Mazze LeCzzare Frazer

Research Program Operations · Scientific Communications · Outreach & Events

Durham, NC · [email protected] · mazzeleczzare.com · linkedin.com/in/mazze-leczzare · github.com/mazze93

Summary

Research operations and scientific communications professional with four years of direct experience supporting cognitive neuroscience research at UC Davis. Background spans laboratory operations, quantitative data workflows, researcher training, multi-site coordination, technical documentation, event production, and community-centered outreach. Brings founder-level ownership of secure digital infrastructure and demonstrated ability to translate complex technical work into clear, audience-appropriate communications.

Experience

Secure Pride — Durham, NC · securepride.org

Founder & Editor-in-ChiefMar 2024 – Present

  • Founded and operate a privacy-first cybersecurity nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ and underserved community organizations.
  • Design and maintain secure digital infrastructure using TypeScript, Cloudflare Pages and Workers, WebAuthn, and encryption-oriented tooling.
  • Produce plain-language technical documentation and educational materials that help non-technical partners understand and adopt security practices.
  • Establish documentation, editorial, and operational systems that make sensitive work more reliable, auditable, and accessible.

Tennis 919 — Durham, NC · tennis919.com

Co-Founder, Head of MarketingMar 2024 – Present

  • Co-founded and grew an inclusive Durham community program to 65+ weekly active members through targeted outreach, SEO, digital communications, and community-centered programming.
  • Maintain the site and the Calendly-based booking workflow as the business’s sole technical operator; support participant communications and recurring program logistics.

Mudstack — Remote

Community and Content ManagerOct 2022 – Nov 2023

  • Built community and content operations from zero for an early-stage developer-tools SaaS company, establishing editorial workflows, communications calendars, and audience-engagement processes.
  • Published one to two technical articles, product guides, or developer-facing documentation pieces per week — 50+ in total — translating complex product and workflow concepts for professional creative-technology audiences.
  • Produced and hosted seven webinars and 27 episodes of the Clear as Mud interview series; owned speaker research and outreach, scheduling, run-of-show, live production, and post-event distribution.
  • Coordinated content across web, social, email, and community channels; used engagement signals to refine programming and communications.

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Center for Mind & Brain — Davis, CA

Junior Specialist / Laboratory Operations Manager, Bliss-Moreau LaboratoryAug 2020 – Oct 2022

Research Assistant / Laboratory Manager, Luck LabOct 2018 – Aug 2020

  • Managed day-to-day laboratory operations supporting quantitative research programs in emotion, social cognition, attention, and working memory across human and primate populations.
  • Developed and maintained Python-based data-processing workflows; supported study design, data analysis, scientific writing, presentations, and research documentation.
  • Coordinated research logistics, participant and researcher workflows, lab equipment readiness, and data-integrity practices in deadline-driven environments.
  • Supported dissemination of EEG/ERP methodology and documentation for the open-source ERPLAB Toolbox, used by an international research community.
  • Helped coordinate the annual 10-day NIH-funded ERP Boot Camp, including participant communications, scheduling, training logistics, and cross-site coordination for early-career researchers.
  • Bridged technical and non-technical collaborators through clear documentation, meeting materials, status communication, and adaptable project support.

Education

University of California, Davis — Davis, CA

B.S., Quantitative Psychology2020

  • Regents Scholar
  • Teaching Assistant — Psychology of Emotions (Eliza Bliss-Moreau)
  • Transferred from Butte College, 2018

Skills

Program & research operations
Research coordination · Laboratory operations · Training-program logistics · Event production · Speaker and participant communications · Multi-site coordination · Scientific writing · Protocols and documentation · Project tracking
Communications & digital engagement
Website content · Newsletter and email communications · Social media · Technical editing · Audience-centered education · Analytics and reporting · SEO · Web publishing
Technical & quantitative
Python · R · MATLAB / ERPLAB · EEG/ERP analysis · Survey design · TypeScript · Git · Cloudflare · Information architecture · Data-integrity practices
Tools
Microsoft 365 · Google Workspace · Notion · Linear · Figma · Adobe Creative Suite · HubSpot

Selected practice

Research programs become more useful when their systems, communications, and communities hold together.

I support complex research and technical programs through operational rigor, clear communication, reliable events, and privacy-conscious information systems. My work sits at the seam between research practice and public intelligibility: the structures that let people participate, collaborate, learn, and act on complex technical work.

Based in
Durham, North Carolina
Focus
Research operations · Programs · Communication
Contact
[email protected]
linkedin.com/in/mazze-leczzare

Capability map

What I bring to an interdisciplinary center

01

Research operations

Four years supporting cognitive neuroscience research at UC Davis: laboratory operations, quantitative workflows, research documentation, study support, and coordination across technical and non-technical collaborators.

