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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

New Orleans, Louisiana

Manage day-to-day restaurant operations, including serving customers, handling customer relations, and assisting servers as neededPrepare server schedules on a weekly basis and balance daily server reports on the POS system for accuracyTrain new employees on the proper skills needed to provide customers with timely and well-mannered serviceOrganize and lead special events for guests and staff such as festivals, holiday socials, and family gatheringsOversee daily operations at events, guaranteeing professionalism, equating in the best event possibleMaintained a seamless execution throughout all the events by delegating tasks to restaurant staff effectivelyAccomplished excellent customer service and made their total experience quite memorableConsistently achieved the highest sales averages among all other servers through suggestive selling and exceptional customer service

New Orleans, Louisiana

Managed daily operations, including human resource management, maintaining communications, office scheduling, and controlling inventory and budgetsPerformed office administrative tasks such as planning and coordinating meetings, handling mails, answering phone calls, transcribing meeting agendas and minutes, creating reports on merchandising trends, and ordering office suppliesPerformed various recruiting activities including job postings, talent sourcing, applicant screening, pre-screen interviews, and reference verificationPerformed analysis and processing of payroll transactions for new hires, transfers, and terminationsMaintained all the payroll operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changesIncreased customer base and sales through daily advertising of specials, new products and stock inventory listings

Served as the assistant to the Project Manager of a multi-million dollar construction projectsDelivered several presentations to team members on new marketing and social media strategies and toolsPrepared project performance reports, weekly project progression updates, and analyzed ranking reportsEnsured that all workers were paid fair wages according to the Davis-Bacon actDocumented construction meeting notes and follow-up on tasks to be performed and resolved the conflict between different engineering groupsAttended all safety and financial meetings, and ensured our staff was informedNegotiated on behalf of the company for cost, deliveries, samples, and terms and conditions with third parties and quality assurance

Carried the company goal of planting over 1 million trees in the SF Bay Area over the next few decadesDeveloped relationships and partnerships within the community to collaborate on training and resources, promote awareness, and education marketing informational material in strategic locationsOrganized and rallied communities to plant trees and lower our carbon footprintPerformed various marketing activities to gain volunteers, such as preparing pamphlets, social media content, email blasts, and utilizing other sourcesEffectively managed tree nursery, and planted over 2,200 trees within 11 months

Researched the declining marriage rates of African American Females compared to women of different ethnic backgrounds. Presented findings that African American were the least likely of all ethnic groups to be married, and found that with higher educational achievements marriage rates were significantly lower.

database the disparities of reconstruction pots Hurricane Katrina to home granted the "Road Home" funds.Conducted field research using GPS technology and ArcMaps for land based analysis, and selected three students from Dillard University to conduct field work with her. This opportunity introduced to GIS training and courses. Supported the active recovery of New Orleans by providing technology solutions and by gathering primary and secondary data that can be turned into sustainable/expandable and/usable geospatial information. I was trained to collect, manage and analyze community demographic, economic and housing data that could be mapped using neo-geography and advanced internet mapping services. NONAP will be a comprehensive website that provides access to static and interactive data, reports and resources for community based organizations, academics and professionals to aid in the recovery; Research Participant, April 2008A national competition where undergraduates are given the opportunity to propose and present research that will develop a section of land that is vacant and could be used in a more efficient manor.Collectively worked in a group to survey surrounding neighborhood with a business pd associations and residence to inquire what type of businesses are in greatest demand post Hurricane Katrina. The group proposed and created a detailed business plan and architectural rendering of a bookstore and coffee shop for the Gentilly area due to a lack of convenience for residence to have to travel to Metairie, Louisiana to find an adequate book store and café. Our research was well received by the judges and submitted to present findings in the Deep South Conference for Community Development.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Urban Studies & Public Policy

Activities and Societies: PI GAMMA MU (International Honor Society for the Social Sciences) California Club Secretary: 2003-2005

High School Diploma, Economics