Cynthia Bershad

Family Liaison and Interpreter/Translator
Serve as a key liaison between the school and families, ensuring clear communication, support, and engagement. Focus on building trust, fostering positive relationships, and creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for all families.

Provide interpretation services for meetings such as IEPs, 504 Plan discussions, Special Education Evaluations and Assessments, and Emergency Removal meetings, ensuring clear and effective communication among parents, school administrators, teachers, nurses, students, and the school board.

Translate documents and communications for school administrators, teachers, and staff, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency in both written and verbal exchanges.

Make calls to parents to schedule appointments, request documents, and relay important information, utilizing multilingual skills to bridge language gaps effectively.

Assist with administrative tasks, including managing PowerSchool and serving as the school secretary during absences.

• Provide high-standard residential cleaning services, including dusting, vacuuming, mopping, washing dishes, and thoroughly cleaning kitchens and bathrooms. Responsible for changing bed linens, making beds, and ensuring overall cleanliness and organization of living spaces.
• Managed day-to-day business operations.
• Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, resulting in repeat business and referrals.

• Prepare food items according to guest orders, ensuring consistent quality and adherence to recipes, production, portion, and presentation standards. Complete mise en place and efficiently set up the station for lunch and dinner service.
• Collaborate effectively and professionally with colleagues and supervisors to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Maintained clean and organized work areas at all times to bring safety and quality to food preparation process.
• Demonstrated strong multitasking skills, managing multiple orders simultaneously without sacrificing quality or presentation.
• Enhanced customer satisfaction by consistently delivering high-quality, visually appealing dishes.

• Started as a waitress and developed a broad skill set across various hotel and restaurant operations, including bartending, event setup, conducting venue tours for potential wedding and event groups, food preparation, and other key responsibilities.
• Promoted to Manager, responsible for scheduling, liquor inventory and ordering, menu development, and overseeing wedding and event coordination.
• Hired and trained new employees, demonstrating best methods for serving clients and guests.
• Established a positive work culture that promoted teamwork, collaboration, and employee morale.