Dara Hedrick

Hello!

My name is Dara Hedrick. I'm a health guru who owns a small business in Charlotte, NC that provides healthy gourmet meal preparations and nutritional coaching to local customers all over Charlotte. I enjoy managing my business and my small team because making a difference and serving others through health, and food of course, is my passion!

I currently live in Boca Raton, FL. I love to learn and create continually; I'm efficient and a quick learner. I enjoy a challenge and a fast pace work environment. One of my favorite things about me is that I am very much a team player, I work hard, and I especially love being hospitable to others.

No matter what, you'll find me doing only things that are rewarding! I hate wasting my time!

OWNER DISHBLISS KITCHEN LLC - Part-time: Charlotte, NC November 2020 to Present

• Manage my gourmet meal prep business in Charlotte, NC. We create healthy and gourmet on-the-go meals for customers who desire to healthier lifestyle.
• Hires and manages team members to successfully assist and prepare meals for Dish Bliss Kitchen LLC customers.
• Organizes all weekly tasks for team to perform and accomplish duties.
• Creates monthly menus and recipes that include dairy free, gluten free, organic products.
• Offers customers nutritional coaching.
• Designs and executes email and social media marketing.
• Builds rapport with clients.
• Organizes weekly bookkeeping, receipts and inventory.

TEACHER Charlotte Lab School - full Time. Charlotte, NC September 2017 to July 2021

• Full-time Science, Spanish, & socio emotional learning teacher
• Successfully created science/nutrition curriculum and weekly lesson plans for k-12th grade • Successfully created Spanish curriculum and weekly lesson plans for k-12th grade
• Girls on the Run Coach for 5th graders
• Attended professional development meetings and opportunities
• Parents teacher conferences
• Managed multicultural night with language department

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TALENT RECRUITMENT Full Time. - Charlotte, NC November 2016 to September 2017

• Edited recruitment resumes for all employees and staff
• Managed and organized work events
• Kept track of office inventory
• Responded to emails and phone calls
• Organized recruitment records and accounts via excel
• Worked closely with human resource department
• Point of contact for all customers entering office
• Arranged appointments for CEO and Account executives
• Bilingual point of contact

Waitress/Cocktail Server Union Station Restaurant & Bar. Full Time. - Harrisonburg, VA August 2012 to September 2015 

• Greeted customers and seated them.
• Scheduled reservations.
• Successfully Completed orders to guests.
• Successfully Completed all payments from guests.
• Successfully Completed beer & wine orders.
• Delivered cocktails to guests.
• Answered phone calls and completed to-go orders.
• Completed daily restaurant cleaning tasks.

Master's in education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

B. A. Degree at James Madison University in International Affairs, and Legal Spanish