Teaching, Training & Classroom Experience

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
September 2000 – June 2002 & Fall Semester 2007
Mystery Lake School District – Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Key Tasks:
- Follow and implement lesson plans provided by the homeroom teacher for high school and elementary students
- Coach high school sports
- Supervise and manage students of all ages and apply disciplinary action when required

FOREMAN/CREW LEADER
Summers of 2004 - 2012
Windfirm Resources Inc – Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
Key Tasks:
- Hire and train university students to plant trees to contract specification in terms of quality and density
- Ensure that all employees are allocated land and provided seedlings to plant
- Provide daily instruction regarding health and safety issues and evacuation procedures

STUDENT TEAM LEADER (30 students: 18-19 years of age)
September 2006 to May 2007
Outtatown Program, Canadian Mennonite University – Canada & Guatemala
Key Tasks:
- Work with three other team leaders to organize and manage all aspects of the Outtatown study/volunteer program in Canada and Guatemala and lead students in daily activities
- Small group leadership and one on one mentoring
- Spanish/ English translation in Guatemala

COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMNT PROJECT VOLUNTEER
April to August 2003
Mennonite Church Canada – Santiago, Chile
This project was centered on providing scholastic and recreational resources for children of families suffering with domestic violence.
Key tasks:
- Assistance with homework for school aged children
- Organization of sports and recreational activities
- Teaching English

Education   

University of Manitoba, May 2011
Master of Natural Resources Management (M.N.R.M)

TESOL Certification, October 2008
TEFL International - Alexandria Egypt

University of Manitoba, May 2008
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geography and Spanish/Latin American Studies

International/Cross-cultural Experience

My international/ cross-cultural experience abroad has been comprised of four cumulative years of study, work, travel and volunteering throughout 85 countries across all seven continents. The majority of my experience lies in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia where I invested in language study and lived in communities for prolonged periods. Throughout my time abroad I became conversational in Spanish and Portuguese and learned enough to get by in my daily routine in Arabic and Mandarin.