Keara Grohens

Providing direct services to caseload of students

Student Support Specialist - Children First/Communities in Schools - Claxton Elementary, Asheville, NC

(2023-01)

Providing direct services to caseload of students

Support staff - Claxton Elementary - Asheville, NC

(2023-01 - 2023-06)

Providing support for one student

Massage therapist - Somatic Key Massage - Asheville, NC

(2014-01 - 2023-12)

Self-employed, part time. Providing a safe and comfortable environment for optimal healing and restoration via numerous modalities.

General reception - Eclipse Salon LLC - Asheville, NC

(2020-01 - 2022-12)

Part time work

• Using booking software
• Client correspondence via email and phone
• Bill paying
• Product placement
• Scheduling and customer care

Landscape assistant - Graceful Design Gardens - Asheville, NC

(2019-01 - 2020-12)

Part time work

• Assisted in multiple properties maintenance
• Execution of landscape design
• Planting
• Watering
• Weeding
• Pruning

Manager - Battlecat Coffee Bar - Asheville, NC

(2013-01 - 2019-12)

Full time. Managed local coffee shop

• Payroll
• Scheduling
• Ordering
• Overseeing shop morale
• Daily duties and barista work

Nanny - Private family - Asheville, NC

(2012-01 - 2013-12)

Full time work

• Cared for 2 young children
• School pick-ups
• Meal preparation
• Physical and mental stimulation via varied activities
• Housework and odds and ends jobs to assist parents

Reception and retail - Sensibilities Day Spa - Asheville, NC

(2011-01 - 2012-12)

Full time work

• Client communication via reception using booking systems and phone calls
• Retail sales
• Product merchandising

Dance Department Assistant - Beloit College - Beloit, WI

(2009-01 - 2010-12)

Part time, Spring and Fall semesters

• Advertisement/design
• Purchased and prepared material for dance studio improvement
• Organized events and programming
• Created AV materials
• Chaperoned guest artists
• Managed communications

Resident Assistant - Beloit College - Beloit, WI

(2009-01 - 2009-12)

Part time, Spring and Fall semesters

• Boosted campus and resident morale
• Managed internal and external communications for residential life

Masters of Social Work - Social Work - Western Carolina University (2025-01)

Bachelor of Arts - Education & Youth Studies, Dance - Beloit College (2006-01 - 2010-12)

Certificate - Culture and Development Program - School for International Training: World Learning (2008-09)

No Degree - Asheville-Buncombe Technical College (2020-01 - 2021-12)