Experience

Guava Empowerment

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2023

  Miami, Florida, United States Guava Empowerment™ specializes in helping minority women entrepreneurs achieve significant financial milestones through organic and aligned launching, sales, marketing, and business operations.



The LAB Miami

• United States
• Executive Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Miami, Florida, United States

• Community Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  Miami, Florida, United States Fostering growth and opportunities within the Miami Tech Ecosystem by developing relationships, facilitating collaboration and helping others achieve their goals.



SCHOOL BOARD OF ALACHUA COUNTY

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Afterschool Counselor

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Gainesville, Florida, United States During my undergrad, I worked as an after-school care teacher at JJ Finley Elementary School. Each day I with my other team members worked together to create a seamless transition between the regular school day and extended day, providing enriching activities (snack time, drawing, puzzles, homework, etc) to support their learning development for children ages 5-12.



Gatornest, University of Florida

• Student Consultant

  • Mar 2017 - May 2017

  Gainesville, Florida Area I worked with 2 local businesses on their business. In this experience, I learned about SEO, digital marketing, and what it means to be a flexible team player.



Entrepreneurship and Empowerment South Africa (EESA)

• Small Business Consultant

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Cape Town Area, South Africa My strong work ethic and commitment to create positive change brought me to become selected for the EESA program. I worked as a small business consultant with other American students & South African students on small consulting teams on assisting small businesses over a six-week period to help make the communities' local ventures sustainable. The ventures range from catering and arts & crafts businesses to community newspapers and small construction companies. My consulting team won first… Show more My strong work ethic and commitment to create positive change brought me to become selected for the EESA program. I worked as a small business consultant with other American students & South African students on small consulting teams on assisting small businesses over a six-week period to help make the communities' local ventures sustainable. The ventures range from catering and arts & crafts businesses to community newspapers and small construction companies. My consulting team won first place in the S.E.E. model competition (where we won a free helicopter ride!) however, the impact I made on the lives of my clients is what I care about the most. I am so grateful for the opportunities the EIC center gave me. o Designed functional website for clients to increase brand awareness and gain sales. o Proactively sought new opportunities for clients to make new connections within their community. o Demonstrated sales techniques to clients and maintaining positive business relationships. o Worked as a team to construct two S.E.E business models for each of our corresponding clients. Show less



Pita Pit USA

• United States
• Restaurants
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Pita Roller

  • Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

  Gainesville, Florida, United States I rolled pitas and served the late-crowds 🍺 I don't miss my Pita Pit days.



Cafe Demetrio

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Barista

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2015

  Coral Gables, Florida, United States



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Immunology Research Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Stanford, California, United States I worked in a biomedical research lab studying the cell response of Epstein-Barr Virus to Natural Killer (NK) cells. I was trained by my principle investigator, Olivia Martinez, to use scientific instruments such as a centrifuge, flow cytometer, autoclave, spectrophotometer, and performed Western Blots as well as PCR (polymerase chain reaction) which is used for DNA testing. I worked in a professional laboratory and often spent most of my time in a tissue culture room culturing… Show more I worked in a biomedical research lab studying the cell response of Epstein-Barr Virus to Natural Killer (NK) cells. I was trained by my principle investigator, Olivia Martinez, to use scientific instruments such as a centrifuge, flow cytometer, autoclave, spectrophotometer, and performed Western Blots as well as PCR (polymerase chain reaction) which is used for DNA testing. I worked in a professional laboratory and often spent most of my time in a tissue culture room culturing infected cells. **Laboratory of Olivia M. Martinez, Ph.D. Show less