Experience

Palm Mortuary

• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Embalmer

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  • Care for deceased in a respectful manner while performing a variety of tasks which include: Embalming; removals and transfers; cosmetology, dressing, hairstyling; any other preparation required for human remains• Adhere to all professional, municipal, state/provincial and federal licensing authority regulations applicable to embalming and preparing human remains• Promote a safe work environment by being aware of and practicing universal precautions and adopting general principles of safe conduct• Assist with maintenance of preparation room and the facility; receive caskets and other funeral home supplies



New Mexico Mortuary Service - Riverside Funeral Home

• Funeral Service Intern

  • Dec 2013 - Sep 2014

  • Completed numerous embalmings, to include: setting features; raising veins and various arteries; mixing and injecting embalming chemicals; aspiration and cavity injection; and repairing special cases such as autopsies and tissue and organ donations.• Special attention to embalming and reconstruction cases with more variance in physical and chemical trauma to the body, to include: gunshots, overdoses, blunt force trauma, jaundiced bodies, edematous bodies, and advanced decomp.• Cosmetized, restored, and dressed numerous decedents for funeral visitations and services. • Conducted removals from homes, nursing homes, hospitals and morgues. • Other responsibilities included ship outs, cremation assistance, pet cremations, facilitymaintenance, and funeral directing participation.



Kolssak Funeral Home

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Practicum Student

  • Mar 2014 - May 2014

  • Provided pre-need and at-need arrangements with families and individuals. • Completed and actively participated in embalmings of various decedents. • Conducted removals from homes, nursing homes, hospitals, and morgues. • Compiled death certificates, death notices, burial and transit permits, cremation authorizations, statements of goods and services, and veteran forms. • Oversaw and organized visitations and funeral services for a wide range of cultural andreligious backgrounds. • Performed funeral directing and body preparation duties at other funeral homes to gainvaried experience with different demographics.



Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Advocate

  • Mar 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Responded to calls on a 24-hour crisis hotline by providing emotional support, referrals and information to survivors of sexual assault, their families, and loved ones. • Responded to calls on a 24-hour crisis hotline by providing emotional support, referrals and information to survivors of sexual assault, their families, and loved ones.