Taleen Gharibian

• Sales Associate with attention to customer acquisition.
• Special attention to the vast variety of floral types to educate customer usage.
• Design, wrap, and deliver bouquets for customers and displays.
• Event coordination for high-volume special events and pop-ups.

• Educated guests by interpreting and providing information about animal exhibits.
• Answered any questions visitors may have had about the animals, events going on that day, or the aquarium itself, with the aim of better informing guests.
• Assured the safety of both guests and the animals during interactions by explaining the proper way to interact with animals.
• Trained to deal with high-crisis situations with special attention to children.
• Assisted during high-volume special events that the aquarium hosts, such as Night Dive, Family Science Night, Halloween Family Night, Autism Families Night, and Abilities Night, so that guests and their families enjoy their visit.

• Aided Master student’s project involving coral reef ecology.
• Conducted analysis of linear extension data using RStudio.

• Maintained the animal enclosures to prevent disease.
• Provided nutrient-specific foods to the animals to ensure diet enrichment in form of games/puzzles for mental stimulation.
• Educated visitors regarding the animals, their habitats, and safe interaction procedures.
• Assisted the biologists in several ways including daily food preparation and animal care.
• Responsible for teaching children during educational camps.
• Selected to present at high-profile off-site animal presentations.

• Maintained the animal enclosures to prevent disease.
• Provided nutrient-specific foods to the animals to ensure diet enrichment in form of games/puzzles for mental stimulation.
• Educated visitors regarding the animals, their habitats, and safe interaction procedures.
• Assisted the biologists in several ways including daily food preparation and animal care.
• Responsible for teaching children during educational camps.
• Selected to present at high-profile off-site animal presentations.

• Assisted colleagues and consultants with projects.
• Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
• Coordinated communications, financial processing, registration, recordkeeping, and other administrative functions.
• Reconciled account files and produced monthly reports.

• Prepared and edited documents to produce precise, accurate and professional communication.
• Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.
• Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests.
• Utilized office management software to record and track customer information.

• Courses included: Marine Biology; Marine Ecology; Ichthyology; Invertebrate Zoology; Animal Behavior (lab and field study components for these courses as well); mathematics, and other sciences.
• GPA: 3.0 GPA
• Dean's List (Freshman Year 2011)

Courses included: Animal Physiology and Biology of Pelagic Organisms (Lab and Field Study components for these courses as well).