SUMMARY

Educator, trainer, and administrator with over ten years of experience in teaching, training, consulting, and administration in the banking, higher education, hotel hospitality, marketing, and public relations having worked and traveled throughout the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Marketing
B.S. in International Business
Minors in French and Spanish
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland USA

Academia Tica, Coronado, Costa Rica
Intensive study course of advanced Spanish

Malaca Instituto, Malaga, Spain
Intensive study course of advanced and commercial Spanish

International Language Studies Center, Washington, D.C.
Intensive study courses in French and Spanish

EXPERIENCE

CONSULTANT/RECRUITER/TRAINER

Consult and assist with public relations for promoting language programs domestically and internationally.

Recruit and train consultants, presenters. Spanish Teachers, and staff in the hospitality and banking industry.

In charge of all of the stateside responsibilities such as planning, implementing, and carrying out all activities in the USA.

Introduce product/client by direct mail, cold calling, presentations, networking, and various other mediums.

Create business plan; conduct market survey; create promotion tools and propaganda.

Contract various clients in a variety of fields to promote whatever product or person in their business endeavor.
 

COORDINATOR/INSTRUCTOR

Acted as coordinator for the first Spanish Camp at one of the top University's in the Washington, D.C. area. Consulted and assisted with public relations and marketing material. Assisted with recruiting and staffing for the program. Assisted with the syllabus and course outline. Handled catering activities in order to ensure that the students sampled different Spanish foods daily.  Taught classes for beginning and intermediate students.

Acted as coordinator for a Music Video.  Selected and recruited the cast. Wrote the overall script and theme of the video. Handled most of the public relations and marketing.  Performed in the video as a dancer. Assisted with directing the scenes. Assisted with final editing of the video.

Teach Spanish/English at various institutions domestically and internationally in a private or classroom environment.  Prepare syllabus and outline for class.  Select study material and assist with textbook selection.  Plan various field trips and extra assignments for exposing students to the Spanish culture.

Teach various clients about operating their own small business and entrepreneurship.  Assist with developing business plan, marketing strategy, presentation skills, and obtaining funding for their business.
 

ADMINISTRATOR/HUMAN RESOURCE REPRESENTATIVE

Responsible for all Human Resources functions at the international center for a Fortune 500 company. Interfaced on a regular basis with their central Human Resources office at the division's headquarters. Maintain domestic and international employee files - personnel data/all related expense reports.
 

Handled all preparation for relocating employees overseas.  Assisted with preparation of Cost Model for Foreign Country Relocation Policies.

Supported Center Vice President, Operations Director, and Foreign Project Managers.

Processed invoices for overseas/domestic personnel, consultants, and payroll for Ministry of interior Compensation Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Handled Petty Cash Fund.

Acted as Embassy Liaison. Interfaced with various embassy personnel. Prepared all preliminary documentation for visa and delivers this documentation to the embassies for processing, retrieved it.

Handled all Q/A regarding visas, passports, and immunizations etc.

Translated business documents from Spanish to English and interpreted on a as needed basis. Acted as Travel Coordinator, and Property Control Administrator.

Performed studies of business and technical trends. Performed specific assignments related to management problems while Operations Director is out of the country.

TRAINING/INTERSHIPS

Certified Entrepreneurship Instructor National Foundation of Teaching Entrepreneurship Summer Course, Babson College, Wellesly, MA.

Malaca Instituto, Malaga, Spain Intensive study course of advanced and commercial Spanish

Intensive French course

U. S. Department of Commerce, Baltimore, MD Internship

Academia Tica , Coronado, Costa Rica, Intensive study course of advanced Spanish

HONORS

Golden Key Honor Society
Dean's List
National Dean's List

SKILLS

Foreign Languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese)

Computer Skills (Epson, Macintosh, Wang, IBM,) Cobol, Lotus, WordPerfect .1-7.0, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Excel, Microsoft Access, Power Point, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher GAG-International Flight Guide, Dos, Faxworks, Netscape, Compuserve, Property Management System (PMS), Language Assistant, America On Line

SPECIAL PROJECTS

JOURNALIST, The Afro American Newspaper, Wash., D.C.

Wrote one article about my experience as a foreign student in Spain. The article made the cover story for the paper's insert.
(October 19, 1994 issue)

JOURNALIST, Hot House Media Publications, London, United Kingdom

Featured in several articles on marketing and consulting in Hot House Media Publications. http://www.intlconnections.com/quote.htm


JOURNALIST, NJ Suburban Parent Magazine, New Jersey USA

 Wrote an article on internship. http://www.intlconnections.com/njparents.com


EDITOR/PUBLISHER/WRITER  International Connections Consulting Newsletter

Acts as editor, publisher, and writer of many of the articles featured in the ICC Newsletter.


SUPER TRAINER/PUBLIC SPEAKER   Credit Smart Espanol, Freddie Mac, Virginia USA
        
Train trainers and do public speaking on behalf of Freddie Mac for their Credit Smart  Espanol program. http://www.freddiemac.com


PUBLIC SPEAKER, various organizations (Brazilian Entrepreneurs-Hayward International, Prince George's Community College, Howard University Continuing
Education, Freddie Mac, ICEF Conferences, Mentor programs, Internship programs, etc.) 

REFERENCES

Center for Business and Industry Training
Additional References Available Upon Request