A detailed look at:
My general work history.
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Beyond my resume.
My work experience extends well beyond what is displayed on my resume. At 9 years old, I conducted my first ever business deal: the sale of my pony, Dapple. I began riding horses when I was only 6 years old and it quickly became my obsession. As my first pony, Dapple meant the world to me. After our rides, I would spend extra hours around the barn to groom him. He was my real life My Little Pony. When the day came to sell Dapple to the next horseback-riding beginner, I could not stop worrying about how his next owners would treat him. On a piece of scratch printer paper I scribbled up a contract, which acted as extended terms of the sale. I ensured that, for an extra $10, the parents of Dapple’s new rider would take extra good care of him. The details:
At least 5 carrots per day to reward him for being amazing.
Extra treats during competitions, specifically Mrs. Pasture Horse Cookies.
He must always be the center of attention when other horses are present.
Me and Dapple after winning first place.
My boss at Brick and Bell cafe in 2016.
Freshman year of high school, I got my first proper job. I wanted nothing more than to receive a paycheck and have my own money. With no prior work experience, I made a resume based on my community service time and high-school involvement. My local juice shop in La Jolla gave me a chance and I worked roughly 38 hours a week that summer. I quickly realized I would make more money in tips if I worked right across the street at the local cafe. On good terms, I left my juicing job and became a cashier and barista. I worked these jobs for years during summers, weekends, and before or after school during my high-school years. With constant, high-energy workflow and a great deal of problem solving within customer conflict, I developed a groundwork for who I am as an employee: I work fast, stay focused, and love the grind.
A Guest Speaker at Donate Life, Chicago Headquarters.
I quit riding horses to focus on my new love: volleyball. I worked tirelessly to make the top teams each year for my respective age group. I was the only freshman to make the varsity team in high-school. My junior year of high-school, as I was getting recruited to play NCAA division 1 volleyball, I had a life changing injury that caused me to need surgery on my right ankle. The surgery and long recovery process ultimately ended my volleyball career. My surgery required a cartilage donation to complete a cartilage transplant. Though I had to quit playing volleyball, my passion for every day movement never faded. Receiving this surgery insured that I am still able to live an active lifestyle. As a cartilage recipient, I became determined to spread awareness on the importance of being an organ and cartilage donor. At age 16, I was invited to the Donate Life Northwest headquarters to speak to the executive team about how a donation may not have been crucial to saving my life, but it was important to maintaining my quality of life.
I was finally able to work at lululemon athlteica. I wanted to work there when I was younger, but their company policy requires employees to be 18 or older. Here, I developed my ability to sell a product. Whether it was a long-time customer popping in to browse around, or a first time lulu buyer making their first leap into the world of $100+ leggings, my goal was to ring them up for the extra item they didn’t know they needed. I usually suggested for the matching top or bottom respective to what they were purchasing.
A dance party… disguised as an indoor cycling workout. Pictured: me and my friend (an instructor) on the instructor stage and all my front desk co-workers coming in for a glow stick “dance bomb.”
After lululemon, I worked at SoulCycle. With short, early morning shifts, it was easier to incorporate into my school schedule. After arriving for shifts at 5:30am, my days consisted of working with some of the most difficult customers I have ever encountered. At $30 per class, SoulCycle classes are the designer bags of the fitness industry. Most guests wanted a specific bike, during all classes, even when there was a waitlist for class entry and someone else had already paid and booked that bike. I was in peak problem-solving-mode every moment of my shifts. Along with providing cream of the crop customer service, my co-workers and I maintained gold-standard SoulCycle cleanliness around the studio. Pulling hair out of shower drains and scrubbing sweat stains off the floor of the studio was never fun, but the sense of community among employee’s was unlike anything I’ve experienced. Our ability to laugh together at our experiences is something I cherish.