02

Training and events

Supported the annual 10-day NIH-funded ERP Boot Camp, and later produced webinars, a 27-episode interview series, and community programming from outreach through post-event distribution.

03

Scientific communication

Technical and research-facing writing that makes specialized work legible without flattening its complexity — across protocols, documentation, public writing, web content, and educational resources.

04

Trustworthy systems

Secure, maintainable digital systems and documentation practices grounded in privacy, accessibility, information architecture, version control, and responsible stewardship of sensitive work.

Operating thesis

Coordination is not administrative overhead. It is part of how research becomes durable, discoverable, and shared.

Good program operations remove avoidable friction: participants know where to be, collaborators can find the current source of truth, events have an owner and a fallback plan, and public communications preserve both accuracy and invitation.

Experience record

From research operations to public programs

Mar 2024 – Present

Secure Pride · Durham, NC

securepride.org

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

SecurityEducationInfrastructure
  • Founded and operate a privacy-first cybersecurity nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ and underserved community organizations.
  • Design and maintain secure digital infrastructure using TypeScript, Cloudflare Pages and Workers, WebAuthn, and encryption-oriented tooling.
  • Produce plain-language technical documentation and educational materials that help non-technical partners understand and adopt security practices.
  • Establish documentation, editorial, and operational systems that make sensitive work more reliable, auditable, and accessible.

Mar 2024 – Present

Tennis 919 · Durham, NC

tennis919.com

Co-Founder, Head of Marketing

CommunityOutreachRecurring programs
  • Co-founded and grew an inclusive Durham community program to 65+ weekly active members through targeted outreach, SEO, digital communications, and community-centered programming.
  • Maintain the site and the Calendly-based booking workflow as the business’s sole technical operator; support participant communications and recurring program logistics.

Oct 2022 – Nov 2023

Mudstack · Remote

Community and Content Manager

OutreachEventsDigital engagement
  • Built community and content operations from zero for an early-stage developer-tools SaaS company, establishing editorial workflows, communications calendars, and audience-engagement processes.
  • Published one to two technical articles, product guides, or developer-facing documentation pieces per week — 50+ in total — translating complex product and workflow concepts for professional creative-technology audiences.
  • Produced and hosted seven webinars and 27 episodes of the Clear as Mud interview series; owned speaker research and outreach, scheduling, run-of-show, live production, and post-event distribution.
  • Coordinated content across web, social, email, and community channels; used engagement signals to refine programming and communications.

Oct 2018 – Oct 2022

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Center for Mind & Brain · Davis, CA

Junior Specialist / Laboratory Operations Manager, Bliss-Moreau Laboratory · Aug 2020 – Oct 2022

Research Assistant / Laboratory Manager, Luck Lab · Oct 2018 – Aug 2020

Research operationsQuantitative methodsEEG / ERP
  • Managed day-to-day laboratory operations supporting quantitative research programs in emotion, social cognition, attention, and working memory across human and primate populations.
  • Developed and maintained Python-based data-processing workflows; supported study design, data analysis, scientific writing, presentations, and research documentation.
  • Coordinated research logistics, participant and researcher workflows, lab equipment readiness, and data-integrity practices in deadline-driven environments.
  • Supported dissemination of EEG/ERP methodology and documentation for the open-source ERPLAB Toolbox, used by an international research community.
  • Helped coordinate the annual 10-day NIH-funded ERP Boot Camp, including participant communications, scheduling, training logistics, and cross-site coordination for early-career researchers.
  • Bridged technical and non-technical collaborators through clear documentation, meeting materials, status communication, and adaptable project support.

Education

B.S., Quantitative Psychology

University of California, Davis · Davis, CA · 2020

  • Regents Scholar
  • Teaching Assistant — Psychology of Emotions (Eliza Bliss-Moreau)
  • Transferred from Butte College, 2018

Selected work

Evidence in practice

Research training

UC Davis Center for Mind & Brain

NIH-Funded ERP Boot Camp

A 10-day intensive program for early-career researchers in quantitative cognitive electrophysiology. Supported operational coordination, participant communication, materials, and instructor-facing logistics.

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Program production

Mudstack · 27 episodes

Clear as Mud

A full-lifecycle interview program featuring leaders across games, XR, and creative technology: topic development, speaker outreach, scheduling, production, and multi-format distribution.

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Public communication

Research, infrastructure, and creative technology

Technical writing and editorial work

Selected writing turning complex systems, methodological questions, and high-stakes decisions into useful, audience-aware work — each entry on /work/ carrying its own evidence tier.

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Secure systems

Privacy-first community infrastructure

Secure Pride

An ongoing effort to make security knowledge and technical infrastructure more usable for community organizations working under meaningful privacy constraints.

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Methods and tools

A working toolkit

Let's build the connective tissue

I am interested in research programs that take both rigor and participation seriously.

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