Florida Sea Grant

•	Same duties from previous position, now including participating in a coordinated team effort to map out all the marinas and boatyards in the state of Florida that have a working sewage pump-out for marine vessels in the Pumpout Nav App.
•	Assist marina managers with navigating the Florida State CVA Grant process for the purpose of soliciting and securing state funding to install sewage pump-out equipment. 
•	Inspect, document and continuously monitor pump-out equipment at marine facilities

Sea Grant Extension Agent at the University of Florida: SE Clean Boating Coordinator

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Environmental Specialist responsible for coordinating the Clean Boating Program (formerly the Sustainable Initiatives Office) in the Southeastern region of Florida state. 
•	As a member of the Florida DEP's Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, my duties include providing assistance with preparing resiliency plans for marinas, boatyards, and boat retailers to strengthen their ability to withstand natural and man-made disasters, such as hurricanes, algal blooms, and sea level rise.
•	Conducts site visits at boating facilities such as military and civilian marinas, boatyards, and marine retailers to provide technical support and compliance assistance for the Clean Marina and Clean Vessel Act Programs. 
•	Acting regional liaison between marine facilities and Florida state officials in assisting with submitting applications for Pump-Out Grants under the CVA program. 
•	Attends and conducts workshops, outreach events, and conferences to promote Best Management Practices that minimize environmental impacts from boating facilities on the surrounding environment.

Environmental Specialist - Southeast Region Clean Boating Coordinator

SP+ (SP Plus)

•	Parked and retrieved customer vehicles in specified areas in a safe and efficient manner.
•	Unloaded and loaded guests luggage onto their vehicles during arrival and/or departure 
•	Provided accurate and timely documentation of vehicle checks, vehicle damage, and other conditions prior to service.
•	Promoted courteous treatment of customers and resolved guest service issues.

Valet Attendant & Cashier

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

Intern in the microbiology and molecular biology dry laboratory assisting the resident biologist with preparing DNA samples. 
•	Assisted resident biologist with her conducting her research study of coral health and disease by extracting DNA samples
•	Assisted visiting  biologist with her conducting her research study of spiny lobster disease by extracting DNA samples
•	Participated in maintaining strict environmental and bio-hazard lab operation protocols

Laboratory Assistant

U.S. Department of Energy

Marine Energy Collegiate Competition - 
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office will virtually host the inaugural Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC), challenging interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students to propose unique solutions for the burgeoning marine energy industry that can help power the blue economy.
Fifteen teams, comprising undergraduate and graduate students, answered the call to participate, putting their heads together to develop innovative marine energy solutions to power the Blue Economy.
These groundbreaking competitors will put their creativity and know-how to the test, developing marine energy solutions for next-generation technologies such as autonomous vehicles to advance ocean exploration, battery and fuel cell technology for marine transportation, desalination to serve coastal and island communities, offshore renewable energy and alternative fuels, and more.

Life Cycle Assessment Consultant

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Managed a group of diversified personnel in maintaining the safety of all the organization's employees, constituents and patrons on a 16.3 acre campus.
•	Improved the departments on time personnel performance by 97 percent and reduced negative personnel performance by 80 percent.
•	Streamlined the communication process between senior management and rank & file by establishing flow through chanels within the department and centralizing communication protocols for constituents outside the department.
•	Created data analysis framework tools on Excel to facilitate the decision making process for senior management to improve efficiency and optimize resources.

Captain, Security Manager 

Provided administrative and clerical support to the lead marketing manager directly under the Director of Marketing and the Vice President of Marketing as part of an internship for my associate degree. 
•	Created a marketing campaign designed to expand and capture the non-traditional demographic in the market segment to reach a more diverse audience.
•	In order to cut costs, I researched any necessary data in readily available database sources and only used commercial sources when low cost options were extremely limited. 
•	Designed and created a data base containing all of the available and pertinent communication platforms with their point of contact information, also developed and maintained a relationship with these contacts.

Marketing Assistant Intern

Ashoka

Partnered with Ashoka Mexico, through Columbia University Capstone Project, to build community resilience in Valle de Vazquez, Mexico after the 2017 earthquake in central Mexico. 
•	Designed a community risk assessment and gap analysis to diagnose community needs and identify vulnerabilities.
•	Developed a strategic framework and management matrix to prioritize organizational capacity in order to meet community needs through social enterprise solutions.
•	Created a metrics acquisition tool to collect data for the analysis of ground water, surface water, waste water, electricity usage and dairy and agricultural production.

Environmental Risk Management and Sustainable Operations Consultant

Kiehl's Since 1851

Sales Associate/Product Consultant Esthetician

Specialty Food Association

Assistant to Marketing Manager

Metropolitan Opera

Reached out by using an automated telephone dialer to potential leads generated from a permission based marketing system in order to raise funds for the organization by selling tiered memberships.
•	Demonstrated exceptional sales ability and strong interpersonal skills with a persuasive, positive and confident approach that translated to consistently exceeding weekly sales quota.
•	Recorded and shared additional information on potential and current members to increase the chances of other telemarketing team members of selling or upgrading memberships.
•	Provided customer service beyond outbound calling duties such as providing timely, courteous and knowledgeable responses to information requests, and transferred necessary calls.

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