Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Work
Timeline
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Kaylee Guidroz

Summary

Aspiring Child Life Specialist with personal experience to the profession as a patient. Experienced in working with children of all ages in and out of the healthcare setting. Proactive listener and quick learner. Honest and compassionate communication with patients and colleagues. Great multitasking and organizational abilities. Enthusiastic about creating a safe, positive, and ultimacy less traumatic environment for children in the hospital settings.

Overview

8
years of professional experience

Work History

The Leaning Pear

Server
09.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
  • Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items.
  • Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
  • Followed health and safety protocols crucial for maintaining safe and sanitary environments for customers and staff.

Panera Bread

Panera Bread Associate
01.2021 - 08.2021

Job overview

  • Trained new employees in operational procedures and modeled duties for front and back house positions.
  • Placed order items in bag for drive-thru window delivery with speed and accuracy.
  • Greeted customers entering store and responded promptly to customer needs.

The Tavern at Lakeside

Server/Hostess
01.2019 - 03.2020

Job overview

  • Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
  • Greeted customers warmly upon arrival and provided friendly and warm presence throughout dining experience.
  • Took reservations and to-go orders by phone, answered customer questions, and informed of accurate wait times.

Roselli Family

Private Nanny
01.2018 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Worked with a 9 and 11 year old. The 9 year old was deaf and had a cochlear implant. Through this I helped him navigate through certain accommodation. Learned basic sign language
  • Monitored schedules to maintain sleeping, eating, and school schedules for children.
  • Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.

Various Families

Babysitter
09.2015 - 09.2018

Job overview

  • Communicated positively with children and guardians.
  • Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
  • Prepared healthy, age-appropriate snacks and meals.
  • Reassured children when upset providing emotional support and stability.
  • Bathed, dressed, and helped with teeth brushing as part of bedtime preparation.
  • Taught children to organize toys, wash hands, and share by leading by example.
  • Guided school homework and read bedtime stories to support development.

Education

Texas State
San Marcos, TX

Bachelor of Science from Human Development & Family Studies
12.2024

University Overview

Honors and Acknowledgements

  • Dean's List (Spring, 2023)
  • Dean's List (Fall, 2022)

Scholarships

  • RNDC Scholarship Recipient 2022 - 2023

Extracurricular Activities

  • Texas State Equestrian Team (2022 - 2024)

Flower Mound High School
Flower Mound, TX

High School Diploma
05.2020

University Overview

Extracurricular Activities

  • Summer Hill Farms IEA Equestrian Team (2014 - 2019)
  • Attack Club Volleyball Team (2014 - 2017)
  • FlowerMound Highschool Volleyball Team (2016 - 2018)

Honor's Society Member

  • English Honor Society Member (2016 - 2020)

Skills

  • Judgment and Decision-Making
  • Workflow Coordination
  • Early Childhood Education and Child Development
  • Classroom Activity Development
  • Educational Strategies
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Social Behaviors and Behavior Redirection
  • Active Listening
  • Emotional Support
  • Self-Help Skills Development
  • Disabilities Familiarity
  • Team Leader

Volunteer Work

Ronald Mcdonald Family Room Volunteer

Dell Children's Hospital - Austin, TX: August 2023 - Present

  • Supported families with hospitalized children by providing them with a safe and quiet place to rest
  • Checked families in and out of sleep rooms warmly and efficiently
  • Helped keep kitchen, living area, and bathroom sanitary for families


Ronald Mcdonald Happy Wheels Cart Volunteer

Dell Children's Hospital - Austin, TX: August 2023 - Present

  • Navigated the hospitality cart through the pediatric and neonatal units to distribute complimentary coffee, juice boxes, snacks, coloring books, small toys, toiletries and other items for patients and their families
  • Positively interacted with patients and their families
  • Assisted in restocking and organizing Happy Wheels Cart


Circle of Friends Aid

Flower Mound Highschool - Flower Mound, TX: 2017 - 2020

  • Worked with 14 - 18 year olds with special needs
  • Helped students in find their strengths
  • Warmly interacted and spent quality time with students


LOVEPACS Volunteer

Flower Mound Highschool - Flower Mound, TX: 2017 - 2018

  • Engages communities to feed children in need as an expression of Love.
  • Organized and planned events to help provide food for children and families in need


Hospitality Volunteer

Christ Freedom Church - Lewisville, TX: 2018 - 2019

  • Greeted parents and children as they came into church
  • Helped provide a welcoming environment support, care, and unity for visitors, members, guests, and friends of the church


Young Life Capernaum Leader
FlowerMound, TX: September 2017 - May 2018

  • Worked with children, teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Helped them develop fulfilling friendships and challenges their limits
  • Helped build self-esteem through games, laughter and dance


Living Water International Volunteer

Antigua, Guatemala: July 2017

  • Spent a week serving guatemala families in need through safe water access, hygiene and sanitation
  • Help facilitate crafts and hygiene demonstrations in local elementary schools
  • Built a well in the center of community to provide safe, clean, and accessible water


Sunday School Teacher

The Village Church - Flower Mound, TX: 2015 - 2016

  • Provided quality and developmentally appropriate care for preschool children while their families attended church services
  • Read books, planned and facilitated activities


Vacation Bible School Teacher

Lamb of God Lutheran Church - FlowerMound, TX: Summer 2015

  • Classroom assistant leader of preschool class
  • Helped facilitate crafts, readings, and activities for children

Timeline

Server

The Leaning Pear
09.2021 - Current

Panera Bread Associate

Panera Bread
01.2021 - 08.2021

Server/Hostess

The Tavern at Lakeside
01.2019 - 03.2020

Private Nanny

Roselli Family
01.2018 - 12.2018

Babysitter

Various Families
09.2015 - 09.2018

Texas State

Bachelor of Science from Human Development & Family Studies

Flower Mound High School

High School Diploma
Kaylee Guidroz