Professional Experience
EF Education First – Educational Homestay Programs Long Beach, CA June 2014 – present Optionals and Transportation Assistant • Regular responsibilities included: supporting the Optionals and Transportation department, creating overnight rooming lists for student travel, assisting in planning itineraries for students trips and confirming details, producing student trips, creating flyers to promote student trips, systems data entry including tracking and updating travel schedules, assisting in financial accounting and inventory, making reservations for staff rental cars, working with field/sales staff, host families, students and vendors on a daily basis; compiling student medical releases, and various administrative tasks including answering calls, copying, filing, and creating documents; • Logged data into the student database. El Rey Network Santa Monica, CA March 2014 – June 2014 Administrative Assistant, Business & Legal Affairs • Regular responsibilities included: supporting the Business & Legal Affairs department, managing the senior vice president’s and vice president’s calendars, scheduling and coordinating appointments and meetings, interacting with internal and external business contacts and counsel, answering and placing phone calls, keeping call sheets, maintaining contact information, organizing and maintaining the filing system, typing and composing general correspondence, inputting and editing legal documents, distributing and coordinating interdepartmental correspondence including agreements, memorandums, contracts, etc.; opening and distributing mail, coordinating messengers and package delivery, booking travel arrangements and reservations, filing expense reports, ordering office supplies, and managing contracts and other administrative work including managing and updating the department contract status and tracking reports; • Managed department interns and recruited candidates for other positions; • Required knowledge of legal terminology and language, Microsoft Office 2010, Concur Expense Reporting and Travel. Matura Farrington Staffing Services Los Angeles, CA December 2013 – March 2014 Temporary Administrative Assistant at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP • Daily responsibilities included: supporting the Executive Assistant to a name partner at the firm, assisting the Professional Development team in the Performance Review process, filing and copying documents, billing clients, submitting expense reports, and tracking MCLE credits; • Collected data and wrote reports on the Firm’s 2013 Exit Interview and Year End Performance Review processes. Miss Bee's Tutoring Hermosa Beach, CA November 2013 – March 2014 K-12 Tutor • Daily responsibilities included: tutoring students in Social Studies, Science, English, Math, and Spanish and assisting the tutoring manager on other assignments as needed; • Trained to tutor students privately as well as in small groups; • Communicated with students’ parents regarding their educational progresses. International TEFL Academy Chicago, IL May 2013 – August 2013 Student Affairs Intern • Daily responsibilities included: developing international school/private language school lists for countries around the world, compiling resources used for International TEFL Academy’s Job Search Guidance Manual, and assisting the Student Affairs Department on other projects as needed; • Attended an orientation to learn how to construct proper research. Centro Romero Nonprofit Organization Chicago, IL August 2012 – August 2013 Volunteer English Teacher • Daily responsibilities included: preparing and applying lesson plans for multilevel English speakers between two and twenty adult students, adapting Centro Romero’s curriculum, evaluating students’ English skills and progress, and tutoring; • Attended Literacy Works and completed a twelve hour tutor training for English as a Second Language (ESL); • Helped students fill out citizenship paperwork and filed in back office. Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) Chicago, IL August 2012 – April 2013 International Student Experience Exchange (ISEE) Mentor • Daily responsibilities included: connecting with international students at DePaul University, acting as a resource to provide information in terms of academia, the Chicago area, and social events, meeting regularly with mentees; • Attended training and orientation.
