Ricardo Espinoza Kock

Pflugerville Pferia (Hispanic Culture Fair):

Set up the Hispanic Honor Society booth and helped set up the Chile country booth, gave talks/presented at both booths, advertising the benefits of volunteering in the community and teaching people about the geography and culture of Chile. Handed out fliers promoting Hendrickson HHS.

HHS Treasurer:

Collected member dues from incoming members of HHS, accounting for all members and consolidating the funds in a timely manner. Helped plan fund raisers and estimate costs for gatherings.

Time (Senior Year only):

6hrs 45mins

As LSU Historian:

Created and presented presentations, country profiles and lessons about issues and subjects pertinent to Hispanic heritage and culture such as holidays like Day of the Dead or topics such as Latino Immigration into the United States and countries such as Venezuela and El Salvador. Lead club discussions and provided materials, food and drinks for the group and its activities.

Lessons lasted between 45 mins. to and hour every other Thursday.

Time spent on preparing lessons ranged from 3-4 hours during free time.

For tournament volunteering / hosting:

Prepared food and drinks for judge hospitality and attended patrons throughout the day, set up and cleanup during the whole day. Assisted with desk rearrangement. Distributed and presented trophies to competitors.

For judging:

Judged Spanish and English prepared events such as Prose, Poetry and Modern Oratory, providing useful feedback and attention based on previous experience as a competitor at the High School level.

For organization outreach:

Set up AP Research / Seminar booth along with the Debate table and presented at both that table and the HHS Speech and Debate table about the two organizations., handed out fliers whilst giving speeches advertising the benefits of the activity and class.

Times (For Senior year alone):

26hrs 30mins

As a tutor:

Provided guidance and leadership to my teammates in a variety of events including Policy, Congress, Extemporaneous Speech (Foreign and Domestic), including organizing practice debates and legislation studies as Congress Captain.

Set up and presented lessons on the events and created lesson plans for Novice classes on argumentation, delivery, and round presence.

As a dog sitter:

Pet sat for a family friend, making sure to come in every afternoon of the 2 weeks during the summer the family would be out.

Fed and replaced water for both dogs, let them out into the backyard and allowed them to exercise with toys (involving person centered games like fetching).

Cleaned out restrooms and replaced floor pads.