Recruiter, Domestic Foster Care & Adoption - Buckner Children & Family Service, Inc. (BCFS) - Lubbock, TX
(2025-01)
- Manage recruitment and onboarding of 30 prospective foster/adoptive families across Lubbock, Amarillo, and Midland, guiding candidates through a 3–6 month process.
- Maintain 50+ confidential family files, reviewing background checks, financial records, personal histories, psychological information, and other sensitive documentation.
- Review 75–100 files/cases monthly to ensure applications, background checks, training, and onboarding requirements are complete and compliant.
- Coordinate with approximately 75 external stakeholders, including attorneys, judges, caseworkers, government agencies, nonprofits, and community organizations.
- Previously developed recruitment and community networking initiatives for an aging-out-youth mentoring program; established relationships with 50 organizations and supported 15 families through the matching process.
Mentoring Families Liaison - Buckner Children & Family Service, Inc. (BCFS) - Lubbock, TX
(2023-12 - 2025-01)
Community Liaison - Saint Francis Ministries - Lubbock, TX
(2023-01 - 2023-12)
- Managed relationships with 100+ community partners across a 42-county region, including attorneys, government agencies, nonprofits, community leaders, and service organizations.
- Planned and facilitated 25+ outreach events, including a back-to-school initiative serving 2,000+ children through donated supplies, services, and community resources.
- Created and reviewed 100+ presentations, reports, information packets, and outreach materials and coordinated 50–75 community events and programs.
- Maintained sensitive family and outreach records and coordinated communications among families, agencies, and community stakeholders.
Legal Assistant / Secretary - Law Office of Tempie Hutton-Francis - Lubbock, TX
(2018-01 - 2018-10)
- Supported 2 attorneys across approximately 50 family-law matters, including divorce, legal separation, custody, and placement proceedings.
- Managed approximately 10 active cases at a time, handling client intake, financial information, case notes, scheduling, correspondence, and follow-up.
- Drafted 5–10 pleadings, motions, orders, discovery requests, and other legal documents monthly.
- Completed approximately 30 courthouse filings weekly and supported approximately 5 court matters per week, including case preparation, note-taking, and legal research.
- Communicated with 10–20 clients weekly, gathering case information, answering questions, and coordinating next steps throughout active matters.
Visual Merchandising Associate & Beauty Advisor - Kohl's + Sephora - Lubbock, TX
(2021-11 - 2023-10)
- Supported visual merchandising across an 88,000-square-foot retail environment, completing 2–3 display resets weekly and coordinating with 50+ associates.
- Assisted approximately 100 customers weekly and increased Sephora rewards-member signups by 50%; served as a primary trainer for new associates and Sephora team members.
Assistant Manager / Visual Merchandiser - Chrome, Luxury Retail Boutique - Lubbock, TX
(2016-04 - 2017-03)
- Trained a 20-person team through monthly sales and customer-service programs, contributing to approximately $2,000 in additional monthly sales.
- Assisted with purchasing and processed approximately 25 purchase orders weekly across approximately 10 brands.
Policy Legal Fellow - TechFreedom - Washington, D.C.
(2015-06 - 2016-01)
- Conducted legal and policy research across 10 projects involving broadband deployment, FCC regulation, Internet privacy, and antitrust policy.
- Researched statutes, FCC regulations, agency decisions and case law concerning broadband deployment and open Internet regulation.
- Contributed research, editing, and substantive content to 2 white papers, along with motions to intervene, amicus briefs, and other legal/policy documents.
- Prepared weekly research summaries and recommendations while supporting a 7-member team of attorneys, policy analysts, and senior leadership.
- Contributed to white paper submitted to Congress and research used by leadership during Congressional hearings.
Legal Intern - The Special Education Advocacy & Law Firm of Thomas S. Nelson - San Diego, CA
(2015-01 - 2015-05)
- Supported approximately 10 special-education legal matters, conducting legal research and preparing materials for the supervising attorney.
- Drafted approximately 20 legal memoranda and documents, including pre-trial motions and replies.
- Conducted research using Westlaw, LexisNexis, and case law addressing special-education statutes.
- Contributed research incorporated into court filings and case strategy and communicated with 3–5 clients weekly.
- Researched advocacy options for a student requiring specialized educational services, contributing to a successful resolution with the school district.
