BS with a duel emphasis in Child Development, & Family and Community Services and a minor in Sociology

After being hired in an After School Program at Spring Creek Middle School, I was selected as the Site Supervisor where I organized and lead a team of employees, and tailored the program to best meet the needs of the youth and the school as we built a new program. I started and carried through several projects with the youth in my time there, as well as tracking the staff.

After working in the program for a year, I was offered a promotion to become the Site Manager in a different school. I was able to work with other members of the team to schedule and plan monthly activites, field trips, guest speakers, service progects and many other activites for over 120 students. I kept daily records and ensured snack was properly administered each day. I worked as a liaison between the staff, the school districts needs, and the schools needs. I handled the difficult children and situations as well as the problems that arose in the program.

During the summers, I worked at the Scout Camps where I first ran the handicraft area (leather work, wood carving, basket weaving, etc.) and helped manage the kitchen and cooking needs of the camp. Afterwords, I was the program director and oversaw all the program and staff in the camp. I worked closely with the other management staff to make sure we had all the materials needed, and handle the situations that arose in the program.

I have had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer over 100 hours this past year alone. Many of those hours were filled by helping USU's Best Buddies, a program that works with the disabled members of the valley to provide them fun activites and events. Some of these included a Fall Ball, Halloween Trunk or Treat, and carnivals.

I had a wonderful volunteer opportunity where I was able to be a mentor for troubled youth living in temporary foster care situations. I worked with them to create weekly schedules, search for jobs, and find volunteer opportunities.