Jacquelyn Chalk

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Raleigh, NC

(513-) 638-2969

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EXPERIENCE

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St — Internship Sept.2019 - May. 2021

I’ve worked in a variety of departments assisting in the daily care of exotic, dangerous animals and plants. Departments included Plant & Horticulture, Maintenance, Night Hunters, Primates Center, and Bird House.

Daily Tasks included: Mopping, sweeping, washing dishes, meal preparation, planting flowers, hand feeding/ feeding multiple species of exotic animals (penguins, tigers, cougars, aardvarks, gorillas, and many more). Daily tasks also included preparation for the Festival of Lights, as well as breakdown from the festivities. Also, but not limited to cleaning the cages of various animals.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St -Adventure Guide June.2021- Nov.2021

Completed various tasks including customer services, greeting up to 80,000 visitors a day, directing traffic, assisting visitors with parking, operating carousel, suggestive selling and upselling to customers, member services, enforcing park rules, dealing with and sometimes comforting small children, disbursing large crowds, seating visitors for train rides, opening and closing various locations of the park, administering first aid, handling card and cash transactions, assisting visitors when needed and much more.

EDUCATION

Dater A.Gilbert Highschool, 2146 Ferguson Rd. (Aug.2017- May.2019) Hughes STEM Highschool/ Zoo Academy, 3400 Vine St. (Aug.2019-May.2021) SKILLS

Works well under pressure

Basic Problem Solving

Basic math skills

Quick Thinking

Very Organized

Strong Communication Skills

Patient

Adaptable

Optimistic

Polite

Thorough work ethic

Resilient

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

A & B Honor Roll student through

all four years of high school.

REFERENCES

Toni Benko - 513-***-****-

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Annie Raines - 513-***-****

Carolann.raines@cincinnati-

oh.gov

Aaron Miller -

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