Kayla Harris

Company Overview: Retina Consultants of Minnesota provides specialized eye care for patients with degenerative and rare retina diseases.

• Care for approximately 60 patients a day, providing eye exams, updating patient history, charting patient information, and informing physicians about important patient history
• Specialize in seeing pediatric patients due to my experience in early childhood and my ability to adapt and provide comfort to each individual’s fear
• Facilitate timely patient care to ensure positive and efficient office operations for a staff of 8 technicians
• Proactively have taken on other responsibilities requiring specialized training above job duties, including lensometry, OCT imaging, electric filing, and triage response, to expand my skill set and allow for more career opportunities.

Company Overview: Stepping Stones Early Learning Center provides learning-focused childcare and preschool to ensure children are socially, emotionally and physically prepared for their educational future

• Developed and instructed age-appropriate curriculum for classroom sizes up to 20 children, ages 3-5 years old.
• Consulted with parents to understand each child's specific needs and desires and applied it to their learning
• Created reports of each child’s progress and consulted with parents to discuss the child’s progress
• Taught conflict resolution skills and observed classroom behaviors to prevent conflict before a problem arose.
• Provided a safe and comforting classroom for children to ensure each child felt heard and cared for.

• Assisted lead teacher with programs and lessons inside the classroom and engaged with children with hands-on assistance
• Facilitated a safe and nurturing environment for up to 20 children while collaborating with three other caregivers
• Collaborated with teachers to execute education activities that improved children's cognitive and social skills

• Produced summaries on legislative materials, reports, and bills for assigned House member
• Assembled research on public policy in support of constituent interest groups
• Constructed summaries on constituent inquiries and issues
• Collaborated with legislators, lobbyists, and House staff