Animal Care Specialist, Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter, Bozeman, MT

August 2021-July 2022

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Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter is a nonprofit organization which works to care for and re-home cats and dogs in Montana.

As an Animal Care Specialist, I am responsible for daily cleaning, medicating, vaccinating, and handling of shelter animals. I also perform intakes, adoption counseling, and facilitate surrenders. On a daily basis, I am required to work quickly and diligently to ensure animal health, happiness, and safety in conjunction with the shelter team. I also work with community members, offering them compassion, support, and guidance on their decision to surrender or adopt an animal.

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Sales Associate, Paint the Town, Seattle, WA

September 2018-Present

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Paint the Town is a pottery painting studio. The store provides unpainted pottery for customers to customize, then glazes, fires, and returns the pottery for customers to take home.

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As a sales associate, I work both with customers in the store and independently in the kiln room, glazing and firing customers’ pieces. This position not only exercises my communication and interpersonal skills, but challenges me to problem solve and multitask on a daily basis. 

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Dog Walker, Rover.com, Seattle and Tacoma, WA

June 2017-September 2018

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Rover is a website designed to connect dog walkers with dog owners in need of pet care. While the website supplies scheduling tools and information about a dog walker’s services and work, dog walkers work independently with clients as requested.

 

Working with Rover provided me an opportunity to manage my own business. This helped me hone my skills in time management, interpersonal relations with clients, and utilize my organizational skills. 

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Summer Camp Counselor, Kids Time,  Seattle, WA

June 2015-August 2015

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As a camp counselor, I worked with large groups of children between 5 and 10 years old, monitoring and facilitating group activities. I was responsible for children’s welfare and safety as well as coordinating and creating different activities appropriate for each age group. This ranged from on-site arts and crafts to leading groups of students to, from, and around public places. 

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This position required creative thinking, quick problem solving, leadership skills, the ability to mediate and resolve conflicts, and effective communication skills.

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Elementary School TA, Team Read, Seattle, WA 

June 2014-July 2014

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As a Teachers Assistant at a local summer school, I worked with kindergarten, first, and second grade children to develop their math skills. 

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While I was responsible for various supervision and office tasks, I also helped students to increase their math skills. Each student came to the summer school at various academic levels, and I was required to work efficiently and creatively in order to ensure each child got the work and attention appropriate for their learning styles and academic level. I also worked with small groups of children at similar levels.

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Reading Tutor, Team Read, Seattle, WA 

2010-2014

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Team Read is a nonprofit program (www.teamread.org) which sends high schoolers into elementary schools to help children who are struggling with their reading skills. 

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As a reading tutor, I worked one-on-one with 2nd and 3rd graders struggling to achieve grade-level reading skills. Being a reading tutor developed my leadership skills, responsibility, patience, problem solving, and interpersonal skills. 

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