Karen H. Saravia-Orellana

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WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Central Islip Health Center, Central Islip, NY                                          2003

Record Filer

• File patient records.
• Translate for Spanish speaking patients.

 

Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY                                          2000-2001

Secretary’s Assistant

• Operated the telephone, set up appointments, provided information and directed visitors.
• Received and distributed mail.
• Light typing and filing.
• Photocopied teaching material for faculty and English department personnel.
• Ran errands to different offices to pick up documents.

 

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

 

Pathfinder Club, Bay Shore, NY                                                                   2002-Present

Counselor

• Teach, guide and supervise curriculum courses for entire year, for children between the ages of 10-16.

 

Pathfinder Club, Bay Shore, NY                                                                   2004

Director

• Supervise other counselors.
• Plan and execute club activities, such as meetings, trips, outreach activities and camps.
• Keep parents informed on their children’s progress.

 

Adventurer’s Club, Bay Shore, NY                                                                   2000- 2002

Counselor

• Assisted parents as primary teachers ages 6-9 to develop mentally, physically and socially.

 

Family Residence, Carle Place, NY                                                                  1997 – 1999

Tutor

• Conducted homework tutoring for two children ages 5 and 7, who were struggling in school, but are now taking advanced classes.

EDUCATION

 

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY                                                      2004-Present

M.A.T., English Education

• Degree expected in December 2005. Holding 3.63 GPA.
• Tutored Middle School and High School students in Math A and B.
• Joined National Council of Teachers of English.

 

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY                                                      2001-2003

Bachelor of Arts

• Graduated with a 3.42 GPA.
• Major in English Language and Literature
• Major in Spanish Language and Literature

·        Golden Key International Honor Society

·        Dean’s List

 

 

Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY                                          1999-2001

Associates of Arts

·        Major in English Language and Literature

·        Graduated with a 3.5 GPA.

·        Dean’s List

 

 

OTHER SKILLS

 

• Proficient in spoken and written Spanish.
• Skilled with Internet research, Web site and page design.
• Skilled with MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.

 

 

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

 

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY                                                      2004-Present

·        Human Development, Education Theory & Practice, 20^th Century Asian American Literature, Methods of Instruction in Literature & Composition, Problems in Teaching Writing, Shakespeare, Adolescent Literature, Performance & Technology in the Teaching of Literature & Composition

 

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY                                                      2001-2003

·        Literary Analysis and Argumentation, Feminism: Literature and Cultural Context, Topics in Women and Literature, Shakespearean England (History), Literature of the 20^th Century, Contemporary Native American Fiction, Hispanic Culture in Contact: Literature and Politics (Spanish), Spanish Literature Middle Ages to the Present: Post Franco Literature (Spanish), Shakespeare, Gender Studies in Literature: Deconstructing the Diva, Documentary Film as Argument, History of the English Language, Introduction to Literary Studies (Spanish), Spanish Literature I, “Fictions of Borges” (Spanish), Contrastive English-Spanish Grammar, Middle Childhood and Adolescent Development, Foundations of Education,  Advance Spanish Grammar and Composition (Spanish), Culture and Civilization of Spanish America (Spanish), Spanish American Literature II (Spanish), English Literature I.

 

Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY                                          1999-2001

·        Freshman Composition, Introduction to Literature, Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, The Bible as Literature, Contemporary Global Literature, Mythology, History of Religions.