Kennedy Royal
West Covina,CA
Summary
Dynamic and dedicated professional with experience as a Teacher's Assistant at Covina High School, skilled in time management and team collaboration. Proven ability to enhance classroom organization and support educational goals. Accomplished novelist with a strong command of creative writing and editing, consistently meeting deadlines and engaging readers through compelling narratives.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Gardener
Covina, CA
02.2026 - Current
- Operated gardening tools and equipment to maintain outdoor spaces effectively (such as hose, watering cans, and pruners).
- Made sure the garden was tidy by cleaning up fallen oranges from the orange tree.
- Assisted my neighbor by watering the garden when she's on vacation.
Teacher's Assistant
Covina High School
Covina, CA
01.2026 - Current
- Assisted teachers in preparing instructional materials and classroom activities.
- Handled class records for attendance, assignment grades and course participation scores.
- Helped keep the classroom workspace organized, sorted papers in different categories for easier management
Novelist
Covina, CA
06.2025 - Current
- Wrote a novel consisting of 280k words in one month and four weeks during summer
- Managing multiple writing projects and making sure to write every day so as to compete them
- Adapted multiple different writing styles to improve my overall work and skill.
- Managed completing deadlines with efficiency (such as posting a chapter on its due date, or finishing a chapter by the due date I set).
- Experimenting with ways to improve my writing style, often forcing me out of my own comfort zone to test out different types of writing that may or may not work.
- Created monthly writing challenges to meet a specific word count (ex. 100k words in January, 70k words in February, etc.).
- Implemented feedback from beta readers to enhance story arcs and pacing.
- Increased readership with consistent publication of high-quality chapters.
- Crafted compelling narratives by developing engaging storylines and complex characters, no matter how challenging they are to write.
- Established and maintained a consistent writing schedule to ensure project completion (such as writing for more than two hours a day).
Volunteer
East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center
Covina, CA
05.2023 - 05.2023
- Assisted in making wontons to prepare fundraising our trip to Japan
- Assisted in setting up the vendor at the West Covina Mall parking lot.
- Sold wontons and made sure to work quickly and efficiently to ensure that customers received their orders while experiencing quality food.
- Hosted two students from Japan, taking them to places around California and making sure they're comfortable and experiencing America.
- Communicated with staff members to stay informed about volunteer opportunities and events.
- Boosted fundraising efforts by asking my friends to purchase our wontons.
Education
High School Diploma -
Covina High School
Covina06-2026
Skills
- Time management (creating daily schedules to balance school, writing, and gardening, using my free time to either write or garden)
- Garden maintenance (making sure to water my neighbor's garden three times a week, keeping her garden clean so she can return home happy and taken care of)
- Team collaboration (communicating with my neighbor about specific plants to water Communicating with my editors about publication dates, and with the direction my story is taking)
- Persistence (I always make time for writing, and being disciplined to continue to work on my passion projects of writing novels)
- Creative writing
- Writing style
Accomplishments
Wrote a novel of 280k words in the span of one month and four weeks, strengthening my ability and endurance to write.
Overcame my recent hospitalization and recovered from pneumonia by taking care of myself, such as getting sleep, slow movement, and eating healthy, resulting in me taking better care of myself.
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
Elementary
Japanese
Limited Working
Interests
- Pulmonology and respiratory health
- Meteorology and extreme weather science
- Literature and literary analysis
- Wellness and stress management
- Anatomy and physiology
- Biology
Timeline
Gardener
02.2026 - Current
Teacher's Assistant
Covina High School
01.2026 - Current
Novelist
06.2025 - Current
Volunteer
East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center
05.2023 - 05.2023
High School Diploma -
Covina High School