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Brian Heemstra

Stratos Wealth Partners

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Financial Advisor

Weber State University

Instructor of Record for developmental and first year writing courses.

ENGL 1005: Introductory College Writing with Developmental English Support
ENGL 1007: College Reading and Introductory Writing Part B
ENGL 1010: Introductory College Writing
ENGL 2010: Intermediate College Writing
ENGL 2015: Intermediate College Writing and Research
ENGL 2200: Introduction to Literature

Adjunct Professor

Utah State University

As head of graduate admissions, I rebuilt the graduate admissions system process to streamline application processing and improve customer service.

Graduate Admissions Officer

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

In this position, I managed and compiled admissions documents through Salesforce, managed graduate student department communications, created a language test reading sample database project for students and professors to access, codified social media protocols, and created and ran professional development events for the graduate program. I also taught the following courses as a college instructor:

Courses Taught, Instructor of Record:
ENG 101: First Year Composition
ENG 102: First Year Composition
ENG 231: World Literature
ENG 451A: American Literature Survey 1

Lecture Courses Taught, Co-Teaching:
ENG 451A: American Literature Survey 1

Graduate Assistant

Skyline Ventures Productions

•  Created and updated physical records and digital files to maintain current, accurate and compliant documentation.
•  Created and maintained budgeting documents relating to travel, equipment, editing, permissions, legal, and other film costs.
•  Transcribed film 3000 Cups of Tea for final review and captions.
•  Reviewed film with Director Jennifer Jordan and gave suggestions when asked.

Production Assistant

Covenant Communications, Inc

I evaluated fiction, nonfiction, and children's manuscripts to help determine if they should be published.

Submissions Reader

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

I grade SAT essays from the writing portion of the test.

Evaluator

Courses Taught, Instructor of Record:
ENG 1010: First Year Composition
ENG 2010: First Year Composition

Adjunct English Instructor

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jolly Fish Press

Read and responded to queries.
Read and evaluated manuscripts.
Assisted in acquisitions process.
Completed editorial tasks.
Proofread final manuscripts.

Associate Editor

Brigham Young University

Managed class webpage and blog.
Consulted with students.
Graded assignments.
Completed scheduling and managerial tasks.

Teaching Assistant

Financial Advisor at Stratos Wealth Partners

After nearly a decade of teaching in higher education, Chelsea joined Stratos Wealth Partners. She has a passion for education, and loves helping people understand their finances and work towards their goals. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and holds an MA from Weber State University and a BA from BYU Provo. She has won multiple awards for her excellence in research and teaching. In 2023, she was one of 8 Excellence Awardees for the InvestmentNews Rising Star Advisor of the Year Award.

Currently, Chelsea lives in Layton, Utah, and enjoys social partner dancing, reading, hiking, and traveling. She is also an animal and plant lover, with two rescue cats and dozens of plants. And you can still find her teaching the occasional course at Weber State or volunteering her time at the community writing center in the Salt Lake City library.

Whether supporting an individual, family, or small business, as advisors  at Stratos Wealth Partners and LPL Financial, we enable our customers to create and grow their wealth by providing them with the tools and services according to their needs.

We feel:
    •	Our customers are the most important people to our company
    •	Our customers are not an interruption of our work. They are the purpose of it. We appreciate the 
        opportunity to earn their business every day.
    •	Our customers share our commitment to excellence and encourage us to innovate. 
    •	We are 100 percent committed to our customers’ growth, passionate about their success, and 
        exceedingly proud to be their partner.
    •	Our customers rely on us to help them prosper. It is our job to help them on their journey. 

Financial planning is an ongoing process of preparing for and reacting to critical financial events. They can be as diverse as planning for retirement, selling a business, receiving an inheritance, buying a recreational property, or proactively planning for a legacy. Our resources and expertise help to prepare our clients for such events, so that they can pursue their financial and lifestyle goals.

Stratos Wealth Partners’ Around the Sun Model (ArTs Model) offers each of our clients a clear and guided process through each stage of their financial life. While you may not need all seven rays to shine on you right now, over time, you may need the warmth of each ray of our process.

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