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Melina Aguilar

Honors Candidate for Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University, Community Organizer, English Teacher in China (2009), Senior Interviewer at Office of Admissions, Wesleyan University since 2009.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Skills: Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Management, Marketing, Sales, Spanish, Viral marketing, Writing
Location: Middletown CT
Interested in: Brainstorming, Career advice, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Schools: Wesleyan University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Office of Admissions, Wesleyan University
Position: Senior Interviewer
Time period: January 2009 - Present
Description: Selected to interview prospective senior high school students and submit detail reports.
Evaluator and integral part of the Wesleyan student admission process.

Employer: Residential Life, Wesleyan University
Position: Resident Advisor
Time period: January 2007 - Present
Description: Supervise and administer co-ed hall of 40 first and second year students.
Coordinate programs and maintain residential cooperation and community.
Adviser for special program dorms: “Writers Hall” (2007) and “Social Justice Home” (2009-2010).

Employer: Office of Community Service, Wesleyan University
Position: Elderly Programs Coordinator
Time period: January 2007 - Present
Description: Create, supervise and coordinate volunteers and innovative community service programs.
Partner with local community to coordinate logistics for a variety of events.

Employer: Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, Washington DC
Position: CHLI Intern
Time period: June 2007 - July 2007
Description: Interned in office of Puerto Rico Congressman Luis Fortuño.
Assisted and took part in leadership activities, programs and events.

Employer: Spanish Department, Wesleyan University
Position: Course Assistant
Time period: January 2007 - December 2008
Description: Assisted in the creation and progression of new Spanish Service Learning course.
Coordinated student visits to different community service centers.

Employer: Global Volunteer Network, Yantai, China
Position: English Teacher in China
Time period: December 2009
Description: Taught English in a boarding school to kids of all age groups.
Traveled around eastern China to experience Chinese culture and language.

Employer: Office of Community Service, Wesleyan University
Position: Language Bank Volunteer Coordinator
Time period: December 2009
Description: Co-coordinated community initiative to provide language translations assistance to local community

Employer: Center for the American Progress, Washington DC
Position: CAP Intern
Time period: December 2008
Description: Assisted the Director of Ethnic Media in research, writing, and outreach work on ethnic media affairs.
Translated and edited English articles to Spanish for publication for website.

Employer: The Global Language Network, Washington DC
Position: Spanish Teacher Volunteer
Time period: December 2008
Description: Encouraged students from all backgrounds and ages to engaged in the Spanish language.
Engaged in language community, teaching Spanish while learning Chinese and Urdu.

Employer: Katrina Urban Plunge, Habitat Restoration, New Orleans, LA
Position: Volunteer
Time period: December 2007
Description: Volunteered in habitat restoration in areas affected by hurricane Katrina.

Employer: Wesleyan Entrepreneurs, WesMart, Wesleyan University
Position: Sales Manager
Time period: December 2007
Description: Search for and bought wholesales for re-sale in student run shop with profits donated.

EDUCATION

University: Wesleyan University
Time period: 2010
Degree: BA

INFORMATION

Memberships: Indonesian Student Society.
Ajua Campos.

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  • Ruma

    RUMA empowers the poor and poorest in Indonesia with pre-packaged and proven business opportunities -- complete with the equipment package, a strong brand, marketing materials, initial training, ongoing mentoring and access to a supply chain.

  • Wardes

    A distributed network of branded community retail centers to distribute consumer packaged goods.

  • bcbali

    bali wholesale and exporter product jewelry,handbag,handicraft,women fashion accessories