Latin American Sales

To use my strong Spanish language skills

United States Peace Corps Volunteer—Ecuador, 2006-2008
• Designed a project to promote financial development of a small indigenous community in Ecuador involving implementation of inventory systems, adding value to current products, customer demographic analysis, new marketing and pricing methods, and implementing basic accounting techniques for many of the shops in the community.
• Selected as Business/Language Liaison to be part of the training team for next group of Peace Corps Volunteers.
• Currently seeking a grant for an irrigation system to help increase blackberry crop yield for value-added product activities including making jam, marmalade and preserves in addition to the fruit already sold.
• Designed a community bank, which is a credit and savings cooperative, to educate people about saving practices, risk analysis and how credit functions.
• Assisting a local doctor in designing and promoting a community-based health program.
The Wine Merchant Limited—St. Louis, 2005-2006
• Retail sales and education of customers regarding wine production and tasting.
Accíon Social Communitaria Volunteer through La Cliníca—St. Louis, 2005-2006
• Worked with at-risk, learning disabled, youth who spoke English as a second language.
Vector Marketing International—Missouri, Illinois, 2000-2002
• One of the top sales representatives as a teenager in the St. Louis Branch. Charged with calling homes after receiving a reference, and then presenting company’s product with the purpose of immediate sale for a product delivered at a later date.

Washington University in St. Louis
• Bachelor of Arts-- December 2005
• Graduated with honors in major
• Completed degree in three years
School of International Training—Study Abroad. Economics Program. Southern Cone, Latin America. Spring 2005
Concentration:
• International political economy
• Economics
• Latin American Politics
• Thesis regarding the use of social movements as a vehicle to stimulate socio-economic and political reform in Latin America.

ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS:
• Initiated effort to teach English to the Spanish speaking lawn-care workers at Washington University.
I began working with only a few of them individually my sophomore year and the program has expanded to include almost all of the Latin workers and close to fifty student volunteers. Fall 2004 -Spring2006
• Helped design HIV/AIDS initiative at Washington University Fall 2005-Spring 2006
• National Sigma Iota Rho International Studies Honorary--Washington University Fall 2005-Spring 2006
o Executive Officer of founding chapter
• Washington University Varsity hockey Spring 2003-Fall-2004
• Tennis, hockey, soccer, investing, travel