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DocuSign Envelope ID: 78F43652 -7587- 4842 - 8392- C1A386736DBE <br />6213 Farrington Rd., M7, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 <br />(336) 707 -7356; max.puhala @gmail.com <br />Max Puhala <br />Arts Educator • Performing Artist • Audio Engineer <br />EDUCATION: <br />University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC; 2009 - 2013 <br />• BA in Communications, Creative Writing Minor, History Minor <br />• Awarded "Outstanding Achievement in Rhetorical Studies" <br />• Presented research on "Top Undergraduate Papers" panel at SSCA conference <br />Northwest Guilford High School - Greensboro, NC; 2005 - 2009 <br />WORK EXPERIENCE: <br />Communities in Schools of Orange County: September 2014 - Present <br />• Work as a CIS Creative Arts Fellow, directing afterschool bucket drumming <br />lessons for at -risk youth aging from 6th to 8th grade, teaching technique, musical <br />literacy, and music history. Conceptualize, develop and implement 5 -week <br />programs taught 3 times a week at 7 middle schools in the districts of Orange <br />County and Chapel Hill - Carrboro Public Schools, serving over 300 students. <br />• Plan and host culminating fundraising concerts in the community featuring <br />youth performers, sharing music with family, friends and community members <br />Communities in Schools of Durham County: October 2014 - Present <br />• Beat Lab Program Assistant - Assist in the development and implementation of a <br />hip -hop based afterschool music curriculum, designed to increase musical <br />proficiency and teach computer /digital literacy. Teach in- school and afterschool <br />beat - making at middle and high schools in Durham County <br />