Natalie Simonton Email & Phone Number

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area

Scarborough, ME

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Scarborough, Maine, United States

Maine, United States

• Colby College Women's Volleyball Player
• Primary position: middle blocker
• Leadership council representative from 2018-2019
• 2018 Rookie of the Year award recipient
• Skills: fast decision making, ability to work as a team, confidence under pressure, and stress/time management

• Intermediary between students and the professor of a 300 level French course offered by the French department for the spring of 2021.
• Active participant and member of weekly Pedagogical Partner meetings to be trained on how we can improve teaching and learning at Colby.
• Served as a resource to students and the professor to make class as inclusive and active as possible by contributing unique perspectives and ideas to enhance course design.

Waterville, Maine, United States

• Advised and guided my assigned mentees through social and academic challenges that arise in school and at home
• Served as a positive role model for following school rules and etiquette while visiting
• Wrote weekly letters and updates to engage with my mentee remotely during COVID-19
• Assisted with in-class assignments that resulted in shorter free-time or recess
• Praised and appreciated good behavior and redirected misguided behavior

Waterville, Maine, United States

• Tested caffeine effects on sleep cycle using fruit flies in an independent research study
• Weekly tasks included transferring live flies, pipetting specific quantities of water, creating food vials for flies, and carefully relocating fruit fly larvae from one vial to another without interference in development

Bangladesh

• Organized sessions for the first Global Gobeshona Conference in January 2021
• Rapporteured various sessions throughout the program
• Listened to speakers, presentations, academic papers, and personal experiences about locally-led adaptation to climate change
• Researched locally-led adaptation efforts in countries across the world

Waterville, Maine, United States

• Collaborated with faculty board members on important issues about current congestion in the academic schedule at Colby College
• Provided insight into academic scheduling conflicts from a student perspective as the only non-faculty board member

New York, United States

• Designed a brand new six week program for 3rd to 5th graders enrolled in the BOCES after-school program
• Researched pollinators and constructing educational presentations along with a hands-on lab activity for each week of the program
• Created social media posts about important species at the park

North Yarmouth, Maine, United States

• Trained basic skills including name recall, proper manners, appropriate playtime behavior, and owner requested skills
• Facilitated off-leash walks with a group of around 5-6 puppies to release energy and reward good behavior
• Learned training skills and behavioral queues from a certified professional dog trainer
• Cleaned various play and training spaces to maintain safety of people and puppies

• Completed administrative tasks to improve worker shop organization an efficiency
• Oversaw daily coworker duties and resolved problems associated with customer relations and satisfaction
• Assisted with special projects including catering orders and events
• Operated cash registers and facilitated products sales

Scarborough, Maine, United States

• Advised customers about plant needs and suitable soil for specific projects
• Organized plant and pot displays to increase sales
• Assisted with various projects around the greenhouse including watering, weeding, restocking, harvesting vegetables from the fields, and food preparing for events like yoga and weddings
• Handled money at the cash register and managed my own cash drawer throughout the day

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental Science, 3.90 Cumulative Gpa

‣Cum Laude ‣Distinction in both majors ‣NCAA Volleyball Athlete 2018-2021 ‣Colby Cares About Kids Mentor 2018-2020

French Studies

‣Continuing education in French studies to achieve a level of fluency ‣Improving French comprehension, grammar, pronunciation and oral.