VIRIDIANA LUNA
East Palo Alto,CA
Summary
Organized and motivated individual eager to lead and collaborate with an innovative team. Multilingual, fluent in English and Spanish, offering solid comprehension of cultural diversity. Passionate POC seeking opportunities to extend groundbreaking work, collaboration, social justice and equity within all communities.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Bilingual Parent Liaison
EPAA- Sequoia Union High School District
East Palo Alto, CA
08.2022 - Current
- Built and maintain community partnerships. (For example, Wellness and Mental health education workshops from Stanford and Substance abuse workshops from 1EPA, US Bank for Translator Film Screening and Financial Literacy Workshops, etc.)
- Manage multiple cultural events, parent/guardian workshops, monthly SSC/ELAC meetings and grade level meetings.
- Trained and coordinated parent volunteers, delivering information on volunteer opportunities within school and community.
- Assisted parents and guardians in goal setting and educational development for children. (Took part in necessary Student Led Conferences and Student Support Team meetings)
- Informed parents of school procedures, instructional programs, Title 1 funding and roles of administrators and staff.
- Prepared reports, documentation and written materials to communicate information to parents and staff.
- Maintained open, positive and proactive communication between educators and families.
- Fostered relationships with parents and community to create safe academic environment conducive to student learning.
- Leveraged mediation techniques to facilitate communication between parents, school administration and teachers.
- Collected and tracked data of family involvement for specific goal settings and measures.
- Consulted with parents, teachers and school staff to identify root cause of student truancy, and behavior.
- Coordinated and delivered public presentations to parents, staff and community agencies.
- Assisted with development of family-focused events, programs and workshops.
- Conducted home visits and kept in contact with families by phone in accordance with agency policies.
Visual Arts/ Assistant Teacher
The Primary School
East Palo Alto, CA
07.2015 - 06.2022
- Team collaboration for curricula building.
- Created and executed lesson plans for a wide range of subjects (literacy, ELE, Art, Math) and ages (pre-school-fourth grade).
- Integration time with multiple teams (Health, Parent Wellness, IST, BEST for goal setting.
- Managed up to 50 students at a time.
- Participated in Professional Development for growth.
- Time management to increase productivity and meet student outcomes.
- Spearheaded Visual Arts for all grades (K-4).
- Jointly problem solved around student-specific or classroom-wide challenges.
- Modeled a learning environment that celebrates diversity, and practices equity.
- Maintained school-wide culture of respect and actively used positive behavioral interventions and supports.
- Participated in in-depth equity audit (DEI taskforce) to identify concrete actions to install anti-racism and anti-discriminatory practices across programs.
- Supported the development a multi-year DEI plan.
- Collected, studied and prioritized findings and data.
- Supported team structure to hold the organization and leadership accountable for implementation of the plan.
Financial and Insurance Coordinator
Dr. Brian Quo, Peninsula Pediatric Dentistry
Palo Alto, CA
06.2014 - 04.2015
- Complied with insurance regulations dictated by local, state and federal agencies.
- Analyzed weekly and monthly financial reports and reviewed accounts receivable reports and insurance contracts to facilitate revenue cycle management.
- Checked documentation for appropriate coding, catching errors and making revisions.
- Handled modification and updating of policies.
- Promoted engagement in reaching sales targets within environment with detailed, high-level accuracy.
- Retained strong medical terminology understanding in effort to better comprehend procedures.
- Complied with confidentiality regulations in handling customer information.
- Delivered best customer service in person and over the phone.
Administrator
Dr. Purvi Zavery, Peninsula Children’s Dentistry
San Carlos, CA
01.2010 - 06.2014
- Prepared accounting transactions and documents and updated procedures for management.
- Answered telephones to take messages or redirect calls to appropriate colleagues.
- Improved office organization by developing filing system and customer database protocols.
- Developed key programs focused on promoting business to grow revenue.
- Liaised with patients, insurance companies and billing personnel to create and post bills, obtain payments and update system.
- Spearheaded simplification initiatives and operational strategies to improve collections process and drive customer satisfaction.
- Created highly organized filing system for account documents resulting in increased efficiency.
- Enforced compliance with organizational policies and federal requirements regarding confidentiality.
- Developed strong professional rapport with vendors and clients.
Education
Affinity Fellowship - Completion of PD Academy
Sequoia High School District
05-2024
Early Childhood Certificate -
San Mateo Community College
Redwood City, CA03.2009
High School Diploma -
Sequoia High School, University of California
Redwood City, CA01.2004
Bachelor of Arts - Interior Architecture
UC Davis
Davis, CAMinor - Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Chicano Studies
University of California - Davis
Davis, CASkills
- Partnerships
- Community Engagement
- Transparency
- Relationship Building
- Collaboration
- Curricula Planning
- Performance Organization
- Honest and Ethical
- Problem-Solving
- Management
- Multiple Priorities Management
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Recordkeeping and Data Driven
- Passion for diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice
Languages
Timeline
Bilingual Parent Liaison
EPAA- Sequoia Union High School District
08.2022 - Current
Visual Arts/ Assistant Teacher
The Primary School
07.2015 - 06.2022
Financial and Insurance Coordinator
Dr. Brian Quo, Peninsula Pediatric Dentistry
06.2014 - 04.2015
Administrator
Dr. Purvi Zavery, Peninsula Children’s Dentistry
01.2010 - 06.2014
Affinity Fellowship - Completion of PD Academy
Sequoia High School District
Early Childhood Certificate -
San Mateo Community College
High School Diploma -
Sequoia High School, University of California
Bachelor of Arts - Interior Architecture
UC Davis
Minor - Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Chicano Studies
University of California - Davis
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