TAYLOR HANEY
Santa Rosa,CA
Summary
Dedicated and adaptable professional with a proactive attitude and the ability to learn quickly. Strong work ethic and effective communication skills. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.
Overview
1
1
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Waitress
Katie Powers Catering
Sausalito, California
06.2026 - Current
- Prepared tableware for wedding events.
- Mixed, poured, and served cocktails, coffee, tea, and other beverages for guests.
- Cleared empty plates, used glasses, and napkins throughout the evening to keep the space tidy.
- Supported food service flow based on selected catering style.
- Passed hors d’oeuvres and helped prepare presentation for guests.
- Sliced and served wedding cake to guests.
- Assisted with venue cleanup by washing service areas, packing catering equipment, removing trash, sorting recycling, and leaving the kitchen clean.
Student Safety Advisor
Santa Rosa City Schools
Santa Rosa, CA
08.2025 - 10.2026
- Supports conflict resolution efforts to encourage positive student behavior.
- Assists students, staff, and first responders during emergency situations.
- Keeps parent communication active through phone, email, and in-person behavior discussions.
- Supports parent/guardian conferences and SST meetings as needed.
- Performs student searches and locker room searches following safety procedures.
- Supports check-in/check-out and other evidence-based interventions for students in need.
- Maintains safe, orderly campus environments through active monitoring and rule compliance.
Substitute Registrar
Hilliard Comstock Middle School
Santa Rosa
08.2025 - 08.2026
- Performs a wide variety of clerical functions involving automated student record management systems.
- Enroll, transfer and drop students into our school site and system.
- Answer phone calls and emails, maintaining files, including confidential material.
- Collect and verify specific confidential documents to properly enroll new students.
- Log student data into Aeries.
- Create Excel spreadsheets to organize and collect student and school data.
- Mail and request cumulative files from other school sites.
- Establish relationships and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders.
- Manage ambiguity and multiple priorities in a fast paced work environment.
Restorative Response Specialist
Santa Rosa High School
Santa Rosa
07.2022 - 06.2025
- Established strong, productive, and trusting relationships with staff and students.
- Integrated effective restorative practices into the school's discipline process.
- Facilitated and created life skills groups to support students reintegrating from juvenile hall to public school.
- Held and facilitated proactive and responsive restorative circles between staff and students.
- Coordinated professional development and assisted in training staff in restorative practices.
- Managed and facilitated conflict resolution meetings.
- Created specialized accountability plans for students as needed.
- Attended IEP meetings to support families and students.
- Planned, created and attended field trips for students.
- Built a stronger restorative community at SRHS.
Dance Studio Owner
Canopy Dance Co.
Santa Rosa
07.2022 - 08.2023
- Managed all phone calls, emails and social media accounts for the business.
- Created subleasing contracts for building rentals.
- Managed dance performances.
- Created fliers and managed all of the advertising for the business.
- Taught multiple dance classes weekly for all ages.
- Expanded the hip hop and heels dance community in Sonoma County.
- Created a dance crew and led the dance crew.
- Created uniforms, website, and logo for business.
- Brought in professional videographers for dance video shoots, photoshoots, bringing more exposure for the business.
Full Time Dance Instructor
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Created dance curriculum for different ages and levels of students.
- Worked in several elementary schools throughout Sonoma County to teach dance through Luther Burbank Center.
- Taught at Art & Soul and The Dance Center- Prepared students for recitals throughout the semester.
- Worked with All Abilities students to support retention, flexibility, strength and performance skills.
- Lead warm ups, stretches, drills, dance activities and choreography for all 40 classes a week.
Social Worker Assistant to Intake Social Worker
County of Mendocino
Ukiah
09.2020 - 09.2021
- Scheduled mandatory court ordered visitations for families.
- Observed visitations and took detailed notes for the court's records.
- Testified for families in court.
- Assisted in drug testing adults before visitations.
- Utilized multitasking skills while answering hotline calls by typing out all reports while on the phone, de-escalated people who call in a panic, and made sure I had all details of the stories told with all the correct information.
- Transported clients to and from visitations.
- Supported clients in getting proper resources to meet their needs.
Student Advisor
Windsor Unified School District
Windsor
05.2017 - 09.2020
- Conference with students, counselors, teachers and families regarding student behaviors.
- Input students' disciplinary records.
- Mediate student conflicts.
- Worked closely with school administration and school resource officers to proactively resolve student conflict.
- Performed other miscellaneous office tasks.
- Conducted searches when reports of dangerous objects or drugs and breathalyzed students.
- Monitored school campus to support the schools' safety.
Paraeducator
Windsor Unified School District
Windsor
08.2016 - 05.2017
- Supported students on the autistic spectrum at Windsor Middle School in the classroom and in social settings.
- Shared knowledge regarding my 1:1 students' in IEP meetings to enhance students' educational experiences.
