Resourceful professional in hospitality, known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Specialize in mixology, customer service, and inventory management. Excel at communication, teamwork, and adaptability, ensuring exceptional guest experiences.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bartender
Copperhead Tavern/Charlie & Jake's Barbecue
Orlando/Melbourne, FL
06.2011 - Current
Working with the general public, provided superior customer service in a variety of restaurants.
Resolve customer concerns and solve minor problems that may occur.
Measured and mixed house ingredients to prepare both custom and menu drink orders.
Maintained knowledge of bar and menu options to prepare drinks and make food recommendations.
Managed accurate bar tabs and processed cash and credit card transactions.
Provided drink suggestions to customers based on their preferences.
Balanced daily registers and generated sales reports for management.
Performed opening and closing duties including restocking supplies.
Environmental Education Coordinator
Brevard County’s Environmentally Endangered Lands Program
Melbourne, FL
06.2016 - Current
Schedules and conducts guided hikes and environmental education programs for school groups and visitors of various ages.
Provides first aid assistance, when necessary.
Supervises day-to-day activities to ensure delivery of quality educational programs to the public.
Assists with land management activities to help aid is habitat conversation.
Create interpretive signs for exhibits and kiosks for the surrounding sanctuaries.
Develops and distributes press releases, newsletters, interpretive signs, event calendars and social medical notifications.
Educate the community on various plants and animals in the local environment.
Performs computer data entry, paperwork filing and general office management tasks.
Schedules facility use and collects and accounts for fees.
Coordinates special events and maintains relationships with partner organizations.
Enforces EEL Sanctuary and Parks & Recreation rules and regulations.
Conducts patrols of EEL sanctuaries.
Student Intern Assistant and Researcher
University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group
Melbourne, FL
04.2013 - 10.2015
Cared for and tracked of sea turtle nests along a 26-mile-long coastline.
Lead a team of UCF undergraduate students, in training for survey work, ATV training, and Sea Turtle examination and follow-up studies.
Record daily results and prepare weekly summary for university management.
Ensure procedures are followed for the safety of researchers and animals being studied.
Deliver nightly turtle walks to help educate the nature and safely precautions need when dealing with endangered animals.
Nesting surveys, stranding reports, disorientation events, in-water research and collecting genetics test samples used to better understand the habitat and life cycles.
Education
Bachelors of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Studies, Conservation Sciences
University of Central Florida
12.2014
Skills
Team collaboration
Customer Service
Project Management
Inventory Management
Product Knowledge
Organization
Leadership
GIS Analysis
Management
Research
Education And Professional Development
University of Central Florida, Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Studies, Conservation Sciences, 12/01/14
Brevard County Employee Development Program, 04/01/18
Project WILD/Project Learning Tree Completion, 05/01/18
Certified Interpretive Guide, 02/01/21
Type 2 Wildland Firefighter, 11/01/24
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Pesticide License, 04/01/24
Certification
Brevard County Employee Development Program April 2018
Project WILD/Project Learning Tree Completion May 2018
Certified Interpretive Guide Feb.2021
Type 2 Wildland Firefighter Nov. 2024
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Pesticide License April 2024
Leadership Experience
Pi Xi Chapter of the Delta Zeta Sorority, Founding Sister
UCF, Relay for Life, Homecoming Service Day, Arboretum Research, Arbor Day Celebration, Lead on research project involving temperature variations and the impact on the local environment.
Suntree United Methodist Church, Manage groups on mission trip to Texas.
Timeline
Environmental Education Coordinator
Brevard County’s Environmentally Endangered Lands Program
06.2016 - Current
Student Intern Assistant and Researcher
University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group
04.2013 - 10.2015
Bartender
Copperhead Tavern/Charlie & Jake's Barbecue
06.2011 - Current
Bachelors of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Studies, Conservation Sciences