Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer Experience
References
Timeline
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WAHLIYA KESSELL-FAY

Pearl City,HI

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

MAHI'AI AKAHI (FARMER)

MA'O ORGANIC FARMS
02.2021 - Current
  • Duties include gauging poundage of produce, assisted with vegetable harvest, expedited processing procedures, and coordinating intern work.
  • Collaborated within a team of co-workers to accomplish production work on the farm that included including transplanting, spreading mulch, planting trees, irrigation management, hand weeding, leading groups in work, and rotating crops in the nursery.
  • Effectively communicated with managers, co-workers, and customers to efficiently facilitate farm work.
  • Fulfilled vegetable orders in the packing and processing shed that required quick math, problem solving, and working in a rigorous and fast paced environment.
  • Led a farmers market booth are provided customer service, cashiering, sales skills, and delegation of tasks among employees.
  • Led farm tours of large groups of people which requires speaking in front of large audiences and community engagement.
  • Operate machinery: weedwhacker, chainsaw/ pole saw, riding mower, dump truck/ flatbed, tractor, and large vehicles.
  • Visited fields regularly to inspect and estimate maturity dates of crops and damage due to weather.
  • Trained and supervised farmhands in proper use of farm equipment and safety protocols.

OPERATIONS CREW

WAIPA FOUNDATION
08.2019 - 12.2021
  • Co-managed a 1.5-acre agroforestry site which required monitoring of site, plant identification and propagation, soil testing, planning, and execution.
  • Facilitate site maintenance which includes, mowing, fence repair, weed whacking, harvesting vegetables, tree cutting, hauling, and fertilizing.
  • Directed community-based workdays.
  • Conducted monthly surveys of native stream life
  • Collected and recorded data of water quality on a regular basis.
  • Plant Nursery Manager. Responsible for seed collection, propagation, irrigation maintenance, and general upkeep of the nursery.
  • Lead educational groups for school children (K-6) specializing in Aina education.

CAREER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

KUPU
10.2017 - 08.2019
  • Internship with Waipa Foundation which required 40 hours per week and data collection bi-weekly
  • Help to facilitate group visits onsite
  • Farm hand
  • Site Maintenance.

BARISTA

OHANA JUICE BAR
05.2016 - 09.2017
  • Effectively conducted tasks in time sensitive conditions
  • Cashier
  • Amplified good customer service
  • Responsible for making deli items such as salads, sandwiches, smoothies, coffee, acai bowls, house made sauces, and conducted all prep work of such produce.

BUSSER/FOOD RUNNER

SAMS OCEANVIEW RESTAURANT
01.2016 - 09.2017
  • Busser/ Food runner
  • Quick on the feet and very detail oriented
  • Able to lift 50 pounds.

CASHIER/ SALES ASSOCIATE

TROPICAL TANTRUM
08.2015 - 01.2016
  • Cashier
  • Competitive commission on sales
  • Customer Service.

Education

Undergraduate studies -

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: WEST OAHU
11.2023

Undergraduate studies -

KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
01.2021

Graduate -

KAPAA HIGH SCHOOL
05.2016

Skills

  • Cashiering
  • Strong communication skills
  • Food prep/ Customer service
  • Experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office
  • Mulitasking while working in a fast paced environment
  • Food runner/ busser Some restaurant experience

Volunteer Experience

  • Kupu - Career Development Leadership Program, Internship, 2017, 2019
  • NTBG- Lawai National Botanical Garden, Volunteered in native plant nursery, 2019, 2019
  • Alaka'i swamp workday, Helped to replace old boardwalk, 2018
  • Nihoku workday, Eradicated invasive species within riparian buffer, 2018
  • Kaho'olawe work trip, Collaborated with Protect Kaho'olawe Ohana to restore culturally significant sites, 2018, 2019
  • Hawai'i Youth Conservation Core, Dedicated over 300 hours of community service across Kaua'i, 2017
  • Namahoe workday, Helped to clean Kaua'i's sailing canoe, 2016
  • University of Hawai'i- West O'ahu community work day in student organic garden, 2022

References

Stacy Sproat, Executive Director, Waipa Foundation, 1(808)639-1815, s_sproat@hotmail.com

 Kirstie Daly, Operations Manager, Waipa Foundation, 1(808)651-1400, Keahidaly@gmail.com

Gary Maunakea-Forth, Ma'o Organic Farms, 1(808)478-0316, Gary@maoorganicfarms.org

Chelsie Onaga, Ma'o Organic Farms, 1(808)358-9983, Chelsie@maoorganicfarms.org

Timeline

MAHI'AI AKAHI (FARMER)

MA'O ORGANIC FARMS
02.2021 - Current

OPERATIONS CREW

WAIPA FOUNDATION
08.2019 - 12.2021

CAREER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

KUPU
10.2017 - 08.2019

BARISTA

OHANA JUICE BAR
05.2016 - 09.2017

BUSSER/FOOD RUNNER

SAMS OCEANVIEW RESTAURANT
01.2016 - 09.2017

CASHIER/ SALES ASSOCIATE

TROPICAL TANTRUM
08.2015 - 01.2016

Undergraduate studies -

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: WEST OAHU

Undergraduate studies -

KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Graduate -

KAPAA HIGH SCHOOL

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