from 1999 to 2009

Babysitting/Nanny

Receiving my babysitting certificate at age 12, I began watching children after school and on weekends. I continued on with my babysitting career into my early twenties. When I turned 15, I became a full time nanny for a family with four children. Working daily with this family for several years, taking care of the children until the youngest began school. During my nearly a decade, I babysat and nannied for roughly 50 children ranging from newborns to thirteen years old.

From 2002 to 2004

Camp McCoy Counsellor

In my teenage years, during the summers, I worked as a camp counsellor. Starting out as a junior counsellor, I was a bunk leader. It wasn’t long before I worked my way up the ranks and became the Junior Director. Along with the Camp Director and the Youth Camp Chief, I planned the entire summer for the camp children. We planned to teach safety, different games to play, a variety of arts and crafts to do, physical activities everyone could take part in, chores for the kids, cooking plans that involved the camper's assistance in preparing, and daily schedules to keep it all organized.

From 2010 to 2011

Shining Stars

After moving away from my hometown, I found work at an after school program within a school. Initially, I was a spare worker but due to my ability to connect with the troubled students, soon I was full time. This, however, did not last long since shortly after I had begun working there, I was recruited for a larger before and after school organization.

From 2008 to 2009

Southview Kiddie Campus Daycare

In 2008, I began working at a daycare in my neighbourhood. It was a large daycare with numerous rooms for different age groups. The youngest children were 6 months old and the oldest group was a couple of pre-kindergarten classes. My job within the daycare was to act as a swing shifter, or more commonly referred to as a substitute. I worked in whatever room needed an extra hand, had a staff member away, or if a group had an outing. This allowed me to move throughout the daycare and experience everything it had to offer. I worked with various instructors, was around a wide range of ages and abilities, and got to experience an endless amount of joy working with small children. I absorbed as much information as I could before I moved away from Medicine Hat and had to give up a job that was a wealth of knowledge.

Additional Work Experience

Medicine Hat Monumental 1999 - Present, Medicine Hat Arena 2003 - 2008, Athletic Park Baseball Diamond 2004 - 2006, Staples Business Depot #113 2005 - 2008, London Drugs #60 2008 - 2009, The Lounge Radio Station 2008 - 2009, Rogers Plus #186 2010 - 2011, Cobs Bread Bakery Nanaimo 2011 - 2013

from 2003 to 2005

McCoy High School

Attended McCoy High School in Medicine Hat for grades 10, 11 and 12. Graduated in 2005.

from 2006 to 2020

Medicine Hat College

Attended Medicine Hat College for general studies until moving to another province. I returned in 2015 after moving back to Medicine Hat although only took classes sporadically for a few years while raising my daughter. Did full time only after being accepted into the competitive third year of the Education program.

St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School

I have been lucky enough to have an aunt in the Medicine Hat school district who has allowed me to work closely with her for many years. Starting while I was still in high school, I would accompany her after school to mark tests, set up next day activities, decorate bulletin boards, and aid her in the execution of her lesson plans. Getting great hands on experience for the “behind the scenes” aspect of teaching, gave me a jump on understanding how a classroom operates. As well, I learnt the large amount of planning, time, and organization needed to make everything run like clockwork. She has been my inspiration and my mentor. Beyond aiding in the classroom, I was rapidly involved in many events and activities St. Thomas put on. Including, the yearly track and field, field trips to Police Point Interpretive Centre, field trips to Echo Dale, movie nights, Christmas concerts, and Penny Carnivals.

Salta Gymnastics Club

My youngest sister was a competitive gymnast and very active in Salta Gymnastics. To help her, our family began assisting Salta with their local competitions. I had been a score keeper, sold tickets, organized the door prizes, and managed the judges lounge. Once I turned 18, I also began volunteering as a worker for their fundraising bingos and casinos.

Nanaimo Daily News Give & Go

During the Christmas season, the Nanaimo Daily News held their annual Give & Go. An event where locals would drive through the parking lot of the Daily News and drop off donations; of food, money, clothing, toys; for the Salvation Army. My role for this event was wide-spread. For the prep-work before the Give & Go, I helped with collecting items for the give-away bags and then putting the bags together. During the Give & Go event, my fiancé and I were in charge of the music. We were responsible for securing the donation of the speakers and their rigs, setting it all up, creating the Christmas music playlist, playing music during the entirety of the affair, cleaning up the gear after, and returning it to the sponsors. After the Give & Go, we assisted in packing up the Salvation Army trucks.

Medicine Hat Regional Hospital

In grade 6, I started working at the local hospital as a candy striper. My duties included assisting the elderly with eating, making and passing out coffee or tea, and running small errands for the nurses on the ward. Working as a candy striper at the hospital began as a volunteer assignment for my Confirmation. I was required to complete 50 hours of volunteer work, but I truly enjoyed this position and remained volunteering with them for just over two years.

