Brenda A. Freeman
Austin, Texas 78759 512-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NCS Pearson Educational Measurement, Austin, Texas - Performance Assessment Specialist
• Evaluated student response to assessment tests (reading, science, and math) for multiple state education agencies. Effectively work with a variety of groups and co-workers. Trained team members and supervised performance during project.
Texas Legal Services Center, Austin, Texas - Staff Attorney
Staff attorney at Texas Legal Services Center, a non-profit law office serving older Texans. Provided legal advise and counsel in the following areas.
• Disaster Legal Hotline. Worked with Hurricane Ike survivors to assist them in FEMA appeals, other needs assistance, transitional housing and administrative hearings.
• Legal Hotline for Texans. Updated, created, and drafted plain language legal publications. Provided advice and referrals on a broad range of legal topics to callers from all socio-economic levels.
Brenda A. Freeman & Associates, Biloxi, Mississippi & Austin, Texas - Counselor of Law/Mediator (Retired)
• Represented and counseled clients in various areas, including but not limited to criminal, immigration, family, personal injury, and bankruptcy law.
• Supervised and coordinated staff regarding daily operation of an office. Used independent judgment and initiative concerning priorities, methods and procedure to accomplish multiple tasks for specific duties and deadlines.
School Teacher, Moss Point School District
• Experience in all areas of class room teaching 1st, 6th, 8th and community college level(reading, math, science, history, language arts)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts-Education, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Juris Doctor, George Mason University, Arlington, VA
Teaching English as Foreign Language, Guadalajara, MX
VOLUNTEER ACTIVTIES
Animal Trustees of Austin Political Asylum Project
Catholic Charities of Biloxi Fathers for Equal Rights