Diligent and ambitious candidate open to learning and being inspired. Experienced in practicing active listening and achieving customer satisfaction. Bold and authentic seeker of knowledge, always ready to tackle the next challenge. Uses each opprtunity to grow and apply what has been gained to reach new goals in the near and far-future.
Hi, I’m
Sereina S. Ferguson
Barrington,NJ
Summary
Overview
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Penn Anti-Violence
Educator
2021.08 - 2023.05 (1 year & 9 months)
Job overview
- Facilitated workshops, as large as 60 students, across Penn’s campus on relationship violence and bystander intervention to establish anti-violence culture among college students.
Urban Studies Department
Events & Planning Coordinator
2021.06 - 2023.05 (1 year & 11 months)
Job overview
- Co-organizer of bi-weekly meetings to coordinate events that strengthen and facilitate community building between undergraduate and graduate students in Urban Studies field.
- Prepared agendas and took notes at meetings to archive proceedings.
- Events have included an open house for the Urban Studies department, a majors fair, a grab and go for testing season and alumni chats.
Penn Reading Initiative
Teacher Assistant
2020.08 - 2022.08 (2 years)
Job overview
- Aided in transition to and from virtual learning due to COVID-19 pandemic in a classroom of 30 students, and was able to gain crucial skills in recognizing areas students and educators need improvement in.
- Learned about financial circumstances of many homes of students has informed how to approach elementary classroom at collective and individual level.
- Made lasting impact on students, first by starting with remembering their names.
- Collaborated with co-workers to create experience that would promote students to leave with skills that they did not come in with, such as kindness, emotional regulation, commitment and contentment.
Silverman Fellows
Co-instructor
2022.02 - 2023.05 (1 year & 3 months)
Job overview
- Organized after-school dance sessions with 20 fifth grade students at Comegys Elementary School to promote socio-emotional learning through body movement.
- Utilized trauma-informed practices to establish each session as safe spaces for learning and exploring new lessons.
- Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
- Communicated frequently with faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, The College of Arts & Sciences Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts from Urban Studies
05.2023
University Overview
- Magna Cum Laude Graduate
- Dean's List
- Mayor's Scholar
- Relevant Coursework: Sociological Research, Urban Development & Writing for Young Adults
Skills
- Innovative problem-solving
- Interpersonal skills
- Keen to detail
- Originality
- Commitment
- Time Management
Timeline
Co-instructor
Silverman Fellows
2022.02 - 2023.05 (1 year & 3 months)
Educator
Penn Anti-Violence
2021.08 - 2023.05 (1 year & 9 months)
Events & Planning Coordinator
Urban Studies Department
2021.06 - 2023.05 (1 year & 11 months)
Teacher Assistant
Penn Reading Initiative
2020.08 - 2022.08 (2 years)
University of Pennsylvania, The College of Arts & Sciences
Bachelor of Arts from Urban Studies
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