Laura Barragan
New Mexico State Veterans Home
Truth Or Consequences,NM
1
Language
15
years of professional experience
Dedicated support professional with 10+ years of experience serving residents, clients, and customers. Strengths include compassion, teamwork, and clear communication, with hands-on experience in activity coordination, caregiving, scheduling, and service. Committed to dependable support and positive daily experiences.
Work History
Recreational Aide
6 Months- Assist residents with recreational activities, encouraging the residents to participate and get out of their rooms.
- Support daily activity schedules, helping maintain and organize activities
- Monitor the residents and their needs while they participate in daily activities.
- Prepare activities and supplies, materials, and equipment for daily recreation activities.
- Transport residents to and from daily scheduled activities
- Encourage residents to go to outings
- Engage with the residents as they participate or watch activities go on
- When behaviors occur know how to handle and deal with them to ensure residents are safe and happy
- Support residents in daily activities and treat them with respect, and love
- Document daily activities of the residents who participated in the activities
- Suggest different activities in which the residents might enjoy
Waitress
4 Years 3 Months- Handle cash transactions quickly and accurately
- Quickly and thoroughly mopped floors, removed trash and cleaned and stocked restrooms, stocked wait station, rolled silverware, knowledge of specials and menu, always suggested additional items to customers to increase restaurant sales, balanced customers tickets
- Accurately handled cash, processed customers credit card payments,
- I also would help train new employees
- Knowledge in the P.O.S system
- Ensured customers were happy with what they ordered and confirmed what they ordered was correct
Receptionist/ Legal Counsel Assistant
7 Months- Answered calls as they came in, transferred calls to the appropriate person
- Calendered court dates, meetings, or calls between client's and attorney, managed calenders
- Built client's files, sent client's notices of court changes or updates
- Each week keeping client's updated with their court cases or new information obtained
- Greeting and attending each client or family member as they walked in
- Closed files
- Gathered client's files and documents for them to have for court
- Arranged and obtained rehabilitation information and places for client's to go
- Helped and supported client's and their families as needed
- Translated for client's and families who only spoke spanish
Dietary Aide
2 Years 7 Months- Developed and oversaw preparation of specialized diets
- Prepared healthful and nutritional meal plans followed strictly off menus
- Provided friendly and courteous service to each resident
- Communicated with kitchen staff and supervisors regarding allergies, dietary needs and other special requests
- Took all dirty dishes from dining room to the dish pit
- Made sure proper temp check on fridges and food were taken care of each day
Home Care Provider
2 Years 1 Month- Completed valuable eateries in charts and logbooks to document client's progress with accuracy
- Monitored frequent activities such as medication and personal hygiene to ensure safety
- Transported client to doctor's appointments and to complete other related errands
- Worked to improve patient outlook and daily living through compassionate care
- Screened telephone calls and inquiries and directed them as apporpriate
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
Problem solving skills
Communication skills
Teamwork skills
Patience
Social skills
Supporting skills
Engagement skills
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Recreational Aide
New Mexico State Veterans Home
04.2026 - CurrentRead More
Waitress
Tony's Mexican Restaurant
03.2021 - 06.2025Read More
Receptionist/ Legal Counsel Assistant
Gibson Law Firm
11.2019 - 06.2020Read More
Dietary Aide
New Mexico State Veterans Home
04.2013 - 11.2015Read More
Home Care Provider
Coordinated Home Health
10.2011 - 11.2013Read More
Hot Springs High School
High School Diploma
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