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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

I've had my real estate license since 2004, and Texas Ally is my most recent sponsoring broker. I work all over the DFW metroplex and help both buyers and sellers with real estate needs.

Arlington, TX

Grant writing (federal, state, and private grants) as well as compliance research to help departments stay up-to-date with federal and state operating requirements (ESL, SPED, CTE, finance, HR, Food Services, etc. departments). Writing handbooks (employee, student, athletic, academic) and board policies. Grant compliance follow-up.

Arlington, TX

Liason between Superintendent and Asst. Superintendent and all departments (Principals, HR, IT, Business Office, Maintenance, Food Services). Also reviewed resumes and scheduled interviews as district expanded from 1 to 7 campuses over 3 years, growing from 150 to nearly 400 employees.

Arlington, TX

This nonprofit works alongside Newman. In addition to the Newman job, I handle bookkeeping, permits, and reporting, working with attorney and auditors. I also do HR and payroll for up to 100 subcontractors and employees.

Fort Worth, TX

Assisted team of financial advisors: applying industry knowledge to client service, keeping up with changing regulations, working with a wide variety of products, paperwork, and types of clients; updating databases, scheduling meetings, improving methods and systems; Series 7, 66, and insurance licensed

Fort Worth, TX

Live-in house manager for group home. Residents were ages 18-20, so I assisted with life skills and completed necessary paperwork (daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly forms and reports) which took 10-35 hours’ work per week.

Lubbock, Texas Area

Co-planned Texas events for 150-5000 attendees. Duties included venue quotes, reviewing and creating contracts, soliciting sponsors and auction items, working with vendors, ticket sales & RSVPs, creating marketing content, coordinating volunteers, and after-event reporting. Full-time through Nov 2011 then subcontracted as needed through March 2012.

Various

Over the years, I've taught in various capacities: a Spanish class for a private school in Grand Junction, CO in 2001; tutoring ESL & Spanish at the University of Texas at Arlington, TX 2003-2004; teaching small groups reading skills in Fort Worth 2003; substitute teaching in Mansfield and Kennedale, TX in 2011-2012; & volunteer co-teaching ESL classes for.

Arlington, TX

Coordinated communication between all marketing research sales and operations departments to make sure projects met their scheduled deadlines. In January 2011, was downsized to the Coding department, where I worked for several months and then subcontracted as needed through the end of the year, especially for Spanish and Portuguese surveys.

Mansfield, TX

Oversaw front desk (answering phones, greeting customers, handling inventory tags), represented the #1 client (processing orders, coordinating job scheduling and loading in the warehouse, inventory, invoice preparations), and miscellaneous assistance to president (filing, mail, Spanish translation, collections calls)

Athens, Greece

Emails, personal database, note taking in executive meetings, creating agendas & following up on items, coordinating international travel, coordinating and organizing internal & external company communication (scheduling, conferences, mailings, databases, helping to coordinate employee efforts)

Grand Prairie, TX

Team & independent agent (answering phones, calling leads, setting appointments, showing and marketing properties, scheduling, drafting contracts, communicating with lenders, inspectors, and title companies, designing material for prospective buyers, negotiating, following up)

San Jose, Costa Rica

High school educational tours mostly in Costa Rica but also Spain, & Washington, D.C. (15-50 people per group—giving site talks, coordinating schedules with buses, museum tours, volunteer locations, other guides, hotels, and restaurants—ensuring customer satisfaction in a constantly changing environment)

Subcontractor for 4 small businesses (answering phones, budgets, using Quickbooks, setting appointments, filing, some personal errands, booking travel, email correspondence, completing payroll)

Master'S Degree, Management & Leadership

Negotiation, Consulting, Project Management, Organizational Development, International Business, Quantitative & Qualitative Research.

Bachelor'S Degree, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies, Business, Spanish, & Communication

Activities and Societies: International Business Society, Honor's CollegeGraduated with BA in December 2004. 4.0 GPA and Honor's degree.

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General