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Lisa Locker

P.O. Box ***

Kent, WA *****

206-***-****

CAREER OBJECTIVE: Preschool Teacher / or Assisting Director Position

BACKGROUND: My previous background is having owned a Preschool and a Nanny Service out of Paradise Valley, AZ. My passion is working with children in a variety of formats with all ages. I also have a background in working with children with special needs or medically compromised children such as diabetes, Autism, etc. I taught children's theater, ran a little program called, Artsy Kids and Crafts & taught a part-time pre-school program in Kent, WA called the Preschool Hour. I also represented Future Horizon’s Cat Kit to Schools

EDUCATION: Thunderbird Highschool, G.P.A. 3.8, National Honor Society

Scottsdale Community College, A.S.U, and recently Highline Community College (4.0) — Studied Early Child Development Classes. (Resuming Fall, 2022).

ETC: John Robert Powers Modeling & Finishing School 2 years, Seattle, WA.

Center Stage, other various Drama & Musical education in Arizona and Washington. (Performed in plays, and small roles in movies and t.v.)

JOB HISTORY: The Preschool Hour, Vashon Artsy Kids and Crafts, Visible Difference Housecleaning, (to the present).

Portrait Innovations Kent Station / Kent, WA. Taking family pictures, portraits, couple, new baby photography, etc. Answering phones, processing pictures, sales, customer service. This company closed its' doors on the west coast the day after Christmas. (2018)

Blue Bay Bed and Breakfast (Bnb) / Vashon, Island, WA

Duties: Setting up a 1 bedroom B & B on the bay. Decorating and buying food, furnishings, etc. supplies. Advertising & Marketing, writing. Serving guests from all over the world. We also provided a continental breakfast. (2014 to 2017)

Jim Hadley Photography & Publish Me / Seattle, WA

Duties: Hostess for our Monthly Meet & Greet. Assisting with his photography with the models and their make-up, dressing, staging and posing. Assisting the photographers in correct lighting and positioning. 2011-2013

Jim died in 2013 ending my photography assistant career.

Visible Difference Maid Service / Scottsdale, AZ (& surrounding areas) Duties: Recruiting and training maids. Working with clients, creating and managing advertisement, answering the telephones, typing, sales, etc. Note: This was my own business that I started white going to college and it took off so well, I quit college to run it. 8/80 to 2/85. I started it up again in 1/93 to 2003.

The Nanny Finders / Scottsdale, AZ (and surrounding areas) Duties: Placing nannies and housecleaners in homes and charging the clients a placement fee. Note: This was my own business. Dates: 5/86 to 6/89 and again in 1/93 to 2001.

Sunrise Preschool/ Phoenix AZ / Childcare. Dates: 1993

KinderCare Preschool/ Phoenix, AZ / Childcare

Dates: 1992

The Children's House Preschool/ Paradise Valley, AZ / Childcare, teaching, planning curriculum, and assisting the Director. Dates: 1990 to 1993

The Answering Connection / Scottsdale, AZ

Duties: Answering telephones, advertising, working with clients, billing, training people to answer the telephones, etc. Note: This was my own business I did with the above business. Dates: 12/83 to 2/85.

M-M- Sundt Construction Company / Tucson, AZ

Duties: Office Manager for different job sites in Arizona: Tucson, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Scottsdale. (Age 23 to 25)

Washington Plaza King Tut Dinner / Seattle, WA

Duties: I was one of the 2 hostesses for the 8 course King Tut dinner on the top floor. I helped serve each course. At the end, poured pitcher of orange blossom water over their hands into a bowl the host held with a tea towel. (Age 22)

John Robert Powers Modeling / Seattle, WA

Duties: Modeling, doing fashion shows and doing runway (Age 19 to 24)

Pinkerton's Detective Agency / Seattle, WA

Duties: Receptionist, answering telephones, billing, typing investigative

reports, billing clients, banking, etc. (Age 19 to 23)

New York Life Insurance Vice President's Office / Seattle, WA

Duties: Typing letters, checking over salesmen's expense reports.

Bon Marche / Seattle, WA

Duties: Working p/t with the Special Events Department one event being Paddington Bear at Christmas Time. (Age 20)

Maricopa County Assessor's Office / Phoenix, AZ

Duties: Typing reports, letters, etc. This was my first real job out of Highschool. (Age 18 to 19)

Metro Center / Phoenix, AZ

Duties: Working for several retail stores doing sales and working on the cash register. (Swiss Colony, Fashion Conspiracy and Skomers). Age 17

Spaghetti Factory / Phoenix and Seattle, WA

Duties: Working nights as a Hostess. (Age 18 and p/t age 20 in Seattle)

Goldwater / Phoenix, AZ

Duties: Worked as a sales girl 2 seasons at Christmas time. (age 16 and 17)

The Food Bazaar / Phoenix, AZ

Duties: Worked in several food courts at the Food Bazaar. (age 15 to 16)

Babysitting / Tucson and Phoenix, AZ

Duties: Helping to babysit, also tutored with homework and helped one little girl learn to read who was flunking First Grade for the second time. (ages 11 to 16+)

SPECIAL SKILLS: Typing, Computer Skills, Advertising and Marketing, Writing

ORGANIZATIONS: National Organization for Women in Business, Toastmasters, Justice for Children, Alliance for Children's Rights.

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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