| EDUCATION |
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
IN MARKETING
University of Texas, Austin, TX, May 2007
College and Graduate School of Business
Major: Marketing; Minor: Spanish
Cumulative GPA: 3.8 |
| PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Entrepreneurial: |
- Designed, published and promoted 35-page marketing Web site.
- Established, managed, and sold lawn service consisting of 20 clients.
- Founded and maintained car detailing service responsible for 25 clients.
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| Professional Sales: |
- Telemarketed as an order-taker for Longhorn Tire Supply, which involved learning
and implementing sales presentation and conflict-resolution skills.
- Performed cold, door-to-door sales calls to obtain clientele for a deli delivery
route and landscape service company.
- Solicited Austin business professionals for donations and sponsorships of UT Crew,
Club Hispanic, and George Bush Hall events.
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| Communications: |
- Composed business news articles as an intern and authored editorial articles as
a freelance columnist for the Texas Business Weekly.
- Drafted professional letters for the Texas Bureau for Compliance Monitoring and
a financial assistance proposal for the Austin Rotary Club in an academic
internship with the Migrant Farmworkers Association.
- Performed reading, writing, and speaking activities in Spanish while participating in a
language immersion program in Costa Rica, a Latin American Studies trip
in Guatemala, and a business internship program in Ecuador.
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| Multicultural: |
- Developed integrated marketing plan for sale of services to Latin American
municipalities through internship program in Ecuador.
- Participated in Spanish immersion program in San José, Costa Rica, while living
with a local family and attending a language school for one month.
- Interacted with Mayan Indians to observe their cultural norms and study their language
for two weeks through a Latin American Studies trip to Guatemala.
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| HONORS |
- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
- National Honor Society: 4 Semesters
- Dean's List: 4 Semesters
- Honor Roll: 2 Semesters
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| ACTIVITIES |
- Resident Assistant, UT Department of Residential Life
- General Member, UT Alumni Association
- Rower, UT Crew Team
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