Objective
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To further my professional growth in the environmental related industry,
to meaningfully contribute to company and team goals, to establish lasting professional relationships,
and most of all to do my part to make the planet a better place. |
Career Experience
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Summer 2006
Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Farm Sanctuary
Hutchings, TX
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Volunteer
- Fed young chicks by hand by formula application
- Helped identify injuries, possible infections, and needs of the birds
- Prepared food, mice, fish, formula, etc. for birds
- Fed and handled rehabilitating raptors and pheasants
- Rescued ill, injured and abandoned birds from various locations
- Greeted guests, advised individuals by phone and gave tours of facility
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Summer 2006
The Dallas Zoo
Least Tern Restoration Project
Partnered with Texas Parks and Wildlife
Dallas, TX
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Research/Field Assistant
- Nest checks and banded young tern chicks for Dallas Zoo Least Tern Restoration Project
- Kept records from entire breeding season and helped compiled the published final report
- Daily observation stints of bird species and tern nesting behavior
- Necropsy's of abandoned eggs and dead chicks for further information regarding fatalities
- GPS data collection and analysis for nesting trends of the Least Tern
Zoo Grounds Assistant
- Analyzed breeding and nesting behavior of the African Saddle-billed Stork
- Organized and filed video and data from years of Saddle-billed Stork copulation and nesting behavior research
- Sold souvenir items for fundraising for the Dallas Zoo's many research and conservation projects around the world
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Aug. 2005 – Present
Comics for Collectors
Ithaca, NY
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Sales Associate
- Maintain store, file and shelve comics, work the cash register and credit card machine
- Host workshops for children to learn how to play and understand strategy games
- Conduct tabling events at conventions, recruit artists and writers to be guests at our shows
- Read and know about the comic book industry, recommend titles to customer base
- Create welcoming environment and satisfy all to the best of my ability
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Summer 2005
Audubon Society: Project Puffin
Bremen, ME
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Research Assistant Intern
- Assisted scientists with research on endangered sea and shorebirds
- Banded young chicks of many bird species including several endangered species
- Data collection and observations taken to determine population growth and stability
- Required to identify seabirds, shorebirds, raptors, mammalian predators, fish, etc.
- Lived on refuge islands off coast, helped maintain human living area
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Summer 2004
Black Eyed Pea
Houston, TX
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Hostess
- Greeted guests in a kind, friendly and welcoming manner
- Maintained balance of patron assignment to wait staff
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1996-2000
Antique Country
Rimrock, AZ
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Retail Sales Staff
- Worked cash register
- Helped customers
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Education
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Current Enrollment
Tompkins County Community College
Ithaca, NY
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Undergraduate
- Guaranteed transfer to Cornell for the fall of 2007
- Going for Natural Resources major and Photography minor
- Attending an Abroad Trip to Costa Rica to learn about neo-tropical ecosystems and animals
- Ornithology and Conservation are my career focused goals
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Class of 2005
Ithaca High School
Ithaca, NY
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Received Diploma
- Admitted into Cornell's New Visions: Life and Sciences Program
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Interests
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Environment
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- Conservation and education related to animals, ecosystems, habitat and especially bird life
- Outdoor education
- Birding
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Sports
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- Anything outdoors, hiking, camping, canoeing, biking, etc.
- Surfing, snow boarding
- Soccer,Tennis, Ultimate frisbee
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Other
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- Philosophy
- Photography: both nature and abstract
- Any kind of Field Guide books: birds, flowers, trees, etc.
- Comic Books, especially Jim Lee and Tim Sale
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