Ja'Miah Smith

I am a Rochester, NY native. I graduated from School of the Arts followed by earning a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and will gain an Associate’s degree come May 2026. I have experience in customer service, teaching, and media, communication and organizational skills.

I am also a poet in my spare time working with Rochester’s own North Star Poets, an offspring of ROC Bottom Slam Group. I hope to gain work and life experience to enhance my skills and further my knowledge and connection to community.

Substitute Teacher at RCSD (2025-11 – Present)

Assisting absent teachers with carrying out instruction and maintenance of classrooms.

• Assisting absent teachers with carrying out instruction and maintenance of classrooms.

Substitute Teacher at TES Staffing (2025-11 – Present)

Assisting absent teachers with carrying out instruction and maintenance of classrooms.

• Assisting absent teachers with carrying out instruction and maintenance of classrooms.

Elementary School Teacher at Rochester Prep (2025-08 – 2025-11)

Cultivating, instructing, maintaining, and documenting a kindergarten classroom.

• Cultivating, instructing, maintaining, and documenting a kindergarten classroom.

Teacher's Assistant at Let's Get L.I.T. Summer Literacy Program (2025-07 – 2025-07)

Assisting with in class instruction and maintenance.

• Assisting with in class instruction and maintenance.

Lead Pre-K Teacher at Volunteers of America (2024-11 – 2025-07)

Leading the instruction, maintenance, and documentation of a Pre-K class.

• Leading the instruction, maintenance, and documentation of a Pre-K class.

Substitute Teacher at TES Staffing (2022-11 – 2024-11)

Assisting teachers with in class instruction and maintenance.

• Assisting teachers with in class instruction and maintenance.

Digital Personal Shopper at Walmart (2024-03 – 2024-07)

Shopping and preparing for online orders, and dispensing and distributing online orders to shoppers/drivers.

• Shopping and preparing for online orders
• Dispensing and distributing online orders to shoppers/drivers In Store Shopper at Instacart (2023-01 – 2023-03)

Locating, scanning, bagging and placing grocery items for customers of Instacart with customer service and communication.

• Locating, scanning, bagging and placing grocery items for customers of Instacart.
• Customer service
• Communication

Cashier at Aldi (2022-07 – 2022-10)

Customer service, handling and dealing with money, working a cash register, and janitorial services.

• Customer Service
• Handling and dealing with money
• Working a cash register
• Janitorial services

Lead Server at Legacy at Clover Blossom (2021-01 – 2022-12)

Providing dining services to elderly, cleaning and resetting dining and kitchen area, organizing and counting dining orders/tickets.

• Providing dining services to elderly
• Cleaning and resetting dining and kitchen area
• Organizing and counting dining orders/tickets

Sales Associate at Dollar Tree (2020-01 – 2021-12)

Customer service, handling and dealing with money, working a cash register, bagging and placing groceries, restocking inventory.

• Customer service
• Handling and dealing with money
• Working a cash register
• Bagging and placing groceries
• Restocking Inventory

Cashier at Wegmans (2019-01 – 2020-12)

Customer service, handling and dealing with money, working a cash register, bagging and placing groceries.

• Customer service
• Handling and dealing with money
• Working a cash register
• Bagging and placing groceries

Babysitter at Teen & Toddler Babysitting (2015-01 – 2018-12)

Preparing meals, offering fun activities, hygienic care, assuring safety, and demonstrating patience and communication skills.

• Prepare meals
• Offer fun activities
• Hygienic care
• Assure safety
• Patience and Communication Skills

Summer Counselor at The Salvation Army (2018-06 – 2018-08)

Child care services, janitorial services, teamwork skills, and patience and communication skills.

• Child care services
• Janitorial services
• Teamwork Skills
• Patience and Communication Skills

Junior Journalist at Urban League of Rochester (2017-06 – 2017-08)

Communication skills, interviewing skills, media skills, journalism, research, and video production.

• Communication Skills
• Interviewing skills
• Media Skills
• Journalism
• Research
• Video production

AIMM Youth Participant at Action for A Better Community (2016-06 – 2016-08)

Job training participation, teamwork skills, community services, and using photography, video, and social media to present perspectives on youth issues and successes.

• Participated in job training
• Teamwork Skills
• Preformed community services
• Used photography, video, and social media to present the perspectives on youth issues and successes

Bachelors of Arts in Media, Journalism and Film Communications with a concentration in TV and Film – Howard University (2019-08 – 2022-07)

Associates of Science in Early Childhood Education – Monroe Community College (2025-01)

High School Diploma in Advanced Regents High School Diploma – School of the Arts (2014-09 – 2019-05)