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KEY 12.7 Set yourself apart with an attractive, clear résumé.

Désirée Williams
237 Custer Street, San Francisco, CA 94101 • (415) 555-5252 (W) or (415) 555-7865 (H)
• email: desiree@comcast.net • website: www.DesireCulture.com

OBJECTIVE
Use my language, cross-cultural, and web skills to help children in an educational or corporate setting.
EDUCATION
2012 to present San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Pursuing a B.A. in the Spanish BCLAD (Bilingual, Cross-Cultural Language Acquisition Development)
Education and Multiple Subject Credential Program.
Expected graduation: June 2016
SKILLS SUMMARY
Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English.
Proficient in Italian and Shona (majority language of Zimbabwe).
Computer: Programming ability in HTML, PHP, Javascript, .Net, and Silverlight.
Multimedia design expertise in Adobe Photoshop, Netobjects Fusion, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia
Flash, and other visual design programs.
Personal: Perform professionally in Mary Schmary, a women’s a cappela quartet.
Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Sept. 2013 to present Research Assistant, Knowledge Media Lab
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Develop ways for teachers to share their teaching practices online, in a collaborative, multimedia
environment.
June 2013 to present Webmaster/web Designer
Quake Net, San Mateo, CA (Internet service provider and Web commerce)
Designed several sites for the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education,
as well as private clients, such as A Body of Work and Yoga Forever
Sept. 2012 to June 2013 Literacy Coordinator (internship)
Prescott School, Oakland, CA
Coordinated, advised, and created literacy curriculum for an America Reads literacy project.
Worked with nonreader 4th graders on writing and publishing, incorporating digital photography,
Internet resources, and graphic design.
June 2012 to August 2012 Bilingual Educational Consultant (volunteer)
Children’s Television Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Field-tested bilingual materials. With a research team, designed bilingual educational materials for
an ecotourism project run by an indigenous rain forest community in Ecuador.

June 2009 to Sept. 2009 Children’s Recreation Director: After-School Program
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department
Performed playground supervision, taught arts and cultural activities, provided homework assistance,
and managed summer reading program.
Worked primarily with low-income, Hispanic children, grades 1 to 5.
Careers and More
References and Portfolio of Work
Available upon request

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