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Most of my professional experience is in customer service and project management. My first job outside of fast food was as a receptionist for a busy computer repair department. Eventually, my position grew and I transitioned to a technical coordination position working with project managers to deploy new computers and printers for the County of San Diego. I really loved what I did but the company didn’t feel stable and I couldn’t risk being jobless. About a year later, I found myself working as an admin for a project manager for software development. Within 6mo I fell into the position of the project manager when I was able to step up on existing projects when the PM left the company. The next 4 years were challenging and fun. I loved the variety of my days. Each day I would be working on different projects, meeting with different stakeholders, creating documentation, learning 3rd party applications in order to customize, testing applications developed internally, and even training and supporting end users after deployment. The last 5 years I’ve been in direct sales and volunteering for local organizations. Through all of it, I have continued to do what I always do - look for the inefficiencies and see what I can do to make it better. I have a genuine love of technology, particularly SaaS. Learning how it works and learning how to customize it doesn’t even feel like work to me! Coming out of this past season of life, I want to work with a company that encourages a work/life balance in a position with an opportunity for growth. It doesn't matter whether I start back as an admin, or lean right back into where I left off, I'm just excited to get back into the workforce.