Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Experience
Accomplishments
Activities/Sports
Leadership Experience
Certification
Languages
Timeline
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Rachel Zheng

Centereach,NY

Summary

I am a hardworking and dedicated student at Farmingdale State College, majoring in Nursing with great interpersonal relationships. I have been described as caring, affectionate, reliable, and possess great empathetic skills that I can demonstrate with family, friends, and coworkers. I am a very eager learner and will adapt to new environments very easily. I am skilled in making others feel comfortable and I am very open to new ideas and people as learned from my classes and extracurricular activities in school. I have excellent and efficient organization and leadership skills. I am also a quick learner and strive for the best in everything I do.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Writing Center Reception Desk Attendant and Writing Peer Tutor

Farmingdale State College
01.2024 - Current
  • Provide high quality customer service by greeting visitors, conducting student in-take, answering in-person inquiries and phone calls, and other duties as assigned by the director
  • Working as a writing peer tutor directly with students by guiding them through the writing process and providing assistance by creating ideas for their papers; help students with prewriting, structure/organization, grammar and punctuation, documentation/ avoiding plagiarism

Cashier

Carvel
Centereach, NY
03.2021 - Current
  • Provide customer service, desserts and beverages, cleaned facilities, cashiering duties, delivered a welcoming atmosphere

Medical Assistant

Three Village Allergy and Asthma
South Setauket, NY
04.2022 - 01.2024
  • Assisted physician with patient care by taking vital signs, patient histories, preparing patients for examinations, and performing pulmonary function tests
  • Managed administrative tasks such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, completing prior authorizations for medications, and retrieving insurance approval for diagnostic imaging
  • Arranged files and digitized records for easy updating and retrieval for physician and nurses

Student Aide

Hofstra University Department of Computer Science
09.2022 - 12.2023
  • Provided back-up support for general office duties, including delivering interoffice mail to on campus buildings

Health Ambassador

Hofstra University
03.2022 - 05.2022
  • Worked as a peer educator to inform school campus community about health and COVID-19

Sales Associate

H&M
Lake Grove, NY
06.2021 - 05.2022
  • Provided customer service, engaged with customers to drive sales, represented the brand, promoted store's products and services

Sales Associate

Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister
Lake Grove, NY
09.2020 - 01.2022
  • Provided customer service, engaged with customers to drive sales, brand representative, promoting store's products and services

Cashier

China Max/Chicken Now
Lake Grove, NY
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Provided customer service to mall and food court patrons, cleaned facilities and restocked drinks during school breaks

Cashier

Little Tokyo
Lake Grove, NY
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Provided customer service to mall and food court patrons, cleaned facilities and restocked drinks during school breaks

Education

Nursing -

SUNY Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
12-2026

Pre-Physician Assistant Studies -

Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York

High School -

Centereach High School
Centereach, New York
06.2021

High School -

Saint Anthony's High School
Melville, New York
06-2018

Pre-College Program - Anatomy & Physiology

Brown University
08.2020

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Highly organized
  • Efficient
  • Quick learner
  • Excellent customer service
  • Typing at 70 to 75 WPM
  • Clerical experience
  • Note-taking

Volunteer Experience

  • Stony Brook University Hospital- General student volunteer, rotated between patient transport, patient greeting, equipment delivery to various parts of the hospital and surrounding health facilities
  • Mather Hospital- General student volunteer, rotated between patient transport, patient greeting, equipment delivery to various parts of the hospital and surrounding health facilities
  • Three Village Allergy and Asthma- Medical assistant volunteer at Dr. Anthony Szema's office
  • Middle Country Public Library- Volunteered to read books, make crafts, play games, and tutor younger children through Book Buddies, Art Buddies, Techno Buddies, Homework Pals, Crochet for a Cause programs
  • CHS National Honor Society- Volunteered throughout the school year with events and fundraisers
  • CHS Spanish Honor Society-Volunteered throughout the school year with events and fundraisers
  • SAHS Peanut Butter and Jelly Club- Volunteered to make sandwiches for the less fortunate

Accomplishments

  • Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - Honorable Mention Recipient for writing
  • AP Scholar - awarded by the College Board to students who receive a 3 and above on 3 or more exams
  • NYSSMA All-State Violinist - played violin for about 10 years and reached this level after level 6
  • Middle Country Sports - cheerleading and tennis, annual fall sports awards administered by school district
  • Middle Country Public Library - recognition for teen volunteer
  • Long Island String Festival Association - participated as a violinist
  • Suffolk County Music Educators' Association - participated as a violinist

Activities/Sports

  • Member of Farmingdale State College Student Nurse Association (SNA)
  • Member of the Hofstra Physician Assistant Club
  • Member of Hofstra American Cancer Society (ACS)
  • Member of Hofstra American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
  • Member of Hofstra UNICEF
  • Member of the Hofstra Asian Pacific Islander Association (HAPIA) club
  • Member of Hofstra's Club Tennis and Club Badminton
  • Officer of CHS Class of 2021 with school events and fundraisers throughout the years

Leadership Experience

  • Class Secretary of CHS Student Government (2020-2021): Recorded meeting minutes and took attendance at meetings, organized papers and related files, organized class calendars and events, held meetings
  • Vice President of Spanish Honor Society (2020-2021): Fulfilled duties with president and kept everything in general order, hosted meetings
  • Class Secretary of CHS Student Government (2019-2020): Recorded meeting minutes and took attendance at meetings, organized papers and related files, organized class calendars and events, held meetings
  • Treasurer of Spanish Honor Society (2019-2020): Kept track of organization's monetary funds, signed off on all financial aspects

Certification

  • BLS Certification

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Limited

Timeline

Writing Center Reception Desk Attendant and Writing Peer Tutor

Farmingdale State College
01.2024 - Current

Student Aide

Hofstra University Department of Computer Science
09.2022 - 12.2023

Medical Assistant

Three Village Allergy and Asthma
04.2022 - 01.2024

Health Ambassador

Hofstra University
03.2022 - 05.2022

Sales Associate

H&M
06.2021 - 05.2022

Cashier

Carvel
03.2021 - Current

Sales Associate

Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister
09.2020 - 01.2022

Cashier

China Max/Chicken Now
01.2016 - 01.2018

Cashier

Little Tokyo
01.2016 - 01.2018

Nursing -

SUNY Farmingdale State College

Pre-Physician Assistant Studies -

Hofstra University

High School -

Centereach High School

High School -

Saint Anthony's High School

Pre-College Program - Anatomy & Physiology

Brown University
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