Experience

Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Department Administrator, Athletics Department

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  Building a chain of department communication. Creating the link between our department, Finance & Procurement, HR, Development, and Facilities. Utilizing efficient systems to organize our workdays. Building a chain of department communication. Creating the link between our department, Finance & Procurement, HR, Development, and Facilities. Utilizing efficient systems to organize our workdays.



Self Employed

• Horticultural Consultant

  • Jan 1996 - Present

  Matching the interests and needs of a client with their specific garden site and appropriate plant material, making their vision come to life. Specializing in edible gardening, drought tolerant gardens, historical restoration. Available for consulting, classes, workshops, and garden writing. Matching the interests and needs of a client with their specific garden site and appropriate plant material, making their vision come to life. Specializing in edible gardening, drought tolerant gardens, historical restoration. Available for consulting, classes, workshops, and garden writing.



City of South Pasadena

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Library Aide

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2008

  Circulation desk duties such as checking materials in and out for patrons, taking payments for late fees, customer service, and processing new library card applications.Sorting and reshelving books and audio/visual itemsAssist with training of new Library Aides.Assist with closing, cleaning, and securing the library at closing time. Assist with book mending and processing of new books, periodicals, and audio/visual items.Experience gained in working with the Dewey Decimal system.



Los Angeles County Arboretum

• Library Assistant

  • Jul 2008 - Sep 2008

  This was a grant funded, temporary position with duties related specific to the retrospective conversion of the library catalog in this specialty library.Daily duties included record searches and uploading of records onto OCLC for books in the library collection in order to convert the current card catalog system into an online catalog.Retrieved and reshelved books from the stacks. Handled rare library materials from special collections for item maintenance.Experience gained in cataloging with the Library of Congress system.