Lindsay N. Szper

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Bilingual Case Manager & Mediator, New York Peace Institute Brooklyn Mediation Center, Brooklyn, NY Jun 2015-Present Learned and practiced the fundamentals of alternative dispute resolution, conducted in-person and telephone intake and case development for mediation cases in English and Spanish, scheduled mediation sessions with mediators and clients, greeted and served clients upon arrival, man- aged volunteers, maintained office-wide calendar, and performed general administrative/front office duties Research and Translation Assistant, Palmar Álvarez-Blanco, Northfield, MN Jan 2015-Feb 2016 Worked under a Carleton professor to create an online database of pedagogical tools for professors of modern Spanish cinema: prepared and reviewed online content, communicated with featured artists, arranged and maintained the website with two other students, translated, re- viewed, and proofread academic articles for professor Álvarez on a freelance basis After-school Spanish Program Coordinator, Prairie Creek Community School, Castle Rock, MN Oct 2014-Jun 2015 Designed and led a bi-weekly after-school Spanish program at a local elementary school: planned and led cultural activities in Spanish for Prairie Creek students (aged 5-11), budgeted activities and purchased program supplies, recruited and coordinated volunteers, worked along- side the extended-day staff to provide a fun, safe after-school environment Transcriptionist, Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, Minneapolis, MN Sept 2014-Jun 2015 Transcribed interviews between MPWW director and Norwegian prison wardens, coordinated and collaborated with transcription volunteers to type handwritten student work, compiled typed pieces it into a program-wide anthology Volunteer Medical Interpreter, Healthfinders Clinic, Northfield, MN March 2014-Jun 2015 Interpreted (from English to Spanish and Spanish to English) medical appointments between volunteer doctors and uninsured patients for four hours weekly: employed consecutive interpretation, maintained doctor-patient confidentiality Spanish Interpreter Intern, Office of the Manhattan District Attorney, New York, New York, Summer 2014 Interpreted (from English to Spanish and Spanish to English) meetings between ADAs and witnesses, employed simultaneous interpretation, listened to and summarized outgoing phone calls from correctional facilities, transcribed and translated content from calls when relevant to The People’s case, observed interpretations, trials, and other legal proceedings Teacher’s Assistant, Spanish & French Departments at Carleton College, Northfield, MN Jan 2013-Jun 2015 Prepared and instructed drill sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays for 65 minutes) to provide beginning Spanish and French students with addition- al oral practice, corrected and graded homework assignments, proctored exams, provided one-on-one help and tutoring when requested Village Weekends Counselor, Concordia Language Villages, Bemidji, MN Apr 2013-May 2015 Worked select weekends as a sleep-away counselor in a language immersion environment: slept in cabins with campers and supervised bed- time and free time. Supervised, led, and planned Spanish cultural activities (dance, arts and crafts, games, songs, etc.) for kids aged 8-18 at Concordia’s year-round camp programs. Worked with CLV’s residential staff to promote the program, recruit new weekend counselors, and coordinate travel to and from the campsite

Hospitality Intern, Hotel Couvent du Franciscain, Strasbourg, France Oct-Dec 2013 Interned full-time in a small, 3-star hotel in Strasbourg, France: worked closely with the governess, director, and staff of the hotel to learn and provide hospitality basics, manned the reception, handled customer complaints, stocked and managed continental breakfast buffet, performed general hotel maintenance tasks

Counselor/Teacher, Fun & Learn Summer Camp, Castellar de N’Hug, Cataluña, Spain Summer 2013 Taught at an English language immersion camp in Spain: designed a 3-hour-long course on an aspect of American culture, taught my course for three weeks to a class of around 10 Catalán children (aged 7-17); Performed general camp-counselor duties: supervised free-time, bath-time and bed-time, planned and directed group games, led sports and arts-and-crafts activities Au Pair, Stagagnini family, Cortona, Italy Summer 2011 Worked as live-in domestic help for an Italian family of four: supervised and entertained the family’s two children (aged 2 and 4), performed light housework, cooked kids’ meals and prepared them for bed EDUCATION

La Guardia Level One Healthcare Interpreting, Long Island City, New York Spring 2016 Classroom portion completed in May 2016 (95% average); Testing Completed Sept. 2016 (96% average) Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 2011-2015

Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Spanish and French Language and Literature, concentrations in Cross-Cultural Studies and European Studies Class of 2015

3.85 GPA

Chadwick High School, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California 2008-2012 Graduated Cum Laude with a 4.12 GPA

LANGUAGES

English, Fluent (Mother tongue)

Spanish, Fluent (17 years formal study, four months residence in Spain) French, Fluent (6 years formal study, four months residence in France) Italian, Conversational (2 months residence in Italy) German, Beginning (1 year adult school classes)

SKILLS

Lifeguard, CPR, & First-aid certification

Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint