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NATASHA J TRIPLETT
NATASHA JEAN TRIPLETT
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Excellent experience as a Translator for a United Nations affiliate organization and as an online Spanish tutor. Hardworking and reliable individual focused on going above and beyond. Highly fluent in Spanish language and grammar. Acquired Spanish fluency through academic practice from high school level and University honors level. Completed language skills though travel to Latin American countries such as Nogales Mexico, La Habana, Cuba, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Panama City, Panama. Skilled team player while able to handle assignments and ready to go beyond basic assignments. Quick learner with good computer abilities. Seeks out opportunities to go beyond basics and improve processes.
SKILLS
Advanced Spanish language fluency-Reading, Writing and Conversational skills.
Spanish Translation
Microsoft Word, Works, Power Point, Excel,
Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Chrome, Explorer, Google Hangouts, Google Hangouts, Adobe Connect, Cisco Webex.
Zoom telephone conferencing
CURRENT EXPERIENCE
Veterans Claims Examiner (Education)
US Department of Veteran's Affairs
Buffalo, New York
July 2022-Present
Working to advance claimants via telephone of their benefits, rights, and p privileges regarding education benefits.
Brief veterans verbally and responds to inquiries from higher education agencies.
Serves as an expert on GI bill and education issues and developments
Explore all avenues of assistance available to individuals and encourages individuals to fully utilize the education benefits.
Maintains an in-depth understanding and awareness of new, emerging, and/or
GI bill and education issues and developments
Inform individuals of their right to appeal decisions and the appeal process.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
SPANISH TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE
Spanish Translator Intern
World Federation of United Nations Associations
United Nations Plaza Rm. DC1-177New York, NY Fall 2007,
Translated Spanish documents from Spanish into English for Model United Nations Conference in the Dominican Republic.
Coordinated travel and accommodation logistics for staff for the Model United Nations conference in the Dominican Republic.
Successfully assisted in drafting an article rebuttal for United Nations media publication.
SPANISH TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Virtual/Online Spanish Tutor
Sylvan Learning Centers Oct 2020-Present
Develop Spanish training curriculum to Kindergarten student
Reinforce knowledge of simple vocabulary words
Use Bramble online educational teaching platform for lessons
Virtual/Online Spanish Language Tutor
Tutor Doctor of Montgomery and Bucks County, Telford, PA, Feb 2020 Apr 2020
Developed Spanish training curriculum to 10th High School grade student
Tutored student proper verb tenses, conjugations, spelling, pronunciation.
Helped to strengthen the student's listening and speaking skills.
Encouraged proper pronunciation and participation skills.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
United Nations Volunteers
Online Volunteer Researcher Oct 2015-Present
Recruiting Assistant/Census Response Representative
US Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Philadelphia Regional Office, Bucks County Duty Station, Norristown, PA
Dec 2019 Nov 2020
(GS-05; 40 hours/week)
Exceeded regional recruiting goals by working remotely during Covid-19.
Number one ranked office in the nation for 3 weeks in a row during Covid-19 for exceeding recruiting goals.
Implemented marketing strategies to spread census job awareness.
Researched, developed, implemented and executed various recruiting strategic ideas to help spread the word about census jobs in specific geographic areas.
Solicited community based organizations (CBO's) assistance via phone/internet to get authorization for hosting events at their location in order to spread the word out about census jobs.
Traveled throughout specific geographic areas to visit with CBO's.
Worked at the grass roots level in a community engagement capacity to advertise census jobs.
Promoted Census jobs by traveling to CBO's such as Libraries, Churches, Schools and social services organizations.
Conducted informal presentations about census jobs at CBO's and various other local community organizations and events.
Assisted individuals with the census questionnaire at designated Census Mobile Questionnaire Assistance (MQA) Center Sites.
Educated respondents on the importance of completing the census questionnaire at the MQA sites.
Volunteer Secretary
Welcoming the Stranger (Non-profit offering Immigrants ESL, computer and citizenship classes)
Langhorne, PA Jan 2019 -Jan 2020
Assisted Executive Director with administrative tasks
Organized library of English, computer and citizenship books for ESL students.
LANGUAGE
Advanced fluency in Spanish reading
Intermediate conversational fluency in Spanish language
Intermediate fluency in Spanish Writing
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts Degree-International Relations and Diplomacy
School of Diplomacy and International Relations
Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey
(Spanish group leader-Graduate Diplomacy Council)
Bachelor of Arts Degree-Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Completed Upper level advanced Spanish courses)
Honors
The National Dean’s List
Professional Affiliations
United Nations Association of the United States of America
(UNA-USA-Greater Philadelphia Chapter)