Medicine Hat Kinplex

For a short period, I worked as a volunteer concession worker at the Kinplex in support of the Hockey Hounds tournaments. Duties were similar to the ones I held while working at the Arena; cashier, cook, and cleaning the concessions.

McCoy High School

While attending McCoy High School, I was very active in the student council. My first role was as a school council member representing the Grade 10 class. The next year I became the student council sports representative; which had duties that included pep rally advisor and organizer, mascot manager, organize and run Red Days (McCoy Spirit Days). In my senior year, I became the student council president. This came with many responsibilities that were assigned to me. But above and beyond that, I took on several other obligations. Including bringing in guest speakers, organizing school wide events, and representing the sports teams. With all this, I still continued my role as the sports representative within the student council. Along with that, I was a scorekeeper for all volleyball and basketball games and tournaments that took place at McCoy. As well, I co-founded the McCoy school paper. In this endeavour, I was the co editor and the sports reported for the weekly paper. Furthermore, I was a school tour guide for new students both during the school year and on the “Welcome to Our School” nights.

Knights of Columbus #9502

The Knights are the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization. My father has been greatly involved with them for most of his adult life and is currently on the State board. His involvement has lead to my involvement. At a young age, my sisters and I would join our dad at church pancake breakfasts, Canada Day beef-on-a-bun, Shrove Tuesday pancake meals, and appreciation dinners. As I grew up, my commitment to the organization grew stronger. Once I was legally able to, I worked casinos and bingos for the Knights of Columbus helping to raise funding. As well, our family was Alberta representatives in the Knights of Columbus 2006 World Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. While women are unable to officially join the Knights of Columbus, due to our dedication and involvement in the group, my sisters and I have been granted “honorary Knights” status.

Knights of Columbus Council #1732

Even though my association with the Knights of Columbus is mostly with Council #9502, I did assist with the other council in Medicine Hat; #1732. My grandfather was a large part of this council, so on occasion, I would accompany him to their public events. I helped with Sunday morning church pancake breakfasts whenever my grandfather was in charge of them. Another event I was involved with was the Valentine’s Day Lady’s Appreciation Dinner, where I provided entertainment during the event. Beyond that, I helped with the setup and clean up all events I volunteered for with Council #1732.

Kensho-Kai Karate

At the age of 16, as a first-degree black belt, I took over my karate club. My Sensei was relocated, and as the highest belt and as the one with “a knack for understanding kids” (according to my Sensei), I became one of the Senseis. I structured classes with lesson plans, rules, and a reward board. As well, on a semi-monthly basis, I brought in masters in our style of karate as well as experts in other fields of martial arts. During this time, I also coached my students in tournaments all across Canada.

Catholic Women’s League Holy Family Parish

In my youth, I took part in various Catholic Women’s League (CWL) events with my mother. Making baked goods for their bake sales, serving and decorating at the Women’s Fall tea and appreciation teas. As well as being involved in the youth fundraisers. I am now an active member of the CWL and work with the junior girls group. Additionally, from 2018 - 2019 I was on the Executive Board as the Communications Director.

2022 Special Olympics Canada

Currently, I am involved in the Special Olympics Canada games that are coming to Medicine Hat in 2022. I hold the position of Co-Facilities Director on the Executive Board. We are in charge of all facilities, buildings, warehousing, etc for the games. This is an ongoing position and will only build and become more intense as the date nears.

Camp McCoy Association

Along with working for the youth camp, I volunteer with them assisting in a wide variety of needs. Initially, it was physical work at the camp. Ranging from helping to build a retaining wall, stilts for the cabins, and the new hall. As well, aiding in the Fall clean-up. I was also a member of the Camp McCoy Lodge building committee, deciding on how the new building would be built, what amenities it would contain, and other various aspects of developing a new hall. Currently, I am the Booking and Rental Director and a long standing board member helping with making essential decisions about how the Camp is run and operated.

2016 Alberta Winter Games

I played a large role in the 2016 Alberta Winter Games as the Warehouse Facilities Director, operating and managing all of the equipment for the Games. This included everything that came in the games trailer, all of the sporting equipment, all signs, beds used by athletes, traffic management equipment, stands, tables and chairs, everything right down to the batteries needed by any of the facilities. The equipment inventory was expansive and had to be accounted for throughout the Games. I developed an inventory system to manage the stock, equipment in, and equipment out. It is now the standard system used by the Alberta Games Committee.

2002 Alberta Winter Games

While the Games are less than one week, it takes nearly two years to plan for. My dad was the Facilities Director for the 2002 Alberta Winter Games that were held in Medicine Hat. With his involvement, I was quickly recruited to help out. I helped manage his work leading up to the Games. During the Games, I was a score keeper and assistant for the European Handball tournament. My duties included set up before games, clean up after each game, take down after the tournament concluded, score keeping during the games, hand in all score sheets to the Games Director after each day, and handing out medals at the European Handball Medal Ceremony.

Warehouse Director and Facilities Assistant Director