Lab Admin III - Inframark - Jones, OK
(2022-04)
- Leader, Mentor, and Trainer of Operators at 4 Plants
- Team player: helped out where needed
- General office duties, Accounting, Budgeting, Purchasing, Inventory, and Training
Office Manager - MMR Constructors - Oklahoma City, OK
(2018-01 - 2022-04)
- Leader and Mentor of five (eight employees) departments: Accounting, Purchasing, Payroll, HR, Receptionist, and Warehouse
- Provided guidance and support to the team
- Trained and helped employees reach personal and professional goals
Purchasing Manager - Resonance, Inc. - Oklahoma City, OK
(2015-08 - 2017-08)
- Leader and Mentor of two employees
- Team player: Helped out in other departments as needed
- Calibrated with the sales, production, and the warehouse teams
Project Manager - Williams - Oklahoma City, OK
(2011-02 - 2015-03)
- Leader and Liaison between the client and the vendor
- Worked on projects with over 100 employees to ensure timely delivery and quality products
- Met with the vendor and clients during production meetings to ensure the project ran smoothly and worked out any issues or foreseeable issues
Intern Student - Health & Wellness Program - Deer Creek Public Schools - Edmond, OK
(2023-01 - 2024-12)
Provided individual and group counseling to children and adolescents
Intern Student - Turning Point Counseling - Oklahoma City, OK
(2023-01 - 2023-12)
Provided individual counseling to adults
Practicum Student - CareNet Pregnancy Center - Houston, Texas
(2021-01 - 2021-12)
Mentored and Trained in a crisis pregnancy center.
Foster Parent, Teen Parent Mentor, Foster Parent Mentor - OKDHS/FACO - Oklahoma City, OK
(2012-04 - 2024-09)
- Foster OKDHS children ages 0-17 years old. Work closely with CPS workers, permanency workers, foster-care workers, adoption workers, all the case attorneys, and District Attorneys.
- Mentor teens and children from hard places. Bi-weekly pick up teens and take them to appointments, do homework with them, go someplace fun, and/or shopping. Teach them about themselves, healthy boundaries, love, worth, accountability, education, hygiene, goals, and money.
- Remain transparent at all times to keep trust at the forefront of every relationship.
- Write letters to the courts on the children's behalf to ensure they receive fair treatment (advocate).
- Foster and mentor pregnant teens and help them with doctor's appointments, learning about their bodies and the baby going inside, nurture and nutrition, how to properly care for a new baby, what to expect each month and at delivery, and the good, bad, and the ugly of raising a child, how to love themselves, boundaries, and finding positive support.
- Assisted Foster and Adoptive parents in navigating the mental health system for their children including inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization programs- advocating for the rights and best interest of the children.
- Provided one-on-one, experienced guidance to foster families to increase retention and support and help navigate the child welfare system.
- Offered emotional support, shared resources, assisted in bridging relationships with biological families, and provided "outside-the-box" strategies for handling stressful, high-needs situations
Life Coach - Breaking Chains and Mending Hearts - Jones, OK
(2021-04)
- Aid clients in improving their relationships, careers, and day-to-day lives.
- Help clients clarify their goals and identify the obstacles holding them back.
- Assist clients with developing strategies for overcoming each obstacle they face.
Mentor - Branch 15 and Stand in the Gap Ministry - Oklahoma City, OK
(2016-07 - 2017-07)
- Spent 2 hours every two weeks with one of the ladies in the program who had just been released from incarceration. Helped them get jobs, helped them get their state IDs and driver's license, and helped them learn how to navigate the world.
- Taught healthy boundaries with friends, family, and significant others.
- Discussed sobriety and its importance.
- Helped them set goals and held them accountable.
- Was available to them throughout the week for guidance or help.
- Helped them find resources that would benefit them in their transition.
Mentor & Office Manager - Royal Rangers Outpost 155 - Oklahoma City, OK
(2014-09 - 2022-04)
- Mentored boys ages 6-18. Taught them how to become Godly men and overcome hardships.
- Organized and worked on Fundraising events.
- Worked alongside all commanders and interfaced with parents and other leaders.
