ALEXANDER GARCIA

• FARSB: Tasked with sorting boxes of food for expired and unexpired food. Additional tasks included making "care packages" of food to give out to people in need of food, creating pallets of food boxes to provide to other companies for distribution to those in need, and assisting in food distribution during larger food events.

• Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT): Voluntary C.E.R.T. member tasked with assisting the university and first responders in the event of a disaster or large events. During the annual UCSD Sun God Festival, CERT members are used to direct the crowd, assist guests to the first aid tent if needed, and ensure the general safety of all guests. During COVID-19, CERT members were used to transport COVID positive students to isolated housing and ensure they had what they needed.

Third Year

• Assisted Clinical Lab Scientists with minor tasks and helped calibrate and stock nursing equipment.

Second Year

• Assisted lead doctor and his PhD students with their project on improving perinatal care
• Helped with laboratory tasks: cell cultures, centrifuging, pipetting, gel electrophoresis, and handling of laboratory mice
• Displayed strong initiative by proactively seeking additional responsibilities and volunteering for overtime when required, demonstrating commitment to the lab's success.

First Year

• Assisted nurses with their patients and clerical duties
• Exceeded teamwork expectations by regularly volunteering for additional shifts or covering colleagues' absences

• Scan, stock, and catalog books

• Event EMT: EMT tasked with onsite medical care for concerts, raves, conventions, and other large events. Work consists of working by myself at events with issued gear bags, or working with other team members such as EMT's, nurses, and doctors at larger events. The larger events have mobile teams/EMTs walking around with backpacks, First Aid tents with nurses and EMTs, and the Main Medical tent as a "make-shift" emergency room with doctors, nurses, EMTs, monitors, beds, etc.

• 911 EMT: 911 EMT in a busy city providing medical care to those in need. Working as a 911 EMT has allowed me to improve my social and communication skills when out in the field. The job constantly requires me to work in a team with other first responders and a variety of hospital staff. An example of this is the frequent calls received from the local jail. These types of calls require interactions with the Fire Medics, police officers, and hospital staff when arriving at the destination. My contribution consists of patient assessments and care. I always appreciate these types of calls, as it allows me to improve multiple personal and career skills.

• Interfacility Transport EMT: Worked at a private interfacility transport company tasked with transporting patients from one hospital to another, or transporting them to their homes.