Sheire D. Coleman

** ******** **., ****** ****, AR 72209 – 501-***-****

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Education

Bachelors of Science, Microbiology, Department of Science and Engineering,

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

Graduated May 2004

Employment Qualifications

Federally Funded Grant

Dec. 2009 – June 2011

Centers for Youth and Families, Little Rock, AR.

Certified Parent Educator

Provide intervention and short-term case management services, which connects families

to services.

Determine approaches for the development and implementation of self-sufficiency

skills, physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development of infants,

children and youth.

Conduct comprehensive classes addressing cultural diversity, brain development and its

affect on behavior and decision-making.

Selected Contributions:

Administer discussions on drugs, sexuality, violence, discipline, social networking,

bullying, ADD, and ADHD.

Outline the appreciation of family and the advantage of group dynamics.

Improved parent-child relationships; children mind their parents more often, and have

fewer behavioral problems at home, school and in public.

Jul. 2007 – Apr. 2010

Full Time

Our House, Inc., Little Rock, AR.

Director of Youth Programs

Customized the overall program design to function as an intervention tool for homeless

and at-risk youth.

Advocated, sought out and coordinated creative solutions to member's health care needs

without compromising quality of outcomes.

Mentored individual students and supervised the program’s day-to-day functions.

Engaged with the community to build and maintain student opportunities to learn-by-

doing through internships, community action, educational and cultural activities.

Implemented established procedures to ensure that the facility was incompliance with

organization guidelines, grant requirements, local, and state regulations.

Selected Contributions:

Developed from scratch the state’s only summer program targeted at homeless/at-risk

youths.

Designed an academically-enriching after-school and summer program focusing on

Cultural Diversity, Community Service, Education, Health and Physical Fitness.

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Sheire D. Coleman

12 Edgemont Dr., Little Rock, AR 72209 – 501-***-****

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Impacted over 300 young people in our community and gained attention from the

Governor’s Office as well as local, state and national funders.

Recognized as an Outstanding Community Volunteer by the Arkansas Democratic

Gazette, 2008, and Heifer International, 2009

Apr. 2005-Jun. 2007

Full Time

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Environmental and

Occupational Health, College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR .

Research Assistant

Developed environmental and analytical methods using HPLC techniques.

Measured the magnitude of pesticide residue transfer from sand & soil to human

stratum corneum under various environmental conditions (i.e., temperature, humidity)

and contact dynamics (i.e., pressure and contact time).

Accountable for sample preparation, processing, logging samples into the database,

tracking their distribution, and laboratory maintenance.

Helped initiate and implement process improvements, process deviations, and

document changes.

Selected Contribution:

Ferguson, A., Coleman, S., Biddle, D., Bursac, Z., Johnson, W., “In-Vitro Soil Adherence

for Dermal Exposure Using a Controlled Mechanical Chamber” Journal of Applied

Sciences Research, 5(2): 232-243, 2009.

Ferguson, A., Bursac, Z., Coleman, S., Biddle, D., Johnson, W., “Comparisons of

Computer Controlled Chamber Measurements for Soil-Skin Adherence from Aluminum

and Carpet Surfaces”, Environmental Research, 109, 207-214, 2009.

Ferguson, A., Coleman, S., Bursac, Z., Johnson, W., “Computer Controlled Chamber

Measurements for Multiple Contacts for Soil-Skin Adherence from Aluminum and

Carpet Surfaces” Accepted to Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 15 (4): 22-49,

2009.

Ferguson, A., Bursac, Z., Coleman, S., Biddle, D., Johnson, W., “Soil-Skin Adherence

from Carpet: Use of a Mechanical Chamber to Control Contact Parameters”, Journal of

Environmental Science and Health, 43 (12), 1451-1458, 2008.

Scholarships, Memberships & Credentials

Accumulated 43hrs of Professional Development training through the TAPP Registry, 2010

Active Parenting of Teens National Certification, 2010

Parenting the Strong Willed Child Training, 2009

Heart Saver Pediatric First Aid ( 2009-2011)

Volunteer Secretary for Hemlock Head Start, UAMS/ECCO (2008-2010)

4-H Volunteer (2008-2010)

AmeriCorps VISTA member, national service program designed to fight poverty (2007-

2008)

NIH/RISE Scholar- Admission is competitive. (2002-2004)

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