Freelance Writer

Raj Garewal

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Tucson, AZ **718

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Profile

I am a skilled and motivated worker. I would be an extremely productive addition to your team. Employer satisfaction is something I strive for and prize its acquisition.

Experience

Writer 2002-Present

I currently write fiction, essays, and poetry. With the help of journalist and essayist Erin Aubry Kaplan, I’ve been working on journalistic work for submission to newspapers.

Independent Tutor; Los Angeles, CA 2009-2011

Tutored high school and college students in chemistry, biology, math, and English (both in literature and creative writing). In addition, edited students’ papers (~40 papers).

Volunteer, St. Joseph’s Homeless Shelter; Los Angeles, CA 2008

In charge of registering clients and arranging appointments with the clinical staff. Facilitated daily offerings, such as showers, meals, and bus tokens.

Secretary/Assistant, Marc Schlosser, D.D.S.; Beverly Hills, CA 2007

Managed all typical secretarial work (faxes, appointments, patient records, etc.). In addition, helped take, develop, and prepare x-rays, sterilized equipment, and prepared various solutions.

Data Entry/ Record Logging, Hal Stritch, Ph.D., University of Arizona Family and Community Medicine; Tucson, AZ 2004

Worked on a research project concerning teenage smoking cessation with Dr. Stritch. Did data entry and formatting from researchers’ hardcopy.

Education

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA- B.A. in English Literature, 2011

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT- Majored in Neuroscience, 2002-2005, transferred to LMU

St Gregory College Prep, Tucson, AZ- Graduated with a 4.33 GPA

Skills

Proficient in Excel, Word, and Powerpoint. 70 words per minute.

Literature research (regardless of its subject)

Data entry

Secretarial duties

Customer service

H O N O R S

Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society) member

Awarded fellowship for W. Michigan University Prague Writing Workshop

Editor for the Loyola Marymount University literary magazine

Brown Book Award

P U B L I C A T I O N S

2011:

“Elegy/Apologia”: Poetry, LA Miscellany

“That Sad Postmodern Individual”: Academic essay, Criterion

PS- I speak French, Spanish, and German (in two of which I read literature, I'll let you choose and hope they are the most interesting and pertinent.)(It's French and Spanish. German is difficult.)