Abigail S.

Experience

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  California State Parks

  Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

  Seasonal Park Aide

  Managed entry kiosk and performed fee collection and accounting duties, directing and informing park visitors on rules, recreational, and historical details of park site, as well as staffing special events and holidays.

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  Santa Clara University

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2018

  The Global Fellows Program is a nine-month leadership program at Santa Clara University. Hosted and funded by the Leavey School of Business, the goal of the Global Fellows Program is to foster global citizens of competence, conscience, and compassion through an emphasis on service, academics, and leadership. As a Global Fellow, I will work with the Green Rhinos Program for The Association for Social and Environmental Development in Kolkata, India. The Green Rhino Program creates youth nature leaders through a transformational leadership process. It ignites in them a passion for nature conservation that stays with the participants throughout their lives. Show less -Represented the University in welcoming incoming first year students and their parents and guardians through seven orientation sessions.-interacted with over 1300 students and 2000 parents as they were familiarized with the university -conducted activities and utilized variance experiences that educated new students about social, academic, and personal skills to increase their chances of success at the university- maintained a positive energy level throughout the sessions regardless of the situation at hand to make students and parents feel welcomed and comfortable Show less

  • 2018 Leavey School of Business Global Fellow

    Mar 2018 - Sept 2018

  • Processor

    Apr 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Orientation Leader

    Mar 2016 - Sept 2016
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  Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  Cultural Resource Management Volunteer

  Clerical work including scanning and sorting building files important to the park's natural and cultural history. 3D scanner and GPS mapping of historically and culturally important sites.

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  Sacred Heart Community Service

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Researcher

  Student researcher for a senior capstone project that worked with the food justice non-profit organization La Mesa Verde, under Sacred Heart Community Services. Led bi-lingual focus groups and interviews, and developed bilingual written surveys to address member retention and community involvement within La Mesa Verde's member base. Worked in a team of peers to create an interactive google map tool to highlight over 30 environmental or food justice organizations in the greater San Francisco Bay Area to highlight partnerships and connect organizations working towards the same goal of alleviating food access issues in the area. Show less

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  California State Parks

  Jul 2019 - Sept 2019

  Park Aide
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  Emilia Flowers

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Floral Designer
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  18 Reasons

  Oct 2019 - now

  - Coordinating and facilitating free cooking and nutrition classes to food-insecure community members in the San Francisco Bay Area in Spanish and English- Manage volunteers and Peer Health Educators in staff community programs- Collecting, managing, and analyzing program data- Manage, Plan and Execute Cooking Matters at the Store tours and event days that reach hundreds of individuals each year -Mentor and Manage 1st and 2nd year AmeriCorps Service Members-Lead annual company wide Food Justice trainings Show less - Coordinated 6 week long community-based cooking and nutrition education classes with low-income kids, teens, families, adults, and parents throughout the Bay Area in both English and Spanish.- Managed a large team of volunteers and peer educator Health Promoters in their roles as Culinary and Nutrition Educators.- Taught nutrition and cooking classes.- Organized, maintained, and delivered all the materials and equipment necessary for Cooking Matters classes.- Managed all content creation and daily post execution for social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter)- Collected and accurately entered data to measure behavior change using Salesforce. Show less

  • Program Manager Alameda County

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Assistant Program Manager

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2023

  • Program Coordinator

    Oct 2019 - Jun 2021