Katrina Stross
Summary
Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Gladly willing to giving every customer a positive and enjoyable experience. Proactive and coachable! Looking to learn and grow within the company.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Floater
Children’s Thrift Store
Lakeland, FL
11.2025 - Current
- Arranged and displayed new clothing items on shopping floor
- Executed daily operational tasks with precision at the designated workplace.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Pulled overflow inventory for timely shipment to Haiti
Sunshine Daze (personal business)
Plant City, FL
11.2018 - Current
- Sources apparel, jewelry, purses, shoes, etc to sell at markets and online platforms
- Makes art, jewelry, and upcycles clothing
Barista/Art Assistant
Tea Largo/PicassoZ
Lakeland, FL
08.2022 - 05.2026
- Prepared drink and bowl orders, ensuring quality and presentation
- Facilitated accurate order placement, enhancing customer satisfaction
- Instruct customers on how to paint
- Glaze finished pieces
- Load/unload kilns
- Match finished products to tickets for pickup
- Received shipments, prepared fresh fruit, and maintained store cleanliness
Stagehand
24/7 Event Productions
Lakeland, FL
07.2019 - 01.2024
- Constructed and dismantled performance stage
- Assist roadies in setting up/tearing down lighting/audio/video cables and gear
- Arranged production equipment for optimal setup during performances.
- Unload and reload Semi Trucks with show material
Stagehand
Rhino Staging
Orlando, FL
06.2019 - 01.2024
- Constructed and dismantled performance stage
- Assist roadies in setting up/tearing down lighting/audio/video cables and gear
- Arranged production equipment for optimal setup during performances.
- Unload and reload Semi Trucks with show material
Host, To-Go Specialist, Waitress
Cheddars Scratch Kitchen
Lakeland, FL
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Serve dine-in guests, ensuring a positive dining experience
- Greet and seat guests, clean menus, and roll silverware for efficient service
- Take meal orders over the phone, package, and deliver food to guests
Cultivation Technician
Grow Healthy
Lake Whales, FL
11.2020 - 10.2021
- Led team in monitoring production workflow to maintain quality standards
- Inspect plants for abnormalities and insects
- Pruned leaves from marijuana plants to enhance flower development
- Take down (buck down) plants into buds
- Sort buds by size to ensure optimal distribution to patients
- Grind, trim, package and weigh marijuana flower finals for transfers
- Hang marijuana plants in curing rooms until ready by certain inspection
Lab Aid
Deibel Laboratories
Lakeland, FL
03.2019 - 11.2020
- Poured agar into petri dishes under sterile conditions for sample preparation
- Pipetted samples onto petri dishes for requested tests
- Incubated samples to see if growth was present for further testing
- Mix product with appropriate media to be weighed out
- Received client product samples for analysis
Pharmacy Technician
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, Tennessee
11.2018 - 05.2019
- Compound IV admixtures for current stock and inpatient use
- Setup, compound, and tear down TPN (total parenteral nutrition) machine
- Compound oral medications
- Filled medication labels accurately to ensure proper patient medication administration
- Audited Omnicell medication dispensing machines monthly to maintain compliance and accuracy in medication distribution
- Identified drugs for loading into new medication machines in the hospital
- Completed annual sterility testing to confirm adherence to aseptic technique standards
Pharmacy Technician
Lakeland Regional Health
Lakeland, FL
01.2008 - 01.2018
- Compound Chemotherapy and mix IVs in a sterile environment
- Compound topical medications and mix oral suspensions
- Dispense medicine to patients in an outpatient setting
- Filled patient medication labels accurately to ensure proper medication administration.
- Perform monthly evaluation on all medication inventory
- Requested weekly medicine orders from pharmaceutical distributors
- Supervised weekend crew of twelve staff members
- Assigned daily tasks and positions to team members.
- Coach individuals during areas for improvement
- Discuss and solve problems during management meetings and technician huddles
Education
Collegiate High School
Lakeland, FLPolk State College
Winter Haven, FLSkills
- Aseptic Technique
- Stage setup
- Equipment preparation
- Prop management
- Stage communication
- Team collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Customer relationship management
- Inventory management
- Communication skills
- Problem solving
Certification
- CPHT
- RPT
Training
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- Registered Pharmacy Technician by the State of Florida RPT26446
References
- Kayla Hayes, Kingsport, TN, (423) 224-6860
- Jazz Gadson, Plant City, FL, (813) 703-0706
- Shannon Gray, Lakeland, FL, (863) 709-5084
Timeline
Floater
Children’s Thrift Store
11.2025 - Current
Barista/Art Assistant
Tea Largo/PicassoZ
08.2022 - 05.2026
Host, To-Go Specialist, Waitress
Cheddars Scratch Kitchen
10.2021 - 04.2022
Cultivation Technician
Grow Healthy
11.2020 - 10.2021
Stagehand
24/7 Event Productions
07.2019 - 01.2024
Stagehand
Rhino Staging
06.2019 - 01.2024
Lab Aid
Deibel Laboratories
03.2019 - 11.2020
Sunshine Daze (personal business)
11.2018 - Current
Pharmacy Technician
Holston Valley Medical Center
11.2018 - 05.2019
Pharmacy Technician
Lakeland Regional Health
01.2008 - 01.2018
Collegiate High School
Polk State College