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Lauren's Resume

Lauren da Silva
Objective: To exercise my leadership communication skills to adhere to students needs in a dynamic environment.

Experience:

WebCurfew.com Startup SUMMER INTERN – July-August 2016
-Worked through a list of 3,000+ relevant Google Alerts captured over a period of 3 years to identify prominent “mommy” bloggers, TV network producers, radio station program directors, free-lance journalists, and youth pastors at places of worship, influencing “parents”
-Identified 100s of candidates and conducted extensive primary Internet research on how they influence parents and used Microsoft Excel to capture detailed contact information and used Microsoft Word to automatically merge it into individualized emails to form a PR outreach campaign
-Read three separate books on millennial parenting, highlighting and summarizing key trends on raising millennial children in a digital age, to be used later by the company for research


Richmond Hill Soccer Club Team Manager & Coach (2 Years) – May-SepTEMBER 2015/2016
-Co-ordinated all email communications with parents of 6 & 9 year old girls, notifying them of all game times, cancellations, individual snack schedules, picture day and the final banquet
-Planned the girls warm-up exercises and soccer drills before every game
-Brought all necessary equipment (e.g.; balls, mini-nets, cones, etc.,) to each game arriving early to set up and staying behind to pack up at the end
-Took attendance and guided the girls through all warmup exercises and drills prior to each game, teaching them in a fun yet educational way
-Ensured the girls had equal playing time during games
-Provided an overall energetic yet patient role model for the girls so that their (for many) first exposure to soccer was a positive one!


Richmond Hill Soccer Club Camp Counsellor – July-August 2017
-Accountable for managing large groups of 4-6 year old children, teaching the basic fundamental skills of soccer, and dealing with various behaviours and needs
-Communicated with children’s parents about their child’s behaviour at camp and interactions with others
-Planned drills and new activities every day for the children to participate in
-Responsible for maintaining a tidy camp ground
-Remained a positive, energetic leader, making sure the campers participated in all games and enjoyed themselves

Education: Pickering college High School, Newmarket – 2014-2018
-Honour Roll and Dean’s List for each of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12
-Current grade 12 overall academic average is 94%
-Active Member of the Student Social Committee and Gold House Co-Captain
-Member of both Varsity Soccer and Volleyball sports teams every year

Awards:
-John Wiesner Outstanding Original Poetry award
-2 time winner of John Wiesner Outstanding Original Short Story award
-3 time winner of the school Colour Athletic Talent award
-Varsity Soccer Coach’s Most Valuable Player award
-Varsity Volleyball Coach’s Most Valuable Defensive Player award

Skills:
-Friendly and Outgoing – always happy to help those in need
-Goal Oriented – understand how to break down and prioritize complex challenges to continually make progress toward their resolution
-Responsible and Organized – always accountable for tasks assigned to me and consistently complete them in a timely fashion
-Motivated – driven to continually learn and develop new skills
Interests:
-Competitive Soccer- Have been playing soccer competitively for 8 years
-Avid Reader – Enjoy reading books of all types
-Guitar – Have been playing guitar for 4 years – publically performed at Cover Notes open house night in Richmond Hill
-Volunteering – Love to give back to the community and those that are less fortunate – completed mandatory high school volunteer hours 2 years early
-Music – Passionate about music from different genres

References:
Rod da Silva – Owner of Webcurfew.com
Tim Rennie – Richmond Hill Rep Soccer Coach
Nadine Powell – Head of Richmond Hill Women’s Soccer
Stina – Manages Richmond Hill Soccer Club