• Obtained a strong sense of responsibility, flexibility, ethics, and reliability.
• Team player with proven leadership skills and abilities.
• Enthusiastic and motivated; sincerely enjoy developing and maintaining good client relations, with patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
• Ability to assist other agencies, my employer, and coworkers to reach a common goal. 
• Well-organized and diligent in completing projects.
• Special talent for identifying needs and presenting effective solutions through critical thinking and analytical skills.        
• Willing to learn roles and skills outside position. 
• Trained in office, editing, and research skills.
• Experience with data entry using PeopleSoft programs and Microsoft Programs PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and Word.

Minot State University- Minot, ND May 2008; Bachelor of Arts with a major in Sociology, Emphasis in Gender and Ethnic Studies, Minor: Philosophy;  Area of Interest/Concentration: 17 credits of Special Education, Grade Point Average: 3.546, WPM: 51 Accuracy: 98%

Northwest North Dakota Grant Writer’s Roundtable - Minot, ND, Meeting July 14, 2009, Webinar January 14, 2010, Workshop October 7-8, 2010

October 2022-Current North Dakota Center for People with Disabilities -Minot, ND

• Project Assistant
  • Task assignment, scheduling of work, and submission of time cards for NDCPD’s students and part-time ability expert hires. Organizing and restructuring the electronic product library into a better system that is relevant and marketable. For the Consumer Advisory Council and the Research Consumer Advisory Council, tracked members’ information and term timelines and new membership recruitment. For both councils, meeting assistance and researched topics possibilities exploration for NDCPD’s mission and core goals. Helped recreate and promote the AskNDCPD contact system for disability community resources referral questions and other general disabilities questions from North Dakotan citizens.

December 2011-October 2022 Prairie Rose Home Service/Minot Commission on Aging, Inc. - Minot, ND

• Qualified Service Provider/Homemaker/Substitute/Care Provider
  • Provided to clients that are elderly and disabled: laundry, shopping, light & deep cleaning, meal preparation, companionship. Assisted in personal care, walking, transferred, and lifted; medicine reminders, made transportation arrangements, handled correspondence/communication, money management, maintained logbook, documents, and paperwork. Also provided overnight care, cognitive supervision respite day/overnight care, emergency and conflict resolution assistance, worked independently and with coworkers, researched, promoted the company to potential clients, scheduled appointments to provide client’s services, and time management. Reported client changes and gave suggestions for improved services to PRHS coordinator, Ward County Social Services, client’s family, and medical team. Trained in Parkinson’s disease, Dementia, and CPR.

June 2010-May 2011 Private Home- Minot, North Dakota, Care Provider

• Provided respite care overnights: meals preparation, transportation, showers

April 2009-May 2009 ING- Minot North Dakota, Kelly Services Temporary Administrative Assistant

• Used Access, Word, and Excel.

September 2005-March 2008 Minot State University- Minot, North Dakota, Sociology Department Work-Study Research Assistant.                                                                            

• Assisted with the development of the book ‘Crime Correlates’ studies by entering and editing data into content outline and appropriate research studies’ tables in Microsoft Word.
• Requested journal articles and books from different authors using email and mail.
• Entered grades, extra credit, and attendance for Dr. Ellis’ classes, using Excel.
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• Helped Dr. Ellis with automatic class drops, progress reports, and corrected tests.
• Trained and managed employees.
• Substituted for the Social Science Division secretary on more more than one occasion by proctoring tests, answering the phones, and assisting professors and students.

January 2006-April 2006 Ellis Research Internship-Minot, North Dakota, Research Assistant Intern

• Data entry, editing, verification for the ‘Sourcebook’ tables for sex difference studies of 100 years in Microsoft Word and the citation reference program Endnote.
• Created an employee manual for task instructions.
• Filed journal articles and chapter files.

May 2006-July 2006 Minot State University- Minot, ND, Social Science Division Chair Agenda Assistant

• Reminded of appointments using Microsoft Outlook, taken and publish minutes, used copier, handled email correspondence, schedule meetings, and use phone receptionist skills.