College Resume - Capstone

Tatiana Brown-Gómez 301 West Applegate Austin, TX 78753 737-529-1800 [email protected] Stephen F. Austin High School

OBJECTIVE: Apply and get admitted to a four-year college, then graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in elementary school education with a teacher’s certificate.

EDUCATION: Stephen F. Austin High School, Austin, TX GPA: 3.4 Academy for Global Studies student at AHS ● A specialized program that focuses on global perspectives and experience ● Requires at least 80 community service hours Class of 2019

LEADERSHIP: Orchestra: ● 10th - ​Librarian ● ●

(Organize music, file, create new folders, etc.) 11th - ​Social coordinator & Haunted House coordinator (Plan out socials & design and layout the Haunted House) 12th - ​Vice President & Haunted House coordinator (Organize large events such as working socials and recruitments, oversee all of the other positions, etc. & design and layout the Haunted House)

Newspaper: ● 10th - 11th - ​Staff writer (Write stories and design pages for the newspaper ●

in InDesign) 12th - ​Editor in Chief (Write stories, layout/design the paper, make lesson plans, etc.)

AGS SERVICE TRIPS: ● Heifer​ - ​AGS freshmen students stay in a simulation that shows the different poverty levels. I personally stayed in the Indian slums where I had to sleep on the dirt and we had to cook our own food for days.

● Costa Rica​ - ​AGS sophomores stayed at Earth University where they learn

how to make a greener impact on the world. We traveled to fincas where we learned different ways they keep their homes greener by growing their own food and making a living from it. ● New Mexico​ -​ AGS juniors helped plant trees, design signs, and clean up around the Bri Bri tribe. Juniors also went to a reservation and helped the To'hajiilee children with basic elementary school items as well as play outside with them. ● Thailand​ - ​AGS seniors went through a 14-hour long plane ride to Thailand. Where seniors got to experience many different temples and indigenous peoples. Seniors helped make cement pillars and bricks for new construction on Thai schools. We also helped tear down a pre-existing school to expand it and my group had to clean up any scraps left over. While there we said hello to many children and even got to play with them in a nice friendly game of volleyball and soccer.

ACTIVITIES & SKILLS: Violin Skills​: ​Proficient on the violin (6th - 12th) Computer skills: P ​ roficient in InDesign, Google products, Weebly websites, and Microsoft products

WORKSHOPS/CAMPS: Orchestra camp​ - ​Students had to practice every day for around 6 hours each

day. I learned how to improve my violin skills specifically my bow hold, vibrato, and intonation. (9th grade)

Mariachi camp​ - ​Students had to practice every day for around 6 hours each day.

I specifically learned how to play Mariachi music and learn more about my Hispanic culture. (12th grade)

Newspaper camp​ - ​Students were separated into multiple groups to learn more about the certain roles they would be in. For example, I was in all the leadership and editor in chief classes. I learned how to write an editorial piece and basic InDesign information. (12th grade)

COMMUNITY SERVICE: TGPLAN:​

This was a sophomore project to reach out to the community my group chose the topic gentrification and we focused on supporting minority businesses.

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My group made a flier that had local restaurants and businesses owned by minorities We posted these posters in libraries, stores, restaurants, etc.

Teach for a Day: Sophomores were separated into groups where they had to read a certain novel and learn about the country which it took place in. Based on this research we would have to create a lesson plan to present for middle schoolers. ● Based on the book ​Animal Farm,​ my group decided to teach about the history of Russian communism. ● I taught a simulation portion which got the kids interacted and they saw how the people of Russia and the animals from the book were treated.

Westlake Methodist Church: I traveled to Tennessee and North Carolina with a church group to help people in need. ● We went to a food bank and help organize food, weigh it, and throw away any trash or spoiled food ● We rebuilt two client's roofs (take off shingles, re-shingled, secured spots with tar and flashing) ● We also helped clean up any unnecessary trash around Tennessee and North Carolina

HONORS & AWARDS: ❖ National Honor Society (NHS) - ​(11th & 12th)

❖ Superior rating for orchestra Solo and Ensemble - ​(9th & 10th)

❖ Most Outstanding Orchestra Player - (11th) ❖ Newspaper camp 1st place in editorial writing -​ I had to write an editorial story about the recent presidential election. I won first place in the competition against other editors in chiefs from Texas. - (12th)

WORK EXPERIENCE: Emler Swim School ​Teacher & CPR certified

I taught children from three to eight how to swim according to Emler Swim School teaching standards.