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Work History
Education
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Certification
Extracurricular Activities
Languages
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Yayoua Xiong

Saint Paul,MN

Summary

Recent graduate with excellent writing, editing, technical, and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented and able to learn new concepts quickly. Motivated professional offering BA in English. Adds value to any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal and multitasking abilities. Meets tight deadlines. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Academic Consultant

Multicultural Center For Academic Excellence (MCAE)
Minneapolis, MN
08.2022 - 05.2023
  • Helping students in need of writing help or assistance.
  • Holding drop in, and scheduled appointments via in person or zoom to help students with any questions pertaining to writing.
  • This included essays, presentations, or stories that they had to share or wanted to get assistance with.

Operations Assistant

Upward Bound Vision Quest Duluth
Minneapolis, MN
04.2022 - 07.2022
  • Tracking and intaking attendance into google sheets, along with filing and organizing paper copies.
  • Updating and setting up chromebooks and ipads for student usage and organizing distribution.
  • Assisting in student activities and supervising during lunch.

Student Administrative Assistant

UMN English Department
Minneapolis, MN
09.2021 - 05.2022
  • Managing the front office, answering emails regarding questions about the English department, assisting with any other projects that were happening inside the building such as event set up, making course guides, ect, and data entry for syllabus and other English department data.

Caller

McNamara Alumni Call Center
Minneapolis, MN
10.2019 - 12.2019
  • Calling and talking to Alumni of the University of Minnesota, updating their contact information, giving them updates on the University, and asking them for donations.

Technology Services Internship

Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, MN
07.2019 - 08.2019
  • Learning about the technology that is used in the Saint Paul Public Schools district and the process in intaking and distributing to students for the next academic school year.

Retail Sales Associate

Express @Maplewood Mall
Maplewood, MN
04.2019 - 08.2019
  • Helping customers find what they were looking for and adding on to their items along with assisting them in any returns, exchanges, or other questions they had.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - English

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
05-2023

Skills

  • Google Suite
  • Canva
  • InDesign
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Java
  • Editing
  • Creative Writing
  • Essay Writing
  • Copy Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Customer Service
  • Line Editing
  • Leader
  • Good communicator
  • Open minded
  • Outgoing
  • Independent
  • Team Oriented
  • Planner/Organized
  • Problem Solving

Certification

  • Certificate in Editing and Publishing

Extracurricular Activities

The Tower Staff, 2021-2022

  • The Tower is a literary magazine at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities that publishes literary works of nonfiction, poetry, visual arts, and fiction from undergraduates at the university. We read submissions, worked with authors to edit and publish their pieces as well as hold events to showcase the work that we receive throughout the year.
  • https://issuu.com/ivorytower/docs/the_tower_2022_issuu

University League of Legends Club, 2019-2023

  • Competitive Director for my junior year (2021-2022). Managed all of the competitive teams in scheduling scrims, matches, and tournaments. Also helped plan events for the club, and handled social media.
  • Became co-president of the club, for the year of 2022-2023. Managed other officers. Also helped with the planning and supervision of our events, fundraisers, tournaments, and applied for grants for the club.

Languages

Hmong
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Academic Consultant

Multicultural Center For Academic Excellence (MCAE)
08.2022 - 05.2023

Operations Assistant

Upward Bound Vision Quest Duluth
04.2022 - 07.2022

Student Administrative Assistant

UMN English Department
09.2021 - 05.2022

Caller

McNamara Alumni Call Center
10.2019 - 12.2019

Technology Services Internship

Saint Paul Public Schools
07.2019 - 08.2019

Retail Sales Associate

Express @Maplewood Mall
04.2019 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Arts - English

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
  • Certificate in Editing and Publishing
Yayoua Xiong