Animal Care Technician

• Apr 2017 - Present

Animal Care Technician II

• Jun 2014 - Apr 2017

Care for adult and infant macaques (Fasics, Rhesus, Pigtail). Provide monkeys with food and water, conduct cage change-outs, monitor health and wellbeing, provide enrichment, assist with veterinary tasks, assist behavioral management staff, transport monkeys, assist research staff, and assist with breeding program. Care for adult and infant macaques (Fasics, Rhesus, Pigtail). Provide monkeys with food and water, conduct cage change-outs, monitor health and wellbeing, provide enrichment, assist with veterinary tasks, assist behavioral management staff, transport monkeys, assist research staff, and assist with breeding program.

Animal Care Technician II

• Jun 2013 - May 2014

Provided care for mice in a laboratory setting. Provided mice with food and water, conducted cage change-outs, monitored animal behavior, assisted vet staff, weaned baby mice, and was biohazard and radiation trained. Provided care for mice in a laboratory setting. Provided mice with food and water, conducted cage change-outs, monitored animal behavior, assisted vet staff, weaned baby mice, and was biohazard and radiation trained.

Animal Care Associate

• Sep 2011 - May 2013

Worked in the PetsHotel as well as cared for animals on the floor (rodents, reptiles, fish, birds). At the Hotel, I cared for dogs and cats, made sure they all had food and water, cleaned their kennels and playrooms, monitored their behavior and health. Lots of cleaning, and scooping up poop! Worked in the PetsHotel as well as cared for animals on the floor (rodents, reptiles, fish, birds). At the Hotel, I cared for dogs and cats, made sure they all had food and water, cleaned their kennels and playrooms, monitored their behavior and health. Lots of cleaning, and scooping up poop!

Keeper Aid Volunteer

• Mar 2011 - Nov 2011

Assisted keepers with cleaning indoor and outdoor enclosures, prepared meals for orangutans, birds and other animals. Prepared enrichment, monitored behavior and shadowed keepers during their daily tasks. Assisted keepers with cleaning indoor and outdoor enclosures, prepared meals for orangutans, birds and other animals. Prepared enrichment, monitored behavior and shadowed keepers during their daily tasks.

Junior Biologist

• Mar 2011 - Sep 2011

Assisted in writing of Habitat Conservation Plans, formatting documents in Excel and Word, creating graphs and tables, collecting articles for the scientific bibliography, and assisted with other office tasks. Assisted in writing of Habitat Conservation Plans, formatting documents in Excel and Word, creating graphs and tables, collecting articles for the scientific bibliography, and assisted with other office tasks.

Behavioral monitoring intern

• May 2010 - Sep 2010

Collected behavioral data on multiple groups of gorillas and chimpanzees, used hand- held devices to collect data, did ape-related data entry and assisted with cognitive research projects Collected behavioral data on multiple groups of gorillas and chimpanzees, used hand- held devices to collect data, did ape-related data entry and assisted with cognitive research projects