Education
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH, USA | Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music May 2010
Majors: Hispanic Studies, Composition
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales and the University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina | February 2008 through December 2008
Coursework in Spanish language, literature, music composition, music history, and art
Relevant Experience
Teaching Assistant
Oberlin College Department of Hispanic Studies | Oberlin, OH, USA | September 2009 through May 2010
Met with individual college students in advanced Spanish grammar and composition classes as additional support to their coursework
Instructor
Spanish in the Elementary Schools | Oberlin, OH, USA | September 2009 through May 2010
Team-taught, constructed all lessons, and developed materials for a biweekly Spanish class in an elementary school in Oberlin, OH
Instructor
Experimental College, Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH, USA | February 2009 through May 2010; August 2007 through December 2007
Designed, planned lessons, and co-taught a credit-bearing college course on Experimental Typography to 12 - 15 students
Resident Assistant
Oberlin College Office of Residential Education and Dining Services | Oberlin, OH, USA | August 2006 through December 2007
Created and facilitated educational and community-building programming for approximately 30 first-year college students
Residential Assistant
Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth | Madison, WI, USA | July 2006 through August 2007
Supervised gifted and talented students in a residential summer program, planned and facilitated 5 - 6 hours of daily activities
Additional Activities
Managing Editor
The Oberlin Review, Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH, USA | May 2009 through May 2010
Oversaw the production and business components of a weekly newspaper and associated website; with editors-in-chief served as the organization’s liaison with other parties
Production Manager
The Oberlin Review, Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH, USA | February 2009 through May 2009
Trained and managed 14 copy editors, production editors, and content editors; revised and maintained the organization”s style guide
Special Project: “Exploring Typographic Art”
Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH, USA | January 2009
Proposed and completed an individual academic project seeking to identify artists and works of art that employ typographic techniques via research into the subject and my own artistic exploration
Volunteer
Intercambios Asociación Civil | Buenos Aires, Argentina | March 2008 through November 2008
Designed a bilingual, CMS-based website for a new international workgroup on drug policy and maintained the organization”s main site; wrote a manual and trained organization staff members in the operation of the new site
Clerical Assistant
Meta House | Milwaukee, WI, USA | June 2004 through October 2005
Entered client information into a database system, performed occasional receptionist duties, filed and audited medical records
Honors and Awards
National Merit Scholar (2005), Robert C. Byrd State Honors Scholar (2005)
Skills
Computer: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; Adobe Photoshop and InDesign
Web: Familiar with HTML, CSS, PHP, and WordPress
Languages: English (native) and Spanish (fluent)