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Evanston, Illinois, United States

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Japan

I wrote short blog articles (300-500 words) explaining aspects of Japanese food culture. My emphasis is taking complex or less known ideas and turning them into easy to understand digestible content.Portfolio of Writing: https://bugachan.wixsite.com/writing-portfolio

Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido Association of JETs (HAJET) - First Year Representative (2016-2017)Hokkaido Association of JETs (HAJET) - Treasurer (2017-2018)Kamikawa Block Advisor (2018-2021)Sapporo New JET Orientation (2017-2021) - Financial Planning and Living on a BudgetAssistant Language Teacher in the English department. High flexibility and improvisation skills required due to a wide range of student ability. Based out of a Super Science academic high school, but also teach at several vocational schools as well as special needs schools.Selected Contributions: As Kamikawa Regional Block Advisor, served as the first point of contact for 50+ multinational expatriates working in teaching and translation roles. Offered consultation, problem solving, and general assistance to acclimating to living and working in a foreign country. Arranged community building and multi-regional events.Participated in All Hokkaido Super English Camp as a group leader for summer and winter sessions, providing an immersive English-only environment for high school students. Planned and led activities facilitating students using English as a means to accomplish a goal, not just as an end.Assist Super Science classes for second and third year students as they develop their capstone science projects. Provide support as a native speaker of English and work hand in hand with students as they translate their projects from Japanese to English. Coach students on how to present effectively in English, leading to the presentation of their project (in English) to university professors, members of the board of education, and other guests.

Olathe, Ks

Logistics professional in charge of maintaining travel arrangements for 60 pilots on a weekly basis. Tracked and maintained all costs and expenses of employees in the mapping department (70+ employees). Propose, arrange, and participate in university talent recruitment trips. Work under strict time sensitive conditions in order to meet employee needs and customer demands. Managed a USD $9 million dollar yearly budget, reporting client billing every two weeks. Spearheaded a multi-departmental initiative to reduce overhead by 30% while still meeting internal and client production goals.Selected Contributions: Synthesizing spending and movement data in order to provide detailed efficiency improvements to meet and surpass cost/performance goals across to meet customer goals within budget.24/7 on-call support for employees in the field during the 1st and 3rd weeks of the month. Collaborate with professional pilots, maintenance staff to solve existing problems quickly and troubleshoot potential issues.Assemble and submit client side billing and reimbursement, working in the TotalFBO accounting software. Adopted and implemented the In Command corporate card system, as well as proposed, adopted, and implemented the Concur Travel Management system for desktop and mobile platforms.

Olathe, Ks

New hire logistics training.Client side billing and invoice creation.Manage and audit department receipts, expense reports, and credit cards.Responsible for the booking and dissemination of airline, hotel, and rental car information for the aerial imagery department. Concur implementation and administration. Budget management. On-call 24hr assistance for 15/Days a month for aerial imagery department staff. Problem troubleshooting and solutions.

Provided research services for government officials, professional and amateur genealogists, and academics regarding official state and county records ranging from pre-statehood territorial documents to the late 1970s. After four months, promoted to head intern (interns are the only researchers on-site). Arranged employee scheduling and headed project management. Upon my return from Japan, was rehired for the head intern position and resumed running the day-to-day operations of the depository.Selected Contributions:Created and maintained employee schedules, conducted interviews, and recommended candidates for hire. Trained and mentored new employees on-the-job after the new-employee and recurrent training at the state capitol office. Led a restoration project of highly damaged Coroner Reports. Created and maintained new record information, creating a fully searchable database in Microsoft Access. Supervised final storage and integration into depository. Conducted research for clients, providing copies of original documents when requested, and offered advice for further research, including sources they were not aware of and other routes of inquiry that may be more fruitful than typical government channels.

Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Lesson Planning, Classroom Management, Analysis and EvaluationNative Language Teacher for Elementary, Junior High School levelsNeeds Assessment, Developing and following teaching strategiesInformation Transition, Multicultural Sensitivity

Peer tutoring, Editing, Revisions, Online TutoringSmall Group Leader, Organizational Planning

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aviation Management