Professional Summary
Education
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN
Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages w/Spanish specialization August 2016
Minor: Asian Studies
GPA: 3.4
Affiliations: President of APSU Chinese Club, Member of Spanish Honor Society, Study Abroad in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Professional Experience
Foreign Languages
Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
Interpersonal Communication
Communicates in Spanish at an ILR Level IV*
Interprets written Spanish at an ILR Level V
Expresses basic Chinese
Organization and Planning
Tailoring personalized care for the elderly
Assessing current lesson plans and assisting students to comprehend foreign language concepts
Coordinating communication between English speaking management and Spanish speaking employees
Organizes work crews and assigns tasks
Acting as liaison between management and customers
Conceiving, designing and implementing architectural elements for clientele
Work History
Home and Community Based Waiver Program – Kentucky Medicaid Eddyville, KY
Care Giver February 2021 – Present
Gateway to Outdoors Solutions Saint Louis, MO, Leavenworth, KS, Fort Gibson, OK Crew Leader and Interpreter June 2012 – September 2013
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN
Academic Support Tutor Fall semester 2012
Clarksville Montgomery County Schools Clarksville, TN
Transportation August 2010 – May 2011
Town and Country Lawn Care and Landscape Nashville, TN
Landscape Architect March 1990 – June 2010
Volunteer Experience
Tri-County Upward Bound Clarksville, TN
Spanish tutor Fall and Spring semesters – 2011 – 2013
Provided guidance in Spanish language learning for under privileged middle and high school students from rural Tennessee.
Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts Nashville, TN
Spanish/English translator May Floods – 2010
Aided Red Cross teams in communicating with Spanish speaking flood victims.
Davidson County Traffic Courts Nashville, TN
Spanish/English translator Various times as needed - 2005-2010
Assisted communication between judges, courtroom personnel and non-English speaking traffic offenders.
Guitar Instruction. Various times – 1974-present
Coached and educated students ranging from Kindergarten to adult in guitar techniques and music theory.
*ILR = Interagency Language Roundtable: The Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale was developed to measure a person’s ability to communicate in a language. It consists of five levels of language proficiency and is the Federal Government’s standard scale for evaluating language proficiency.