- Observed the sensory and communication needs of students to implement the proper behavior support and strategies.
- Created behavior plans with other specialists to support the student's success in learning.
Loan Funding Specialist & Relationship Management Consultant
SoFi
Healdsburg
11.2015 - 08.2016
- Reviewed executed closing documents with completeness and accuracy.
- Verified all loan conditions had been satisfied prior to funding.
- Ensure timely and accurate disbursement of loan funds.
- Maintained clear and professional verbal and written communication.
Zoo Keeper's Aid
Sacramento Zoo
Sacramento, CA
10.2014 - 01.2016
- Developed dietary and nutritional plans to reach optimal weight, stimulate healing and increase quality of life.
- Cleaned animal holding areas, and prepared various meals for different types of animals.
- Replaced animals' old food with new food, clean exhibits, cases, rake/shovel feces and many other tasks throughout the day.
Server
Applebee's Bar and Grill
Santa Rosa
03.2013 - 01.2016
- Cleaned and organized eating, service, and kitchen areas.
- Prepared checks itemizing total meal costs and sales taxes.
- Stocked service stations with items such as ice, napkins, and straws.
- Took food orders and relayed orders to kitchens or serving counters.
- Trained new employees.
- Demonstrated genuine hospitality while greeting and establishing rapport with guests.
- Guided guests through menus while demonstrating thorough knowledge of the food, beverages and ingredients.
- Maintained clean table settings by removing courses as completed, replacing utensils and refilling beverages.
Barista
Starbucks
Sacramento, CA
04.2015 - 08.2015
- Accurately took to-go and special orders via drive through headset.
- Cleaned counters, machines, utensils and seating areas daily.
- Developed and demonstrated skillful and creative latte art to engage customers.
- Prioritized drink requests while managing interruptions.
- Maintained and operated espresso machines, blenders, commercial coffee brewers, coffee pots and other equipment.
- Memorized recipes for specialty coffee beverages and seasonal offerings.
Hostess and permanent server
Jeffrey's Hillside Cafe
Santa Rosa
02.2014 - 11.2014
- Assigned patrons to tables suitable for their needs and according to rotation.
- Assisted in maintaining preparation and service areas in a sanitary condition.
- Scraped and stacked dirty dishes, and carried dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning.
- Requested and recorded customer orders, and computed bills.
- Served prepared foods, such as muffins, biscotti and bagels.
- Consistently offered professional, friendly and engaging service.
- Skillfully promoted items on beverage lists and weekly restaurant specials.
- Displayed enthusiasm and knowledge about the restaurant's menu and products.
Sales Associate
Plato's Closet
Santa Rosa
05.2012 - 09.2013
- Experience working a cash register, dressing mannequins, keeping dressing rooms clean and tidy.
- Kept stock of inventory.
- Customer service was the number one priority.
- Assessed merchandise mix to continually broaden and improve assortments.
Volunteer
Santa Rosa Bird Rescue Center
Santa Rosa, CA
03.2011 - 01.2012
- Specialization in preparing many different diets for the different bird species.
- Fed young birds using syringes.
- Cleaned many bird cages and created new nests for new birds.
- Tended to stray birds, provided housing and care of homeless birds.
Education
High School Diploma -
Windsor High School
Windsor, CA05-2012
Skills
- Calm under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Collaboration
- Excellent communication
- Community engagement
- Friendly, positive attitude
Certification
- International Institute for Restorative Practices
- American Red Cross: 4/26/2026 - 4/26/2028 Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
Timeline
Waitress
Katie Powers Catering
06.2026 - Current
Student Safety Advisor
Santa Rosa City Schools
08.2025 - 10.2026
Substitute Registrar
Hilliard Comstock Middle School
08.2025 - 08.2026
Restorative Response Specialist
Santa Rosa High School
07.2022 - 06.2025
Dance Studio Owner
Canopy Dance Co.
07.2022 - 08.2023
Full Time Dance Instructor
09.2021 - 06.2022
Social Worker Assistant to Intake Social Worker
County of Mendocino
09.2020 - 09.2021
Student Advisor
Windsor Unified School District
05.2017 - 09.2020
Paraeducator
Windsor Unified School District
08.2016 - 05.2017
Loan Funding Specialist & Relationship Management Consultant
SoFi
11.2015 - 08.2016
Barista
Starbucks
04.2015 - 08.2015
Zoo Keeper's Aid
Sacramento Zoo
10.2014 - 01.2016
Hostess and permanent server
Jeffrey's Hillside Cafe
02.2014 - 11.2014
Server
Applebee's Bar and Grill
03.2013 - 01.2016
Sales Associate
Plato's Closet
05.2012 - 09.2013
Volunteer
Santa Rosa Bird Rescue Center
03.2011 - 01.2012
High School Diploma -
Windsor High School