Volunteer - Serve LA - Los Angeles, CA
(2026-05)
- Volunteer at a kitchen serving meals to individuals experiencing homelessness or who come from low income backgrounds
- Working as part of a team to carry out meal preparation through washing and cutting produce/ingredients for meals
- Plating and serving over 100 meals per diem
Driver - Lyft - Los Angeles, CA
(2021-06 - 2026-01)
- Part-time driver to the Greater Region of Los Angeles (one of the most diverse regions in the world) - helping individuals gain autonomy and independence through transportation and mobility access with 1,800 rides served as of current
- 'Lyft Assisted' driver - provide transportation and mobility access with sensitivity and accommodations to passengers with disabilities including senior citizens
Music Instructor and Educator - Manhattan Academy - Manhattan Beach, CA
(2019-12 - 2025-05)
- Music instructor and educator to a Montessori school community with children as young as infants to fifth grade
- Provide lessons for instruments such as guitar, piano, ukulele, and voice
- Music director, lesson planner and facilitate thirty minute music lessons engaging students in building listening skills, memory recall, and creativity
Seasonal Choral Director - Musical Miracles - Torrance, CA
(2021-04 - 2024-08)
- Nonprofit organization providing music to elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District without music programs - predominantly serving underserved people of color
- Seasonal choral director - utilize music to empower and encourage literacy, diversity, order, harmony, and confidence among students through learning to sing songs for a show production
Music Instructor - Torrance Arts Academy - Torrance, CA
(2019-05 - 2023-10)
- Private music instruction to all ages
- Music instruction for guitar, piano, ukulele, and voice
- Confidence building and fostering creativity with students
- Facilitate private and group lessons between 30 to 45 minutes
Guitar Instructor - Yamaha Corporation of America - Buena Park, CA
(2018-10 - 2019-02)
- Guitar instructor for a six week course in a group class setting for adult women
- Empowering women with music embrace the challenges of learning a new instrument
- Observe, identify and log areas of strength, growth, and improvement of the program curriculum
Event, Music and Art Curator/Coordinator - Viento Y Agua Coffeehouse - Long Beach, CA
(2018-07 - 2019-08)
- Event, music and art curator/coordinator organizing events, while maintaining correspondence and communication with musicians and artists interested in performing or featuring art at the coffeehouse
- Providing quality customer service and building relationships with regulars and new customers
- Handled and abided by food safety regulations when making sandwiches and beverages
- Dealt with cashier transactions with integrity
Barista/Cashier - Starbucks Corporation - La Mirada, CA
(2017-07 - 2018-07)
- Worked efficiently and multitasked in a fast paced environment creating a welcoming and friendly environment/community
- Cashier experience dealing with money transactions with integrity
- Provided quality customer service through genuine customer connections
Rock Camp Volunteer, Vocal Instructor, Band Coach - Rock N Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
(2017-07 - 2017-07)
- Rock Camp volunteer to youth girls
- Vocal instructor teaching vocal warm ups and singing techniques
- Band coach who guides, instructs, and teaches girls how to work harmoniously together as a team in a band
Anonymous Radio DJ - Northeastern Illinois University WZRD 88.3FM - Chicago, IL
(2015-01 - 2016-05)
- Anonymous radio dj for a 'free form' college radio station, airing international/domestic music and news
- Student volunteer hosting two to three hour radio shows live on air
- Developed public speaking and communications skills while reading educational/informative articles of healthy living, consciousness, and social justice
Social Work Student Intern - St. Leonard's Ministries - Chicago, IL
(2015-09 - 2016-05)
- Social work student intern in a program assisting adult men who are transitioning out of long term incarceration back into society
- Group facilitator in a healing group therapy called "Houses of Healing" focused around healthy coping skills
- Engaged, empowered and built rapport with clients using a strength-based approach helping them to identify and focus on their areas of strength
