LaNeikqua Youson
Columbia SC ***10
***************@*****.***
Summary: Artistic, detail-oriented and professional cosmetology student
with customer service and sales experience.
Skills: Over 13 years of customer service and sales experience
Basket Weaving
Computer Skills: Type 40 WPM
MS Word 07
MS PowerPoint 07
Dreamweaver CS4
Education: Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology Columbia, SC
Cosmetology 2012
Stratford High School Goose Creek, SC
High School Diploma 2009
Experience: Baskets by LaNeikqua Summerville SC
Basket Weaver 8/1997 to present
? Created customized sweetgrass baskets of various sizes and
uses from sweetgrass, bull-rush, pine needles, and
palmetto.
? Negotiated prices with customers daily.
? Educated the customers on the history and the process of
making sweetgrass baskets and how they are becoming an
dying art in the LowCountry.
? Currently there are three generations in my family still
creating the craft: my grandmother, my mother, my sister
and I.
? My family has been featured in many articles in The Post
and Courier. Our baskets have been displayed in USC's
McKissick museum and the Smithsonian.
Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church North Charleston, SC
Child Care Giver 6/2009 to 8/2009
? Cared for children ages 11 months to five years old two
times a week, three hours a day.
? Provided them with snacks and story lessons.
? Worked with two special needs children and ensured that
they were well taken care of and felt comfortable.