Eddie Nguyen
Incoming La Sierra University Freshman
Santa Ana,CA
Summary
A highly motivated student with a variety of interests in different areas. Has demonstrated a track record of accomplishment in various leadership positions in the service of others ranging from student missionary work to teaching robotics programming. Is passionate about becoming well-versed in different fields and is committed to sharing knowledge gained while pursuing proficiency in those areas with others.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
ASB President
Orangewood Academy
Garden Grove, California
08.2021 - Current
- Developed and implemented new strategies to reestablish strong student culture at Orangewood Academy in a post-pandemic environment.
- Led ASB team to organize student-body targeted events.
- Organized and managed logistics and personnel for ASB-related fundraiser events.
- Worked alongside teachers and class presidents to involve student body in ASB.
- Led weekly meetings to discuss and plan upcoming student-events.
- Negotiated with businesses to receive favorable pricing on event venues and services.
- Assisted social media team in creating positive media coverage for Orangewood Academy.
- Listened to and conveyed constructive feedback regarding successes and shortcomings to ASB team in the context of student-body events, fundraisers, and worship sessions.
- Assisted worship team in organizing weekly chapel worship sessions.
- Learned team leadership, communication, and feedback-incorporated planning skills.
Robotics President
Orangewood Academy
Garden Grove, California
09.2020 - Current
- Led team to compete in local and out-of-state Vex V5 Robotics Competitions.
- Organized team's first out-of-state trip to compete in Seattle, Washington.
- Taught members robotics-related programming and engineering skills.
- Led the team's programming department to create driving and autonomous scoring algorithms pertaining to the competition.
- Supervised team's design engineering department to draft and blueprint robot design.
- Prepared team's drivers and scouts for in-person V5 competitions.
- Organized and led workshops for Orangewood Academy students to learn about programming.
- Organized and led upper-elementary Vex GO Program.
- Supervised webinar hosted by PhD Engineering students related to college-prep and programming and engineering knowledge.
- Learned valuable leadership skills and inter-team communication skills.
- Applied advanced Python object classification algorithms into autonomous code.
- Applied skills learned in Calculus, Physics, and Geometry courses to robot design process.
ESL Tutor
EduAbroad
Santa Ana, California
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Taught English to upper and lower elementary students from China, Japan, and Korea.
- Used books to teach vocabulary and sentence usage in context
- Designed lesson plans around individual student proficiency, learning style, and book difficulty.
- Assigned sight words and extended vocabulary using phonetic instruction.
- Worked with students via online classroom technology.
- Designed engaging instructional materials and activities.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Fostered positive learning environment, encouraging English conversations between students in between tutoring sessions.
- Communicated with other ESL Tutors to assess and plan upcoming lessons based on students' needs.
- Learned how to creatively communicate with others through auditory, visual, and kinesthetic means in a virtual teaching environment.
Library Volunteer
Fountain Valley Library
Fountain Valley, California
06.2019 - 02.2020
- Greeted visitors and answered questions relating to usage of the library.
- Performed basic book reshelving and obtained items from book drop.
- Scanned and bagged books, movies, tapes, magazines and other items at check-out desk.
- Monitored Children's Reading Area to maintain safe and clean environment.
- Provided customer service to patrons, staff and volunteers.
- Assisted patrons with requested materials and pick-up requests.
- Learned invaluable organizational and interpersonal skills.
Student Volunteer
Holbrook Indian School
Holbrook, Arizona
11.2018 - 11.2018
- Planned and led Sabbath worship sessions.
- Renovated on-campus staff housing (e.g. external fixture repairs, external repainting, landscape work).
- Participated in student-outreach programs during class time.
- Aided kitchen staff.
- Created lifelong friendships with students and gained strong teamwork and logistics-organization skills.
Tech Volunteer
Fountain Valley Senior Center
Fountain Valley, California
07.2018 - 07.2018
- Assisted patrons with general technology-related questions.
- Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others.
- Learned how to convey concepts in a process-based manner to a variety of learning types.
Class Vice President
Orangewood Academy
Garden Grove, California
08.2019 - Current
- Met with teachers and parents to discuss student needs, plans and events.
- Participated in election and campaign process, gathering student support and votes.
- Assisted class officers in hosting student events.
- Reported class officer plans to student body.
- Voted during school and council elections.
- Learned how to work alongside class sponsors and parents to plan student events.
Education
High School Diploma -
Orangewood Academy
Garden Grove 08.2018 - Current
Skills
Logistics Management
Programming
Problem Solving
Staff Management
Timeline
ASB President
Orangewood Academy
08.2021 - Current
ESL Tutor
EduAbroad
08.2021 - 08.2022
Robotics President
Orangewood Academy
09.2020 - Current
Class Vice President
Orangewood Academy
08.2019 - Current
Library Volunteer
Fountain Valley Library
06.2019 - 02.2020
Student Volunteer
Holbrook Indian School
11.2018 - 11.2018
High School Diploma -
Orangewood Academy
08.2018 - Current
Tech Volunteer
Fountain Valley Senior Center
07.2018 - 07.2018
Hobbies
- Podcasting
- Volleyball
- Cooking
- Weightlifting & Fitness
- Thrifting
- Programming
- Paper Trade Investing
Hobbies
- Podcasting
- Volleyball
- Cooking
- Weightlifting & Fitness
- Thrifting
- Programming
- Paper Trade Investing