Public Relations Specialist looking for work

Available
Serial No: 7084
Skills keywords: community capacity building, multitasking, public relations, public speaking, writing

Short Bio:

I hold a Master’s degree in Humanitarian Services which makes me proud, but I feel this even more because I always find myself thriving when facing challenges or hardship. For example, without any prior work experience about Customs and having almost everything against due to medical strikes and political interests; I displayed all my skills, used all my resources and professional contacts to get a cargo of medical supplies negligently abandoned, to make possible the implementation of a humanitarian medical mission. The mission was a success because hundreds of poor people were provided with free consultations and surgeries including the visit of the Vice-president of the country and Media participation.

Moreover, without any prior management experience during an internship, I was rushed to accept an interim management position when my boss resigned. Besides him, I was the only employee in the organization who knew everything about the Program who could handle the busiest season. I successfully represented the Program during 3 intense months working with the Media, key partners, the community, volunteers and other internal departments to provide free training, products, and services for hundreds of low income people at many community events in 6 counties

Current location:  California, United States - View on map
Preferred Sector of Employment:  accounting and finance
Spoken languages: english, spanish
Location I am interested in working: Anywhere
PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES:
Bilingual: English-Spanish with extensive abroad experience.
Team player: Expertise as a committed and proactive community liaison.
Achiever: Thrives on challenging activities with minimum supervision.
Multitasking: Ability to coordinate multiple projects under strict deadlines.
Diligent: Focused on work excellence and problem solving.
Trainer: Ability to provide training on different subjects to multicultural audiences.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 
Writing, Teaching, and Translation
• Thoroughly wrote official letters as the country representative of an international organization for mediation purposes.
• Precisely made variety of official reports for humanitarian projects.
• Easily translated Press releases from English into Spanish.
• Meticulously translated, edit and proofread an entire website, and several educational brochures from English to Spanish.
• Enthusiastically designed variety of Spanish educational brochures to promote ESL program services.
• Skillfully trained 800 people on community preparedness through public presentations.
• Methodically tutored Spanish to multigenerational groups with different language level skills during two years.
• Accurately performed consecutive interpretation for patients and doctors at public and private clinics.
Public Relations and Marketing
Strategically outreached national key partners for the implementation of a humanitarian long-term mission located in Peru.
Naturally worked as a mediator representative during hardship in a humanitarian mission implementation.
Smoothly interacted with the Spanish media such as radio and T.V for community preparedness.
Effectively established new key partnerships and linked former partners as the liaison for a regional program.
Strategically met with ‘Consejo de Consulta’ (watchdog council) to learn and observe Public Diplomacy at an international level and the performance of the Peruvian Consulate in Zurich, Switzerland.
Published bilingual short articles on social sites to promote community preparedness events.
Eagerly promoted a benefit concert through social media sites to outreach the local community.
Creatively designed from scratch a sample map for a biological station’s website located in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Coordination, Management, and Research
Methodically coordinated and supported a full calendar of meetings with a variety of partners for the implementation of a humanitarian mission.
Effectively planned and managed a regional research identifying 30 partnerships for engagement.
Timely provided consultation and support to evaluate the impact of a pilot educational project to teach about work rights to a group of forest workers & harvesters.
Thoroughly coordinated an event for 500 people on First Aid skills and community preparedness.
Skillfully interviewed groups of candidates to fill volunteer and paid staff positions for the Community Preparedness Department.
Expeditiously recruited 40 volunteers to support a non-profit organization for a musical benefit concert.
Professionally assisted with logistics and customer service to 10 Career Expo vendors at a community fair.
EDUCATION:
 
Institute for Inner Studies, Inc, Makati City, Philippines                                    2013
Certificate of Advanced Pranic Healing Therapy
University of Connecticut – Center for Continuing Studies, Storrs, CT
Master of Professional Studies in Humanitarian Services Administration   2010
Thesis: ‘Sustainability of Water Resources in the Peruvian Amazon River Basin’
University of California, San Diego – Extension, La Jolla, CA
Professional Certificate in Translation & Interpretation   2007
Atlantic International University, Hawaii, HI
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations       2004
WORK HISTORY: 
Volunteer, Public Relations                                                      October 2012-Present
IMAHelps- International Medical Alliance, Rancho Mirage, CA
Volunteer, Project Evaluator                          November 2011
Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters, Medford, OR
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Latino Community Preparedness Specialist January 2011-January 2012
American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter, San Francisco, CA
-Interim Manager during 3 months-
Volunteer, Outreach Coordinator        September 2010
Millennium Campus Network (MCN), La Jolla, CA
Spanish Tutor      May – July 2010
The Spanish Institute, San Diego, CA
Volunteer, Marketing Coordinator January – April 2010
Haiti Emergence Action Team, La Jolla, CA
Website project collaborator      May 2009
Monteverde Biological Station, Monteverde – Costa Rica
English-Spanish Translator   March – April 2009
Monteverde Institute, Monteverde – Costa Rica
Medical Interpreter        September – November 2007                                      3i Interpreting Inc., Palm Springs, CA
Hostess, Customer Service Assistant                      January 2005 – May 2006
Café des Beaux-Arts, Palm Desert, CA
Office Assistant      May – July 2004
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
Volunteer, Public Diplomacy Collaborator       August – October 2003





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