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Durga Nair

Sammamish,WA

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Wait Staff Member

Bellewood Assisted Living
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Bussed and reset tables to keep dining room and work areas clean.
  • Practiced safe, sanitary food handling for preparation and service to maximize pleasant dining experience.
  • Cultivated warm relationships with our senior customers.
  • Set up dining room to promote welcoming environment and meet or exceed hospitality and service standards.
  • Set positive tone for entire dining experience as first point of contact for incoming guests.

Dance Teacher

Mohini Dance School
01.2021 - 06.2022
  • Taught and explained choreography by breaking down steps and demonstrating moves.
  • Planned, prepared, and delivered lesson plans introducing students to dance techniques and positions, and taught advanced choreography.
  • Planned routines for recitals and performances.
  • Created healthy and safe learning environment for all students by implementing class rules and promoting mutual respect and gentle discipline.
  • Worked through the challenging hybrid teaching environment resulting from the COVID lockdowns.

Youth Representative

Kerala Association Of Washington
03.2021 - 03.2022
  • Organized and planned meetings with the executive members of the organization.
  • Helped define the vision and activities of the Youth wing of the association, led weekly activities of the Club
  • Conducted multiple fundraising activities towards attaining KAW's charity objectives.
  • Drafted and finalized reports as well as promotional and marketing documents for publication.
  • Advanced organization's youth involvement agenda through advocacy initiatives.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment, providing support and guidance.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.

Volunteer

Timeless Arts
12.2020 - 02.2021
  • I created and led a fundraiser that raised $2.5K.
  • This allowed me to get 15 TV sets to low income families in Kerala, India. In Kerala schools used TV channels to do their classes during the COVID lockdown. This funding helped families that had no access to TVs in order for their children to tune into their virtual classes
  • I also donated $1K to the Issaquah School Foundation to help with their technology program to provide help to low income families under the Issaquah School District.

Web Developer

04.2020 - 12.2020
  • When the schools went to lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19 in April 2020, I created an informational website on COVID-19
  • Website had information about COVID-19, its effects, how to take precautions, FAQs, and resources to keep children and teens entertained and educated.
  • Interviewed local as well as remote doctors in other countries (UK, India) in order to get people the most accurate and up-to-date information they could get.
  • Worked with a spatial mapping software company to create a dynamic map view of COVID-19 statistics. I used publicly available datasets from WHO and other reliable sources.
  • Created the website using WIX to accelerate the development and deployment.
  • Developed scripts to easily consume the data and create the desired format that the mapping software needed.

Volunteer

Care And Share
03.2019 - 05.2020
  • Volunteered to help raise money for a magic show put on by the founder of the Different Arts Center, a school to teach differently-abled children various art forms such as acting, dancing, and singing.
  • We raised over $50K for the kids at the Different Arts Center


  • Worked as part of stage crew for a non-profit production by the Kerala Association of Washington and Care and Share.
  • All proceeds of show, $62K, went to Seattle Children's Hospital's Uncompensated Care.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Computer Science

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA
06.2026

High School Diploma -

Skyline High School
Sammamish, WA
06.2022

Skills

  • Mathematics
  • Basic programming skills in Python
  • Web design
  • Teaching
  • Classical dance
  • Written and verbal communication
  • Leadership
  • Multilingual fluency

Accomplishments

- Will fill

Hobbies

I enjoy dancing, listening to music,teaching, and charity initiatives that help me give back to the community

Timeline

Wait Staff Member

Bellewood Assisted Living
05.2022 - 08.2022

Youth Representative

Kerala Association Of Washington
03.2021 - 03.2022

Dance Teacher

Mohini Dance School
01.2021 - 06.2022

Volunteer

Timeless Arts
12.2020 - 02.2021

Web Developer

04.2020 - 12.2020

Volunteer

Care And Share
03.2019 - 05.2020

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics And Computer Science

University of California - San Diego

High School Diploma -

Skyline High School
Durga Nair