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Brenda Vanessa Ramirez

Concord,CA

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Caregiver

Byron Park
02.2022 - Current
  • Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care, addressing individual needs and preferences.
  • Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
  • Maintained a safe and clean environment for patients, reducing risks and ensuring optimal health outcomes.
  • Administered medications as prescribed, ensuring accurate dosage and timely administration for maximum efficacy.

Swim Instructor

American Swim Academy
08.2019 - 01.2022
  • Expert Coach: Taught various swimming styles (freestyle, breaststroke), kicks, floats, and dives.
  • Safety First: Maintained pool and locker room cleanliness, monitored swimmers, and applied emergency response training.
  • Personalized Progress: Assessed individual skill levels and provided advanced instruction to help each swimmer excel.
  • Technique Master: Demonstrated proper and improper procedures to refine students' swimming techniques.

Internship Student

18 Reasons
03.2021 - 05.2021

Collaborated with 18 Reasons and UCSF Partnership on Culinary Medicine project

  • Participated in a UCSF Culinary Medicine study that used the Health Meets Food curriculum to evaluate the effects of cooking and nutrition education on weight management.
  • Prepared and delivered weekly ingredient kits for 11 study participants.
  • Shadowed nutrition lessons led by a UCSF internal medicine doctor, emphasizing nutrition and lifestyle modifications.

Taught Nutrition to 4th grade after-school students

  • Covered nutrition topics such as: Reading nutrition labels, calculating sugar content in food and drinks and its impact on the body, explaining food groups to create a balanced meal.
  • Used clear and concise communication.
  • Engaged students by inviting participation, feedback and opinions.

Taught Cooking Techniques and Safety to 4th grade after-school students

  • Covered kitchen safety topics such as: effective hand washing, knife skills and techniques, kitchen preparation (mise-en-place).
  • Prepared talking points for each lesson.

Facilitated Cooking Matters at Home Online Classes

  • Collected demographic and qualitative data from community sessions, supported 18 Reasons data reporting.
  • Assisted students with following along and answering questions during classes -managed zoom classes.

Provided and distributed groceries and ingredient kits to low-income community members in the SF Bay area

Internship Student

John Muir Hospital
08.2014 - 06.2015

Job shadowed Nurses in short stay unit

  • Observed Nurses working in fast pace to provide for patients who need acute nursing care.
  • Witnessed a Lower Lumbar Puncture and administration of chemotherapy.
  • Developed professional skills through watching the daily tasks of nurses and doctors.
  • Explored new technologies and approaches to streamline processes.
  • Found passion in field of nursing due to great role models.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Health Education / Public Health

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
06.2021

Skills

  • CPR-first aid
  • Organized and led 200 students in
    Team building activities in Medical Biotech Academy
  • PH/HED 450 Policy Issues in Health
    Education; learned about legislation
    And created a policy that would help
    Prevent police brutality
  • Laboratory Experience :use of
    Micro-pipettes, preparation of growth
    Curves ,protein extraction
  • PH/HED 431 Program Planning,
    Implementation, and Evaluation;
    Created a program that will help prevent
    Maternity death amongst African
    American women

Timeline

Caregiver

Byron Park
02.2022 - Current

Internship Student

18 Reasons
03.2021 - 05.2021

Swim Instructor

American Swim Academy
08.2019 - 01.2022

Internship Student

John Muir Hospital
08.2014 - 06.2015

Bachelor of Science - Health Education / Public Health

San Francisco State University
Brenda Vanessa Ramirez