I am a highly-motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
- Work as a team member to open and successfully close new files regarding real estate closings.
- Use various databases and computer systems to research and manage the closings with my teammates.
- Positive, public facing member of the team, greet customers and establish a positive work environment for the rest of the team at PLT to operate.
-Tutor and Instructor for Bell Beyond in Italy over a three-week period. Instructed Italian youth on the English language.
-Worked independently with minimal to no supervision teaching a class of approximately 30 children
-Recommended to stay on for my enthusiasm and superior work ethic.
-Legal Assistant to primary firm Partner (Mr. Pietragallo). Handled high-pressure legal filings and positively interacted with high-profile clients.
-Trained and proficient in law software such as Pro-law, Big Hand (for dictation), and Imanage, as well as phone systems.
-Maintained and organized a large volume of complex files, including case information and Legal documents
-Drafted, proofread, and formatted legal documents so that law firm teammates, including partners, had a solid foundation for success with their projects.
-Wrote multiple legal memoranda summarizing and analyzing case facts and law and applying the facts to the relevant legal precedent(s) to assist the Judge.
-Participated in attorney conferences and hearings (via Zoom and live).
-Observed trials.
-Excellent introduction to the legal system and the administration of justice; firsthand experience participating in our legal system.
-Mission Trip – New York (June 2017) – Babysat children and provided child care for indigent families.
-Mission Trip – New York (June 2018) – Team Leader. Provided services to indigent individuals, including assisting young mothers in caring for children. Managed the services we provided and provided leadership and guidance to underclassman; mission trip was a complete success!
-Mission Trip – Appalachia (July 2018) – Provided “Habitat-for Humanity” style service to an economically challenged community.
-Volunteered for holiday community events in Rosslyn Farms, PA- Easter Bunny Breakfast (prepared and supervised youth activities); Fourth of July (provided babysitting services).
-Free babysitting services at community events – donated any tips to local Catholic church.
-Neville House, Bridgeville, PA – served as a youth volunteer at historical society.
Running and Fitness
-Two-time Half-Marathon Finisher – Pittsburgh Half-Marathon (May 2017 and May 2018);
-Top five finisher for my age group in 2017 Pittsburgh Half-Marathon. Top female finisher (overall) out of over two hundred runners at a local 5K with a time under twenty minutes (Carnegie, PA – April 2017).
- Penn State University Figure Skating Team (2022-2023)
Globally-minded – I love to travel to new places and learn about various people and cultures.
-Traveled to the following: Peru where I completed the challenging four-day hike of the Inca Trail through the Andes Mountains to Machu Pichu (2015); England and Scotland (2016); Canada (British Columbia and Vancouver -2014; Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec -2017); Bermuda (2018); Australia, Spain and France (2019); Mexico (2022); and Spain, Gibraltar, France, Italy (Vatican City), Greece, and Turkey (2022). Worked in Italy over a nearly three-week period in June 2023.
-Have traveled to all areas of the United States to include Alaska, Hawaii, all four corners of the mainland (California, Washington State, Florida and Maine), and a multitude of states in between.