Ashley Vergara
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Objective
To attain an entry-level position in the San Diego area.
Skills
Art History B.A., UC, Santa Barbara graduate offering a strong academic
background with varied work experience.
Proficient with the use of a Mac computer; can quickly learn and master new
technology; equally successful in both team and self-directed settings.
Strong work ethic; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA DEGREE AWARDED 6/13/10
BARBARA
BACHELOR OF ARTS - GPA: 3.52
Semester Abroad at the University of January 2009 to June 2009
Kent, Canterbury, England - GPA: 4.0
Work Experience
ASSISTANT CURATOR
UC Santa Barbara Art Museum, Architecture and Design Center
March 2010 to Present
. Assist in processing archival material for the Cliff May and David
Gebhard collections. Assist visiting researchers with finding material.
Charged with consistently increasing responsibilities, including
completing processing the Edward A. Killingsworth collection and creating
the Finding Aid using Archivits' Toolkit.
Research Assistant
UC Santa Barbara Art History Department, Professor Mark Meadow
March 2010 to June 2010
. Assisted Professor Meadow in researching topics for his developing Museum
Studies program for the Lieden University in the Netherlands. Worked
independently and had weekly meeting with Professor Meadow.
Responsibilities included researching topics using the UCSB library,
making interlibrary loans, reading any material not written in German or
Dutch, and creating an annotated bibliography of over fifty books on a
wide range of topics.
Student Intern
UC Santa Barbara, Education Abroad Program
September 2009 to June 2010
Volunteer position. Routinely gave presentations to student groups
interested in studying aboard. Provided support, guidance, and information
in person and via e-mail to both potential and current study-abroad
students and their parents.
Teaching Assistant
UC Santa Barbara, Orfalea Children's Center
July 2009 to December 2009
Worked with children six months old to four years old supervising their
activities: play-time, nap-time, reading-time, snack-time, etc. Children of
faculty, staff and students of UCSB attended this center.
Pizza Cook/Customer Service
Woodstocks Pizza, Goleta, California
June 2007 to June 2008
Took both phone and counter orders, positively interacted with customers.
Made a variety of pizzas and other menu items, including specialty orders.
Charged with responsibility to open and close the store, including opening
and closing-out cash registers.
References
MELINDA GANDARA, CURATOR - UC SANTA BARBARA ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CENTER