Experience

Ohana Pacific Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Certified Nursing Assistant

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Beginning August 2023 Beginning August 2023



Hawaii State Department of Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Part Time Teacher

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  ● As a State of Hawaii employee I was responsible for creating and carrying out lesson plans for elementary to middle school-aged students. ● I was recruited by the principal of an at-risk elementary school located in Kalihi, Oahu and tasked with raising language arts scores for standardized testing for students in the 5th grade; many of whom were English language learners. ● Upon moving back to Kauai in 2016, I was recruited by Koloa Elementary to work as a full-time substitute teacher for a 5th grade class. I was tasked with creating daily lesson plans, attending educator planning events and meetings, and staying after school to participate in counselor/parent Individualized Education Plan (IEP) discussions; which gave me experience in preparing clear and concise reports. ● I maintained a reliable structure for students and helped see them through their standardized testing at the end of the school year. Show less



Da Warehouse Imports & Liquidation

• Lihue, Hawaii, United States

• Business Manager

  • Jun 2017 - May 2023

  Proud member of a small family owned business that liquidates 4-and-5 star Resorts across Maui and Kauai, and resells to the public. We offset an enormous waste footprint by keeping high quality furniture out of our local dumps, by reselling high end pieces at a fraction of original price. My duties include marketing, scheduling, administrative accounting, customer service and transactions; as well as scheduling and coordinating delivery services. I am also responsible for site checks at the major resorts to provide quotes for service. Show less



Hearst Television

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• News Producer

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2016

  ● Producer of the 10 p.m. nightly newscast, Emergency and on-call shift producer, Election-night producer, field-producer during President Barack Obama's 2016 Hawaii visit to Hickam Air Field ● Responsible for answering and making phone calls both locally and internationally, and maintaining a direct line of communication with government officials, emergency medical responders, and civilians in numerous sectors of the economy. This included working directly with Sarah Blane with the County of Kauai. ● Provide accurate, easy-to-understand, and grammatically correct information and visuals to more than one-million viewers daily. ● Answered and responded to more than 150 emails daily. ● Required to type at least 75 words per minute. ● Responsible for organizing and managing schedules of up to 25 people under a tight deadline daily. ● Required to utilize extreme organizational skills to read and write at least 45 scripts a day and oversee their visual and audio production from start to finish. ● Ability to use ENPS, inews, Avid, Microsoft Office, fax machines, photocopy, and the ability to properly navigate Ho'ohiki and ecourt kokua. ● Responsible for posting accurate and informational content to the KITV.com website daily. That included editing video content to match written content. ● Gained a familiarity with the various topics and issues that affect Hawaii residents, from information about shark sightings, coral reef damage, traffic incidents, crime, and political issues to more uplifting topics including hula, persons of interest, fundraising events, and parades. ● Ability to write and speak effectively; secure, evaluate, and present facts accurately and concisely; work well with people; communicate effectively with various segments of the public. Show less



Ohana Broadcast Company

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Promotions Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Jun 2013

  ● Responsible for all administrative duties at KONG Radio Group, including answering phones, accounts receivable, billing, organizing yearly promotions and planning large events such as an administrative professionals luncheon at the Marriott ballroom to further business opportunities and partnerships. ● Maintaining visual public image on social media. ● Hosting political candidates including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Mazie Hirono, and Former Mayor Bernard Carvalho as they shared their ideas and agendas with the community. ● Organized daily promotional giveaways for DJ's across four stations, and followed up with prize winners. ● Maintained the KONG community calendar. ● Filed quarterly FCC reports to maintain license. Show less



Meredith Corporation

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• News Producer

  • Mar 2010 - Apr 2012

  ● Executive Producer of weekend one-hour newscasts, for which I was awarded an Emmy for excellence in team leadership. ● Producer of weekday 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts ● Exercising good news judgement, and arranging and typing nearly 100 pages worth of scripts for the anchor to read nightly (requiring me to type 85+wpm). ● Reading and comprehending press release information sent in by government agencies, businesses, and civilians. Following up on provided information to ensure accuracy. ● Editing soundbites and transcribing them, as well as spell checking all of my scripts to make sure they were grammatically accurate. ● Responsible for writing and uploading information to our website. ● Recognized for producing a news special, for the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden. My show was written about in The Las Vegas Review Journal, for excellence during breaking news coverage. 2012 Emmy Awards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCbhC5lfeZg Show less



WBKO

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Producer/Video Editor

  • Apr 2008 - Mar 2010

  ● Editor: responsible for reading scripts and editing video. After a couple of months I was promoted to 5 p.m. news producer. ● Responsible for planning news stories, arranging interviews, taking calls from viewers, creating a rundown for a 30 minute show and writing all the scripts for that show. \ ● Timing the show out so we did not run into commercial breaks, or run over our allotted time. ● Was promoted to producing two shows a day, the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. ● Responsible for writing news stories for our website www.wbko.com ● Volunteered to write an environmental blog for the WBKO website. Show less



University of Nevada-Las Vegas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• UNLV-TV Videographer

  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2008



8 News NOW | KLAS-TV

• Las Vegas, NV

• News/Production Intern

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2007



Meredith Corporation

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• News/Production Intern

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007



Clark County School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Substitute Teacher

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Managed student learning in accordance with the goals and directives of the school and the division. I was responsible for teaching class sizes of up to 40-students at a time, and about half of them were Spanish speaking. Managed student learning in accordance with the goals and directives of the school and the division. I was responsible for teaching class sizes of up to 40-students at a time, and about half of them were Spanish speaking.