OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a job where my administrative experience and skills as a bilingual liaison will support and improve your business customer assistance amongst a broad client services and/or products provided, particularly for Latino populations and the communities served by your company.

EDUCATION & CAREER DEVELOPMENT:

Community Planning and Economic Development

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. Los Ángeles, CA. 2003-2009

Community Youth Leader

Public Allies, National Internships. Los Angeles, CA., 2003-2004.

High School Diploma, (GED)

Los California Alternative High School, Los Angeles, CA. 2003-2004

Indigenous Youth Leader Internship/Trainee

Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples Alliance, 2002-2006

Women and Youth Organizer (with Popular Education focus)

Institute of Popular Education of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1997-2007

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

William C, Velázquez Institute (WCVI), Los Angeles, CA March 2007- February 2016

California Regional Community Organizer and Supervisor

-Recruitment of candidates from different backgrounds to fill several leadership positions to work on among different stakeholders and issues, such as proposals, policies, churches, schools, students, and many others.

-Identify potential allies and organize support committees for WCVI’s “The Three Rivers Project”, within the Assembly Districts 51st and 53rd, to integrate the communities at our Parks Needs Assessments through Los Angeles County.

-Assure and assist community surveys implementation and informative/educational material delivery as well as community forums within Los Angeles County.

-Supervise and executed administrate and operational duties to reassure smoothly work plans implementation.

Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project, Los Angeles, CA April 7, 2007-March 2012

2015 Primary Election, California Regional Project & Campaign Supervisor/Coordinator

-Administrate the project;

-Develop strategic planning to educate, and promote voting in upcoming elections. Oversee the action plan implementation by finding the right location within the focus community we are trying to get out to cast their vote;

-Finding the right candidates, interview and hire them. These employees were hired for Surveys over the phone and Get Out The Vote;

-Trained workers;

-Supervise banking employees for 2015 primary elections Latina Get Out The Vote campaign.

OneLA-Industrial Areas Foundation, Los Ángeles CA May 2013 - July, 2014

Health Care Enrollment Project/Campaigns & Events Supervisor/Coordinator /Associate Organizer

-Develop strategies to find leadership in the local churches, schools and other organization in the area of Los Angeles Metropolitan. Make hundreds of phone calls and write emails every day-Plan/organized and set up one on one meeting every day for every day of the week (Mon-Fri).

-Educate, and promote leadership development.-Organize leadership trainings for different institutions.

-Create/prepare material for the leadership trainings-Develop an action plan by institution and overseeing the action plan implementation.

-Organized, coordinate and supervise mass health care enrollmentsfor 15 institutions in the area of Los Angeles Metropolitan. Train and support outreach institution volunteers/leadersin order to empower the community to get health insurance coverage.

-Organize community meeting, forums andactions with the Los Angeles County Supervisors and deputies and others as needed to win LA County supervisors commitment to allocate more funds to the health care system for the uninsured population within Los Angeles County.

-Supervise/lead leaders and volunteers that come from different institutions to support our actions and events, trainings or meetings.

Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project, Los Angeles, CA February 2015 – May 2016

Special Projects, Campaigns& Events Supervisor/Coordinator

-Develop strategic planning to educate, and promote voting in upcoming elections.

-Oversee the action plan implementation.

-Interviewed & hired new employees for Voter Registration, Get Out The Vote, and Supervise mass phone banking for different campaigns.

-Train and support outreach workers to empower the community to go out, register and vote in upcoming elections.

-Organize community meeting/forums/actions and others as needed.

-Supervise interns that come from different high schools and colleges to support our projects and programs at Latino Voter League, SVREP and William C. Velasquez Institute.

-Interviewing, accepting and supervising interns.

-Plan & organize lobby activities (local, state and national).

-Overall, administrate the project.

Los Angeles Unified District School (LAUSD)C –BET program Feb. 2005 - April 2007

Infant Care Aide

-Teacher Assistant / Supervise and help in class.

-Mentor and create strategies to develop the children skills to succeed in their academic career and life.

-Develop educational materials as needed.

-Ensure kid’s safety at all levels in the school facilities.

-Attended staff meetings and special staff development.

-Assisted at different schools/facilities with C –BET program, which is base in developing the natural abilities of the children and needed skills to succeed in life.

LAIPA/Centro Cyberteca-Cyber Espacio Familiar, Maywood, CA July 2002 - August 2005

Program Director / Computer Instructor / Floor Manager, Computer Literacy Project

-Office Administrator.

-Design popular education curriculum for computer classes/literacy project.

-Recruit, train& supervise over 20 volunteers, mostly empowered community members, in Spanish computer literacy

-Organize and implement with volunteers the outreach and publicity in the community.

-Plan / implement fundraising activities events, in-kind donations (office supplies, computer equipment).

-Manage all office duties / Referrals systems for Centro Cyberteca-Cyber Espacio Familiar.

-Oversee and assist the health program for Centro Cyberteca.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

-In-depth knowledge working by/for/with community groups and non-profit organizations.

-Excellent communication skills.

-Bilingual: speak, write, and read English and Spanish.

-Abilities in administration, customer service, human resources and supervision.

-Ability to work with church leadership and clerical.

-Depth knowledge in organizing Latino, low income families/communities. \

-Computer: Competent in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Photoshop, Microsoft excel, Microsoft Access, Internet Explorer, Internet Research Techniques& more.

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