- Facilitating meaningful long-lasting relationships with families, building trust and mutual appreciation.- Working to understand, meet, and exceed the needs of children and their families. - Networking and facilitating recommendations between families. - Advocating and negotiating terms of employment with families.

- Supported the team in the Office of Senator Jeff Merkley. - Assisted staff members through working on a variety of different tasks and projects including constituent mail/correspondence, assisting constituents over the phone, searching for and compiling news clips, writing professional memos and summaries, and assisting staff to build resources for other legislative and PR projects. - Attended in-person and virtual hearings/briefings on legislative issues.- Communicated and coordinated effectively with team members working remotely as well as those working in person.

- Over 300 hours of accumulated volunteer experience. - Representing the Children’s Healing Art Project at community engagement events.- Planning and administering community art events for children ages three and up and their families. - Assisting children of all different abilities during art events, including children with mental and physical disabilities. - Preparing project materials for future events as well as preparing items for sale at the yearly auction.

- Adapted quickly to meet the needs of families during short-term replacement assignments.- Built long-lasting relationships with families during long-term nannying assignments. - Coordinated with company management in order to manage my own schedule. - Communicated directly with families including preliminary meetings over call and text as well as facilitating continued communication between families and company management. - Completed training on company policy, etiquette, and protocol.