Work and Leadership Experience

Manager of Health & Wellness Programs
YMCA of Metro Denver in Denver, CO

Glendale Sports Center

Southwest YMCA (previous)

October 2018 - Present
Full-time

Current:

- Overseeing fitness/wellness programs for the Glendale Sports Center at Infinity Park (City of Glendale)

- Hiring, training, scheduling, and evaluating 20+ part time staff

- Coordinating program schedules

- Equipment purchasing & coordinating repairs

- Creating department Budget and tracking spending

- Personal Training my clients (~10 appointments per week)

- Teaching group exercise classes (Yoga, SilverSneakers, Core, cardio/strength, meditation)

- Virtual fitness programs

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- Interim manager overseeing both Glendale Sports Center and Southwest YMCA, 4 months in year 2020, during COVID re-opening.

---- Supervisor for 80+ staff (fitness instructors, personal trainers, interns, volunteers) between two branches

---- Overseeing 120+ weekly fitness classes/events between two branches, including virtual programming for COVID

- Interim manager overseeing both Littleton YMCA and Southwest YMCA, 4 months in year 2019
---- Supervisor for 80+ staff (fitness instructors, personal trainers, interns, volunteers) between two branches
---- Overseeing 120+ weekly fitness classes/events between two branches

- Chosen to help plan and implement Virtual Personal Training program for the association, in response to COVID-19.

-Chosen to help improve staff development / employee retention protocols for the association.

-Key Contributor of the Year 2022

Site Leader
Open World Learning in Denver, CO

August 2017 - May 2018

Part time, 20 hours per week

Open World Learning (OWL) is a non-profit that teaches technology skills to elementary school students at Title 1 schools in Denver. As a Site Leader for this organization, I was responsible for running the OWL program at Smith Elementary school.

- Supervising staff, interns, volunteers - Training interns, volunteers

- Data tracking with Excel and other systems - Lesson planning

- Communicating with parents in Spanish - Community Building

Executive Assistant
Main Street Pedicabs in Broomfield, CO

June 2017 - Present
Part time, 1-10 hours per week

Main Street Pedicabs is the largest manufacture of pedicabs (bike taxis) in the USA, shipping vehicles throughout the USA and also worldwide. This business was founded by my dad in 1992. My part-time role since 2017 has taken a lot of different shapes through out the years. Sometimes it looks like organizing a team meeting to check in on our projects, sometimes it looks like a deep dive into rebranding and overseeing the creation of all our new logos, sometimes it looks like a trip to Seattle to oversee a large delivery and train their fleet drivers how to drive an XXL trike.

Here are the highlights:

- Supporting the President/Founder in operations of small local manufacturing company

- Managing brand and media content, including websites Pedicab.com & Pedaltruck.com

- Coordinating film projects to create our company YouTube page, including all of our Vehicle Repairs how-to videos

- International and domestic travel to meet customers

- Assisting with sale of the company and transition to new owners

- Coordinating meetings with our team

- Helping make decisions related to operations, marketing, hiring

- Wide variety of other tasks as needed

Personal Trainer
YMCA of Metro Denver in Denver, CO
Denver Parks and Recreation
The Health Club LLC in Clemson, SC
August 2016 - October 2018
Part-time

I've worked as a Personal Trainer for a variety of different companies / organizations, including the small business I created during my last year living in Clemson, SC.

- Since obtaining my certification in 2015, I've now personal trained over 100 different clients, ages 10-85

- Designing fitness programs - Fitness assessments

-Scheduling and appointment tracking with multiple websites

group fit instructor

Group Fitness Instructor
YMCA of Metro Denver in Denver, CO
Clemson University in Clemson, SC
The Health Club LLC in Clemson SC
Boulder Valley YMCA in Boulder, CO
June 2013 - October 2018
Part-time

I have been a group fitness instructor since June 2013, certified through AFAA. Class formats include BOSU, HIIT, Silver Sneakers, Yoga, Meditation, Bootcamp, general aerobics, general strength, stretching, and foam rolling.

At Clemson University, I was chosen as a mentor for fitness instructors in-training. I was also asked by to give a Wellness Presentation at an annual sorority event three years in a row.

- Designing fitness programs - Staff training and evaluations

- Public Speaking - Leading Groups - Safety Protocol

Teen Program Leader/Coordinator
Louisville Rec Center in Louisville, CO

Summer 2017 (seasonal)

Part-time

As the VOLoCITY Teen Program Leader for Summer 2017, I coordinated volunteer trips with over 20 non-profits in the Denver Metro Area, and provided transportation and supervision for groups of teens (ages 12-16) on these trips. At the end of the summer, I created a highlights video using iMovie.

- Coordinating trips - Leading Groups - Non-profits

- Youth Development - Communicating with parents - iMovie

Lead Tutor and Assistant Coordinator
Clemson University in Clemson, SC

August 2016 - May 2017

Part-time

YoungLife Leader
Pickens High School in Pickens, SC

September 2014 - May 2017

Part-time

My role as a teen mentor involved collaborating with a large team (16 teammates) to organize weekly events for high school students and to build community in the high school. Each week I dedicated about 10 hours to YoungLife, while also juggling 15-20 credit hours of classes per semester and working part-time. My special project for our team was to create a music video featuring all of our students using iMovie.

- Event planning - Marketing - Community building

- Youth Development - Acting & Improv - Fundraising

- Social Media - Movie Editing - Powerpoint, Word, Excel

- Public Speaking

After four months of working as a tutor for student-athletes at Clemson University, I was selected to be the Lead Tutor for Health Science and Athletic Leadership courses. I was responsible for hosting tutor trainings for my subject areas and helping other tutors be successful. I also worked one-on-one with student athletes, tutoring them in college-level Exercise Physiology, Epidemiology, Public Speaking, Anatomy & Physiology, and other courses.

As a "Student Coordinator", I assisted the Tutor Coordinator with administrative duties, such as scheduling tutor sessions, evaluating tutors, and communication between students, tutors, and academic advisors.

- Staff Training - Staff Evaluation - Leading Groups

- Scheduling - Excel Spreadsheets - Motivational Interviewing