I am a Tampa native which is a rare find these days. My family is a mixture of Cuban, American, Spanish and what we like to call Tampeño, if you know, you know!I studied Psychology at the Florida State University and received my Bachelors degree in 2018. Go Noles!Currently I am working at the University of South Florida as an Administrator for the Mechanical Engineering Department. I love what I do! It motivates me daily to serve as a resource for student, faculty, and staff.I am fortunate to be approaching my 5th year at USF where I quickly climbed from staff to administration within 6 months of my first position. I believe this to be a significant testament to my work ethic, skill set, and overall ability to contribute to the workplace. A lot of my knowledge I have gained did not come from a training manual or 1:1 mentorship, it came from being self-reliant, independent, innovative, resourceful, and committed to getting the job done. I believe creating a positive work environment is important and I like believe in equality and balancing the needs of the job as well as personal. This can be hard in most work environments but is achievable with the right mindset and approach. A lot of people underestimate the amount of transferable skills from higher education roles. My duties include but are not limited to- faculty and staff recruitment, - assist with onboarding, - recruit graduate students, - review graduate admission applications, process admissions , denials, and deferments - manage the payroll for over 100 employees, - serve as the A&L coordinator, - assist with ABET accreditation processes, - manage a $3M+ budget annually, - facilitate annual evaluations for faculty and staff- facilitate post-tenure reviews, tenure and promotion reviews, and mid-tenure reviews- serve as HR representative and liaison for the department- assist with course scheduling- plan and execute semi-annual advisory board meetings- plan and coordinate monthly faculty meetings- manage website using Omni CMS- utilize GEMS, PeopleSoft, SAP, Banner, FAST, FAIR and various other systems I am running out of characters but please refer to my resume to view the continued list of responsibilities. I believe make higher education administrators great candidates as they have a variety of skills and experience that are transferable into a variety of positions in other industries. In my spare time I enjoy recreational volleyball, time with family, trying new food, having adventures, and of course binge watching a diverse selection of movies and tv shows.