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Family assistant for high-profile professional couple & two school age childrenSupervise children at home & on outings; oversee homework, arts, crafts & adventuresCook light meals; daily & weekly tidying, childrens’ laundry, assist with general household orderHelp with party planning & preparation; holiday decorating, and packing for outings & trips

Los Altos Hills, California, United States

Work with Entrepreneur/Author to organize & catalog home librariesArchive writings, articles, photographs, slides, negatives, audio/videotapesSource providers & contractors for property maintenance; shop & run errandsDriving for the Principal; help with groceries, prepare dinners. Part-time

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Worked as morning nanny for two preschool aged children. Prepared healthy meals and snacks, vegan and mixed diet. Did family meal prep, helped with menu planning and created new recipes. Managed weekday housekeeping, family and household laundry. Parents WFH, multi staffed with full time nanny and biweekly housekeeper.

San Francisco Bay Area

Tutor K-12 to college students; English, Humanities and Social SciencesCoached clients in writing essays & reports; reading, comprehension, literary analysisHomework help, study skills & strategies, test preparation, art & special projectsHave tutored High School AP World History, U.S. History, European Literature & Economics

South Bay Area

Live-in household manager and caregiver for elder with dementia, heart disease and kidney failureOrganized budget, appointments, in-home medical care, visits & outingsMenu planning, shopping, prepared & served 15-20 meals per weekGeneral cleaning, laundry, ironing, pet care; Coordinated home safety & maintenance

Silicon Coastal Office

Assist Senior Media Relations Manager in community outreach efforts with online and print media for Cancer Prevention Study-3 enrollment initiatives. Initiate Cancer Society accounts for neighborhood website Patch event broadcasts. Cover front desk reception and assist with clerical projects.

Campbell, CA

Played significant role in bringing record breaking 12,000 participants and 800 volunteers to 2014 walk. Silicon Valley’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer raised over $410,000 toward national $60 million annual goal. Finalized large corporate and local business in-kind donations.

San Jose, CA

Responsible for weekend bookkeeping for large retail health food store with daily revenues of $30K.Worked with managers and head cashiers to open store, balance safe, and verify bookkeeping accuracy.Assisted Administrative Coordinator and Store Managers with cloud-based invoice processing system.

Sunnyvale, CA/ Virtual

Assisted public relations teams on international re-brand campaign for Siemens Enterprise Communications, now Unify. Researched thought leaders, media contacts and industry analysts for launch event. Arranged internal and external executive meetings for teams across five time zones, took notes and produced minutes. Project management for cross-functional.

San Jose, CA, Los Angeles, CA; Virtual

Applied paralegal expertise in assisting private clients on due diligence, legal research & pre-litigation document organization. Assisted individuals and small business owners with real estate disputes, bankruptcy and family law issues.

Beverly Hills, CA

• Assisted attorneys in civil litigation firm on corporate, real estate, employment and personal injury cases
• Responsible for electronic discovery project management, data transfer and migration, electronic and hard copy organization, reviews and coding protocol
• Electronic and multimedia document, exhibit and evidence productions
• Maintained Summation and Excel databases; uploaded data and transcripts to databases and central server
• Coordinated with vendors and technology consultants; trained attorneys and staff on software and hardware functionalities
• Summarized depositions; prepared supporting authorities, witness, brief and exhibit binders

Los Angeles, CA

• Temporary assignments included:
• Seyfarth Shaw, LLP; data entry team for class action suit; assisted case manager with team coordination
• Universal Music Group’s Business Affairs; assisted in organizing large document review and retention project

Century City, CA

• Conducted document reviews and management using Concordance, Summation, CaseMap, LiveNote and iManage
• Produced electronic discovery and document management for complex intellectual property, securities, construction defect and contract prosecutions; data transfer, migration and document production
• Trial preparation, support and case closure for Vuitton v. Fisch Properties, U.S. Federal Court, trademark case; and Kohan v. NBC Studios, CA Superior Court, contract dispute
• Coordinated 24/7 off-site war room logistics, additional staff and managed projects with multiple vendors
• Prepared court filings, exhibits and voluminous trial, witness, privilege and motion binders
• Internet evidence capture for Universal Music Group v. MySpace, copyright infringement case

Los Angeles, CA

Two phase data entry project using custom Concordance database; preliminary research for a potential class action suit. Over 40,000 records input by our six person team. (Temporary assignment, Legal Option Group)

San Francisco Bay Area; Portland, OR; Los Angeles, CA

Fine artist work included executing original paintings, drawings and murals for private client commissions. Senior artist for Arteriors LA’s principal designer, worked on fine art original murals and decorative finishing projects for commercial and residential clients.

San Francisco Bay Area

Independent contractor to technology sector PR firms. Produced research reports and executive briefings focused on markets, competitors and media analysis. Booked national press and analyst tours, editorial campaigns; coordinated speakers, awards and customer referral programs. Clients included Adobe, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard.

Bachelor Of Arts, Art, Concentration In Painting And Drawing

Graduated with Distinction, Member Golden Key Honor Society, Burmahln Trust Scholarship, Dean's List

General Education

Fine/Studio Arts, General