Experience

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  Ochoa fertilizer co. inc.

  Jun 2005 - Jul 2005

  Student intern

  -Student summer practice in Agricultural Economics.-Worked in the Marketing Division of the company.-Created a catalog of products for the sales representatives of the company.-Acquired knowledge of all the pesticides, fertilizers and other products that the company manufactured, distributed and sale.-Learned about the Company, the functioning of the different divisions and sales zones.

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  Iowa state university

  Jul 2005 - Dec 2005

  Part time - research assistant

  - Internship at the Iowa State University Winter Nursery facilities in the UPR Agricultural Research Station at Isabela, Puerto Rico. - Assisted and helped implement soybean field experiments, supervised field workers, and collected experiment data on soybean hybrid varieties.- Involved in all process of soybeans production such as: planting, data collection, artificial hybridization, harvest, threshing, and shipping and handling of seeds to US.- Helped obtain hybrids in soybean plants through crossbreeding. Show less

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  Orchid's paradise and distributors

  Oct 2005 - Aug 2006

  Agricultural worker / sales

  - Involved in all the process of production and distribution of orchids and customer service including providing information to costumers about orchid diseases and their care.- Greenhouse work: watering, fertilizing, weeding, potting, maintaining of plants and cleaning of the work area.- Designing and building residential landscaping designs.

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  University of puerto rico

  Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

  Teaching assistant

  - Worked in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology preparing and teaching the laboratory for the course of Farm Management (ECAG4015). Provided support to the professor of the course. - Worked in the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Biosystems preparing and teaching the laboratory for the Agricultural Machinery course (TMAG4015). Provided support to the professor of the course.

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  Economics consultant

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2008

  Data collector

  - Interviewed dairy farmers (milk producers) in the Puerto Rico municipalities of Hatillo, Camuy and Arecibo and collected data for a Milk Production and Cost Analysis Report.- The data collected was used to establish the feasibility of the milk production industry in Puerto Rico.

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  Usda-nass

  Jun 2008 - May 2016

  Series: 1530 Pay Plan/Grade/Step: GS12 Step 1- Coordination, editing and analysis to set estimates in several surveys such as, Monthly Chicken and Eggs Reports, Monthly Turkey Hatchery Report, Agricultural Yield Survey, and Fruit Production and Disposition Inquiry. Serve as a team member on several surveys including Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), Organic Census, Floriculture Census, Horticulture Census, and Agricultural Survey. Duties of team members include but are not limited to editing and analyzing data produced from surveys.- Build maps with ArcGIS software using the gathered data of state/counties commodities. Maps are continuously published in brochures of the Region County Estimates for main commodities. Brochures are classified by state and commodity and also includes graphs and tables of data. - Perform weekly website updates and maintenance of the portal extension agents and other specialists used to report the condition and progress of crops, condition of topsoil and subsoil and general weather in their county. Data reported sets the estimates for the Weekly South Carolina Crop Progress and Condition Report available online for the public every Monday afternoon. This report is an essential tool for farmers and agricultural industry to forecast the production, understand current field conditions, and crop statuses. Show less Series: 1530 Pay Plan/GS Grade: GS09 - GS11- Set estimates and prepared data for 2011-2012 Agricultural Gross Income Report of Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture. This report was checked to conform to high statistical standards and published for public use.- Administrated and coordinated all workload related to the Annual PR June Area Survey and 2012 PR Census of Agriculture. Facilitated annual workshops to train data collectors. Conducted survey coordination, editing, analysis, and sampling frame maintenance.- Recruited students from the College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, for internships in the Field Office and/or as data collectors for the June Area Survey and 2012 Puerto Rico Census of Agriculture. Interviewed, supervised, trained and at the end of their period evaluated the performance of the students.- Represented PR’s USDA-NASS Field office in meetings with the Statistical Institute of Puerto Rico, Farmers Associations and other State and Federal Government Agencies. As a result of this community and interdepartmental outreach helped USDA-NASS become better known and recognized throughout the island.- Prepared data requests from farmers and industry groups, academics, PR’s Department of Agriculture and Secretary of Agriculture. Produced presentations of NASS data to better serve PR Secretary of Agriculture and other members of his staff.-Provided extensive customer service for the Office and PR’s Department of Agriculture. Generated presentations for guest groups, farmers and the general public to promote the Agency and report available data. Show less Series: 1530 Pay Plan/Grade: GS07- Edited and analyzed data for the 2007 Puerto Rico Census of Agriculture. Administrated all the related work of the Annual PR June Area Survey, survey coordination, editing, analysis, and sampling frame maintenance. - Facilitated annual workshops to train data collectors.- Represented Puerto Rico’s USDA-NASS Field Office in meetings with other State and Federal Government Agencies.- Translated and coordinated between employees of Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture Statistics Office and USDA-NASS non-Spanish speaking employees. Provided administrative assistance to USDA-NASS employees. Show less

  • Survey Statistician (Agriculture) - Southern Regional Office

    Feb 2014 - May 2016

  • Survey Statistician (Agriculture) - Puerto Rico Field Office

    Feb 2011 - Feb 2014

  • Agricultural Statistician (Student Intern) - Puerto Rico Field Office

    Jun 2008 - Feb 2011
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  Usda

  May 2016 - now

  Survey statistician (agriculture)

  Series: 1530 Pay Plan/Grade: GS12 Survey Statistician (Agriculture) Census and Survey Division / Census Planning Branch / Census Production Section- Planning and carrying out the Census of Agriculture Programs in the Outlying Areas. The Outlying Areas include: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (From the beginning, questionnaire development to the end, product publication.) Working on Table Sourcing Documents in order to provide specifications for the summary and publication.- Provide advice and consultation to the Branch management, and other division personnel on matters pertaining to Census Program in the Outlying Areas and provide subject matter expertise on a wide variety of topics related to the assigned Census Programs. Formulate and recommend enhancements to existing programs related to functions and actions of the Section. This includes reviewing and evaluating program operations to appraise effectiveness, determine possible deficiencies, initiate modifications and document processes. - Provide technical support for Census Program publications in all Outlying Areas. - Prepare narrative comments highlighting the data for the Census Programs in the Outlying Areas as requested by the Branch management and Division Director.- Establish and maintain working relationships with officials in other Federal agencies and governmental entities.- Develop, coordinate, and conduct training of staff responsible for data collection, data editing, data analysis, and publication review. - Facilitation of other Branch activities as assigned. Show less

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  Self-employed

  May 2019 - now

  Notary public for the state of tennessee
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  Tractor supply company

  Apr 2022 - May 2023

  Team member