Deborah Velasquez

I taught my special needs child the Elizabeth Ann Seton homeschool curriculum from kindergarten through fourth grade and in 7th grade. The job responsibilities required organization, patience, and drive. Once a week from 2016 to 2020, my child and I met with other homeschooled families to have classes which involved science, art, music, and speech for the children, and have play time for the children. I organized field trips to various places like Ballet Arizona for performances and the Wildlife Conservation Park. Homeschooled families met for several picnics throughout the year, each year had an art fair, each year a science fair, and had park days to do physical education. Other duties expected of me included driving to be on time for classes, rehearsals, and performances that my child attended at Ballet Arizona. I have volunteered my time to work backstage at Ballet Arizona performances. Volunteered to do community projects to contribute to society and to teach child the importance of helping others in need. My family lived in Australia in the years of 2022 and 2023. Here I volunteered my time to teach children's liturgy and to read the Word of God being a lector at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Glenelg, Australia (suburb of Adelaide). Duties included preparing the lesson plan before Sunday children's liturgy and practicing through the week the reading for that Sunday for a professional delivery.

• Fostered student curiosity and interest through creative hands-on activities.
• Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep student engaged.
• Evaluated student understanding of course material through examinations and in-depth essay writing.
• Created and developed lesson plans to meet student academic needs.
• Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
• Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.

• Package design in San Francisco, advertising design in Scottsdale and Phoenix, and fashion production in New York City and fashion design, production, and business owner in Tempe
• Fashion: created and presented design collections to buyers at trade show to generate interest and secure orders
• Fashion: produce garment samples for production line
• Graphics and Fashion: sketched artistic and fresh designs
• Graphics and Fashion: worked with photographers and stylists to showcase products for optimal visibility.
• Graphics and Fashion: oversaw production from concept to completion.
• Fashion: managed day-to-day business operations of buying supplies, patternmaking, fitting, and sewing.