Amber Varwig
Denver,CO
Summary
Compassionate professional skilled in advocacy and team leadership. Experienced in creating procedural standards and ensuring dignity and safety for community members, ready to drive impactful change through collaborative efforts.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2004
2004
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder/Director of Operations
Lakewood Left
Lakewood, CO
08.2021 - Current
- I founded the Lakewood Left, and we do the Community Eats Project every Friday evening, without fail
- I was responsible for creating an implementing all procedural and safety standards for the event
- I was responsible for creating social media presences and marketing
- I was responsible for making and forming relationships with Community stakeholders including the mayor and city council members
- I am responsible for the care and feeding of my neighborhood, no matter who they are
- I am responsible for ensuring the dignity of my community
- I'm responsible for ensuring that others show dignity to the people in my community, through advocacy and compassionate understanding
- I am responsible for implementing medical safety for my community, and I'm also responsible for helping them access it
Advertising Manager
Pete's Signs Agency
Chicago, Illinois
02.2025 - 08.2025
- Created and curated experiences for potential shoppers
- Drove business to peak during prime hours
- Managed a crew of advertisers
- Hiring crew members and and releasing them, as needed
- Scheduling
- Payroll
- Store liaison
- Maintaining the correct amount of communication with the other advertising managers and the store
Home Care Provider
1st Voyager Home Care
Colorado City, Springs
11.2012 - 02.2025
- Assisted clients with daily living activities and personal care tasks.
- Developed individualized care plans based on client needs and preferences.
- Monitored client health conditions and reported changes to healthcare professionals.
- Was responsible for the grooming, feeding, shopping, medical, and all other responsibilities for another adult
- Spoke with multiple doctors clinicians and therapists in order to manage and maintain appointments medication and procedures as recommended by her doctors
Homeless
None Of The Above
Denver, Colorado
01.2015 - 04.2016
- I survived, while taking care of all of the disabled people that wouldn't be allowed in the shelter unless I helped them, because that's what you do, and caring for my ill mother
Education
GED
Colorado Springs, COSkills
- Community advocacy
- Event management
- Procedural implementation
- Social media marketing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Customer relationship management
- Team leadership
- Marketing strategy
- Human resources management
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Compassionate understanding
- Crisis management
- Team building
- Entrepreneurial and innovative
- Entrepreneurial leadership
- Visionary leadership
- Business development
- Talent acquisition
- Recruitment and hiring
- CERT qualified and trained
- CPR
- BLS
- Home nursing and basic healthcare, including triage and vitals
Accomplishments
- Duke University Talent Identification Program, with honors
- FEMA Community Emergency Readiness Taskforce
- Lakewood Mayor's Inspiration Award for Reflection of Compassion (I have a plaque in City Hall) for work within the homeless community
- Simple, non fluent proficiency in ASL, so I can better communicate with everyone
Certification
- CERT
Affiliations
- Community Organizing
- Feeding people
- Planning events
- Social media
- Reading
- Writing
- Social service work in my neighborhood
- Being a mom
- Homemaking
- Childhood education
- Crochet
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Advertising Manager
Pete's Signs Agency
02.2025 - 08.2025
Founder/Director of Operations
Lakewood Left
08.2021 - Current
Homeless
None Of The Above
01.2015 - 04.2016
Home Care Provider
1st Voyager Home Care
11.2012 - 02.2025
GED