Kirsten Martin
Permanent Address: **** Spinnaker
Lane
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
*******.******@*******.***
Education
BA OBERLIN COLLEGE, OBERLIN, OHIO
Major(s): English, Hispanic Studies
GPA 3.8
Work Experience
OBERLIN COLLEGE WRITING ASSOCIATE; OBERLIN, OHIO- FEBRUARY 2012-MAY 2014
Working in the drop-in writing center helping college students through any
stage of the writing process
Serving as the course tutor for introductory literature courses by
attending every class, meeting with students individually about papers, and
running in-class writing workshops
Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents Winter Term Intern; New York, New York-
January 2012
Reading manuscripts and writing reader's reports
Sorting through query letters, looking over publishing contracts, filing
publicity clips
Boys and Girls Club Tutor, America Reads; Oberlin, Ohio - September 2011-
May 2012
Helping elementary school children with homework
Promoting a love of reading by helping them read aloud and sometimes
reading to them
Attending tutoring workshops about everything from lesson-planning to the
issue of race in education
Spanish Tutor, Languages of Oberlin College and Oberlin High School;
Oberlin, Ohio - September 2011-December 2011
Tutoring in a high school Spanish classroom
Making lesson plans and taking over the class for part of the period
Sales Associate, Old Navy; San Mateo, California - July 2011-September 2011
Tidying different sections of the store
Processing clothing in the dressing room and putting it away
Customer service
Skills
PROFICIENT IN SPEAKING SPANISH,
Microsoft Office,
Writing, Editing, Research
AWARDS
Oberlin College Florence Snell Scholarship --May 2013
Awarded periodically to an outstanding female English major who wishes to
pursue a career in scholarship
John Frederick Oberlin Scholarship--April 2010
Merit-based scholarship to attend Oberlin