Experience

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  King murphy elementary

  Jan 2005 - Jun 2005

  Special education assistant

  Assisting children grades K-6 with special and alternative learning needs in accomplishing their individual goals for educational and social development.Providing structure and organizational skills for children with special learning needs and physical disabilities.

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  Extreme wine and spirits

  Jun 2005 - Jan 2007

  Manager

  Responsible for running operations in a large retail store located in a heavily trafficked shopping center.Trained new employees for store operations including stocking and shelving, using computer programs and cash register. Responsible for closing store down at the end of the day which included counting down registers, locking up store and making necessary deposits.

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  Keymark enterprises, llc

  May 2007 - Sept 2008

  Job receipt

  Receiving work orders and blueprints for a whole house design software company to enter into job tracking software, in order to keep track of, maintain and assign various projects needed for computer drafting and engineering.

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  Westwood college

  Sept 2008 - Nov 2014

  Working with students and graduates from all over the country to assist in preparation for entering the job market. I review resumes, cover letters, portfolios, conduct mock interviews, investigate job leads and give presentations to help guide students in finding their desired career paths. Responsible for a wide range of tasks to ensure student success in an online college environment including scheduling, coaching and monitoring a personally assigned student population of 200+ students. Managing and monitoring the activity of a widely diverse international student population including GPA, attendance, probationary status and working through success in the face of adverse personal issues. Collaborating as a team in the schools of design and software development.

  • Senior Career Services Advisor

    Jan 2011 - Nov 2014

  • Academic Advisor

    Sept 2008 - Jan 2011
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  Fitness 19

  Dec 2012 - Feb 2014

  Personal trainer- part time

  Fitness training and programming for all levels specific to client needs including:Nutrition, Exercise Instruction and Education, Kinesiology, Anatomy, Strength Training, Aerobic Capacity Conditioning, Flexibility and Corrective Therapy, Sports Specific Training, Fitness Assessments including:BMI, BMR, THR, Blood Pressure, Body Fat, DCR, ROM and more

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  Brent edwards fitness llc

  Nov 2013 - May 2022

  Contractor, fitness trainer - part time

  -Partnered with companies to provide excellent fitness programs including Boot Camp Challenge Denver, Complete-Fitness, Kaiser Permanente and GAIN fitness. -Provided versatile group boot camp style classes, remote training and one on one training to meet client needs. -Fitness training for corporate clients such as DigitalGlobe, Brighton & Englewood Public Schools as well as public classes along the front range.

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  Front range community college

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2015

  Financial aid advisor

  -Providing excellent service and guidance to college students in navigating the financial aid process to pay for their college education. -Collect necessary information and documentation from students, ensure they are complete, and submit for processing in order to provide a seamless financial aid awarding process. - Educate and advise students in practicing responsible and ethical educational spending practices. -Review student academic progress in order to provide guidance to staying eligible for federal funding. -Advise students on what types of aid may be available for them that they may have not previously considered. Show less

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  Front range community college

  Feb 2019 - May 2022

  -Assisting college students of all levels in navigating the vast and often under-utilized scholarship opportunities and raising awareness to students of these opportunities-Working closely with donors and the Front Range Foundation in managing, allocating and awarding over 500,000 dollars per year to hundreds of committed college students-Accurately accounting and documenting funds coming from many different donors with many different procedures of processing funds-Building a strong relationship with community organizations who help our students to succeed in college with their generous contributions toward their success Show less

  • Scholarship Coordinator

    Dec 2015 - May 2022

  • Information Technology Project Management

    Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
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  Indra intelligence inc. - digital marketing, web development, ecommerce and shopify experts

  Mar 2019 - now

  Director of client success

   Run weekly dashboard reports for clients through Google Data Studio for digital marketing metrics through Facebook, Instagram, Google Ads, private websites and blogs. Host weekly client update meetings. Clients range from $1000 to 25,000 per month spent in advertising

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  Mi casa resource center

  May 2022 - now

  - Continued tasks of Educational Attainment Manager along with supervision of all outreach enrollment and operations activities for all Mi Casa programming.- Manages team of five outreach, operations and enrollment coordinators as well as Student Success Coordinators.- Oversees enrollment and outreach efforts and Salesforce activities in which all student data is located.- Creates new outreach campaigns and processes.- Selects, schedules and oversees all Mi Casa event outreach efforts.- Holds weekly one-on-one and team meetings with staff to check in, share activities, progress and road blocks, enrich team culture, morale and professional development.- Strategically coordinates outreach and operations efforts to meet and exceed enrollment goals in Mi Casa programs. - B2B with other organizations, recruiters, industry and government as well as community organizing. - Driving the outreach efforts and marketing of Mi Casa programs.- Ensuring accurate collection of participant data and reporting needs. Show less - Leads execution and replication of stackable credential model in which students on Mi Casa’s career and business trainings can gain the knowledge to earn college credits to launch their ability to obtain certificates to associate’s to bachelor’s degrees at partner colleges in Colorado.- Supervises Educational Attainment team of student services advisors who assist students as a backbone from workforce trainings to college and employment.- Holds partners accountable for achieving milestones, institutionalizing processes outlined in the- workplan, and submit data for reporting.- Facilitate procurements in multi-year grant initiative projects to include creating partnerships, writing, reviewing and accepting requests for proposals (RFPs) and MOUs- Develops and streamlines processes to move students to and through credentials at partnercolleges- Facilitates high school and college outreach events in-house and at local colleges; educating youth on programs.- Organizes monthly meetings, keep stakeholders informed of progress, deadlines, etc.- Manage communication/reporting processes for grants associated with Educational Attainmentoutcomes.- Develops a streamlined evaluation process across partner entities, generates and pulls reports onresults and develops data-sharing agreements/protocols.- Spearheads efforts to develop processes for recruitment, student navigation, industry engagement (with employers) and evaluation.- Leads efforts to document lessons learned to improve new projects.- Adjust project plans, resource allocation as appropriate/necessary.- Supervise partnership efforts, ensuring that accurate, complete information is provided to funders on a timely basis.- Create a feedback loop to help information surfaced in evaluation efforts to inform program design.- Interim Outreach, Operations and Enrollment Manager from October 2022 – March 2023 and promoted to Assistant Director to be responsible for both teams permanently in March 2023. Show less

  • Assistant Director of Education and Outreach

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Educational Attainment Manager/Operations, Outreach and Enrollment Manager

    May 2022 - Mar 2023
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  Front range community college

  Aug 2023 - now

  Adjunct instructor- business

  Adjunct business instructor for the following classes:BUS2017 Business CommunicationsMAN2041 Project Management in Organizations MAN2043 Project Management in ActionMAR2016 Principles of Marketing