Starla J. Wheeler

An organized and dependable grad-school candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Resourceful and eager to put problem-solving skills to practice in both a professional and educational setting. Skilled at gathering and analyzing data for research. Reliable with strong leadership skills for mentoring and providing support in group projects and activities. Flexible with solid adaptability for working in dynamic environment.

The Society for Collegiate Leadership & Achievement The National Society of Leadership and Success

Girl Scouts of the USA

10+ years experience as a full-time caregiver in home, financially supporting, providing daily care, managing medical needs and advocating for effective medical care for family members suffering from dementia, diabetes, congestive heart failure, ovarian cancer, and intestinal trauma. Cared for grandmother from 2012- death in 2019. Cared for mother from 2013-death in 2023. Cared for mother-in-law during cancer battle from 2018-2022.

7 years experience supporting active duty spouse during deployments, educational and vocational training in various parts of the country, and daily military demands while being the sole responsible party for all aspects of home management including but not limited to caring for and financially supporting multiple ill family members, managing general monthly expenses and needs, moving due to military reassignment, and finally, a home purchase during a pandemic with one family member undergoing chemotherapy and another experiencing cognitive decline alongside heart failure.

Provided financial support, daily needs, transportation, housing, and safety for a domestic violence victim during her final year of pharmacy school at Skaggs School of Pharmacy at UCSD from September 2021 through her graduation in May 2022. Supported her with moving expenses and carrying an apartment lease on her behalf during her transition into a post-doctoral PGY1 program Summer 2022. Maintained this support simultaneously while pregnant, working a full time job, operating and managing a cleaning business, working toward my BA in Psychology, and providing daily support, care, and medical advocacy for a heart failure patient with dementia and an ovarian cancer patient also living in my home.

Provided emotional and financial support to an individual struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction including rehabilitation expenses, vehicle expenses during rehabilitation, and manual labor tasks such as cleaning out and surrendering her apartment in preparation for rehab, driving to and from therapy appointments and providing support during AA meetings. Assisted with job searching and interviews

and provided information on community resources to help with sober living facilities post-rehabilitation. Organized and lead funeral arrangements after losing the individual to suicide in Spring 2022 in the middle of my high-risk pregnancy.