Katarina V. Suarez
Okeechobee, Florida 34974
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Work Experience
Treasure Coast Therapeutics
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
Okeechobee, FL
03/2015 -
• Implement treatment plans or protocols as directed by speech-language pathologists.
• Document clients' progress toward meeting established treatment objectives.
• Assist speech-language pathologists in the remediation or development of speech and language skills.
• Perform support duties such as preparing materials, keeping records, maintaining supplies, and scheduling activities.
• Collect and compile data to document clients' performance or assess program quality.
• Select or prepare speech-language instructional materials.
• Assist speech-language pathologists in the conduct of client screenings or assessments of language, voice, fluency, articulation, or hearing.
• Test or maintain equipment to ensure correct performance.
• Conduct in-service training sessions, or family and community education programs.
Hungry Howies Pizza
Food Service Assistant Manager
Orlando, FL
08/2014 - 03/2015
• Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.
• Monitor employee and patron activities to ensure liquor regulations are obeyed.
• Greet guests, escort them to their seats, and present them with menus and wine lists.
• Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.
• Count money and make bank deposits.
• Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
• Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.
• Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
• Schedule staff hours and assign duties.
• Maintain food and equipment inventories, and keep inventory records.
• Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
• Perform some food preparation or service tasks such as cooking, clearing tables, and serving food and drinks when necessary.
• Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it to ensure palatability and flavor conformity.
• Organize and direct worker training programs, resolve personnel problems, hire new staff, and evaluate employee performance in dining and lodging facilities.
• Review work procedures and operational problems to determine ways to improve service, performance, or safety.
• Assess staffing needs, and recruit staff using methods such as newspaper advertisements or attendance at job fairs.
WalMart
First-Line Supervisor of Retail Sales Workers
Okeechobee/Orlando, FL
06/2010 - 08/2014
• Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
• Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
• Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
• Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
• Assign employees to specific duties.
• Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
• Examine merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.
• Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
• Plan and prepare work schedules and keep records of employees' work schedules and time cards.
• Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to assess the condition of each product or item.
• Establish and implement policies, goals, objectives, and procedures for their department.
• Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.
Education
University of Central Florida
B.S.
Speech Communication Disorders
3.67 GPA
Orlando, FL
08/2011 - 12/2014
Indian River State College
A.A.
General
Ft. Pierce, FL
08/2009 - 05/2011
Skills
• -Leadership ability
• -Computer Literate
• -Cultural competence
• -Volunteerism with local nonprofit organization (Our Village Okeechobee)
• -Love children
• -Experience in articulation, language and phonological processing disorders
References
References available upon request