugs. Verified fixes as harmless. Supported betas. Maintained installs. Grateful to have worked with creative and caring people. |
Other Experience
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Fall 2008-Spring 2010 |
Multiple 3-14-day walks in Los Padres NF, other coast ranges, and southern Sierras |
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Summer 2008 |
Hand-sewed clothes and equipment: quilt, tarp, hat, scarf, pack |
| Spring 2008 | Co-organized an origin skills gathering in Rainbow, California <sdprim> |
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Fall 2006-Spring 2008 |
Gardener, participant, and volunteer, San Diego Food Not Lawns <garden> |
| Fall 2007-Spring 2008 | Sat still, watched the mind, read about gurus, and wrote <j9k blog> |
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Summer 2007 |
Kitchen assistant at Quail Springs during two-week permaculture course |
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Spring 2007 |
Vipassana meditation course, ten days |
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Fall 2006 |
Graduate Teaching Associate for RWS100 (freshman composition instructor), SDSU |
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Summer 2004 |
Staff, Hostel Obispo, San Luis Obispo |
| Spring-Fall 2003 | Bicycled from NYC to Pacific Ocean via Mexico, ecovillages <log> |
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Fall 2002-Spring 2003 |
Volunteer chorister, Saint Bartholomew's Church, New York City |
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Fall 2002 |
Co-founded Integral Transformative Practice NYC group <itpnyc> |
| Summer 2000-Spring 2002 | Modern and ballet dance training, Monterey area and New York City |
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Summer 2001 |
Counselor at English camps in Italy |
| Spring 2001 | Crisis line volunteer, Community Human Services Counseling Center, Monterey |
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Summer 1999-Spring 2001 |
Monterey Hostel Society volunteer |
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Fall 1998-Fall 1999 |
Temporary employee in Washington, DC, Austin, TX, and Monterey, CA |
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Fall 1997-Summer 1998 |
Designed and ran 8-week research study, "The effect of participation in the Meaning in Life Forum on participants' experiences of meaning in life" |
| Spring 1997-Spring 1998 |
Research Assistant for UW School of Nursing Reconnecting Youth project <ry> |
| Spring 1996 | Teen Feed volunteer in Seattle, eating meals with homeless youth |
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Fall 1994-Spring 1995 |
Computer instructor for 4th and 5th graders |
| Summer 1994 | Worked and windsurfed in Maui without a car |
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Summer 1992-Summer 1994 |
Sailing and windsurfing instructor |
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Spring 1991 |
Eagle Scout service project |
Publications
Leath, Colin, ed. SD/TJ Design, Plant, Harvest: nourishing our shared space, caring for the commons. 2007-2008. <http://sdtjdph.blogspot.com/>
A collaborative blog demonstrating read/write web technologies to San Diego- and Tijuana-area activists.
Leath, Colin, ed. The carfree universe project: Strengthening communities of the carfree. 2003‑2007. <http://purl.org/net/cfu/>
A multi-user content management system allowing content to be tagged and sorted by topic, location, and type.
Education
San Diego State University. 2004-2006. English- and Spanish-language literature, TESOL, and pedagogy coursework.
University of Washington. Bachelor of Science with departmental honors in Psychology, 1999. Calculus, physics, chemistry, and biology coursework.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Diploma, 1994. Computer science, computer architecture, digital electronics, and computer-aided design coursework.
References
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Andrea Sanford Day Camps Manager Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center |
Carol Anderson Former Lead Facilitator Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center |
Chris Bonelli Program Coordinator Naturalists at Large |