Max Restaurant Group - Max Downtown, Hartford, C.T
Assistant Event Coordinator, Office Manager, and Head of Host Staff Training, 11 years.

- Prepared and established efficient dining-service workflow while coordinating appropriate seating requests for high profile clientele.

- Contributed to building and maintaining high-profile clientele by noting specific details / dining preferences, and encouraging use of our facilities and resources for future business events resulting in repeat sales.

- Negotiated and drafted private dining contracts with clients that meet all their requests.

- Efficiently communicate to front-of-house management and executive chef details including: contract details, designating appropriate service support, reaching out to designated vendors to accommodate menu / beverage selections / and any other necessary items for client's event.

-Handled administrative assistance for management, created and implemented HOST training manual.



West Hartford Public Schools- Sedgwick Middle School
English Language Arts Teacher, 2 years.

- Collaborated with Language Arts Team to develop, organize, and teach engaging lessons plans based on curriculum units for grades 6th to 8th.

- Trained and strongly encouraged students to utilize various technology resources, especially Google Workspace.

- Maintained all aspects of classroom management including conduct and organization.

- Actively collaborated with Core Teaching Team to address students' academic needs, and build a positive learning environment. This was achieved by managing all necessary tracking and grade reporting systems to ensure student grade statistics are tracked, analyzed, measured, and then shared with the rest of Team.

- Demonstrated a strong commitment toward fostering positive rapport with both students and parents.