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Resume

KAREN Y. HAMILTON

EDUCATION       

  • BA English, Nova Southeastern University, Graduation Date May 2003, Honors

§         21 credits MA English Program, University of North Florida, 2004, Honors, Member English Graduate Organization

§         18 credits MBA Nova Southeastern University

EMPLOYMENT

           

01/1998-present

Lector/seminar COORDINATOR

Lectures and Seminar Workshops in Lifewriting (Memoirs) at libraries, community centers, senior living, adult education centers, bookstores, etc.

 

08/2007-present

Tutoring in english, language arts, reading, test prep (Independent Contractor)

Club Z! Tutoring Services, Port St. Lucie and Stuart, FL

 

ADJUNCT READING AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION PREP PROFESSOR

Palm Beach Community College, Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, FL

 

02/2007-07/2007 

ADJUNCT ENGLISH COMPOSITION PROFESSOR

Florida Career College, West Palm Beach, FL

 

08/2006-12/2006 

English Teacher/yearbook advisor   (long-term substitute)

Greenville County School District, Southside High School, Greenville, SC

Taught English I, English I Honors, and Yearbook. Yearbook Advisor.

               

02/2005-06/2006 

English Teacher (contract)

Palm Beach County School District, Lake Worth High School, Lake Worth, FL

Taught English II ESE Inclusion, English III Regular and ESE Inclusion.

 

5/2004 - 9/2004

Editor/writer

Adventure Horizons, Atlantic Beach, FL

Responsible for soliciting, managing, and editing submissions for travel magazine. Wrote articles. Responsible for working closely with publisher and advertisers to ensure quality content.  Responsible for design and layout. Magazine folded.

 

06/2003-12/2004             Attending Graduate School

 

05/1998-06/2003                

OFFICE  MANAGER 

Photographs by Nancy, Jupiter, Florida

Managed client database, answered phones, scheduled appointments, assisted with photographic sessions. Implemented new sales promotion called The Kid’s Club. Responsible for newsletter preparation and layout and other advertising mailings. Photographed clients when photographer was not available. Photographed two weddings on my own, as well as multiple family sessions, and two promotional sessions (Easter and Christmas). Left to pursue Master’s degree.

               

02/1996-05/1998 

Bookkeeper/Administrative assistant

Women Service Network, Riviera Beach, Florida

Full charge bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant at non-profit social service agency, serving women at risk. Managed and oversaw transitional housing and emergency shelter for abused women. Implemented new billing procedures and filing system. Targeted funders for grants and prepared grant applications. Projected future financial and funding needs and monitored current grants. Prepared for and attended grant audits. Agency Closed

 

SKILLS

Windows XP, MSWorks, MSWord, Word Perfect, MSExcel, Outlook Express, Pagemaker 7.0, Photoshop, Quark Xpress 5.0, Illustrator, Power Point, QuattroPro, Quickbooks, Internet Literate, HTML experience

 

WRITING CREDITS            

 

  • Writer Demand Studios, 2007
  • Book Editor Safe Counsel: Advice on Love & Marriage from the Late 19th Century. FL: Double Roads Publishing, 2007.
  • Author Lifetales: A Workbook for Writing Your Lifestories. Double Roads Publishing, 2007.
  • Book Editor The Art of Living a Successful Life, and numerous fiction titles for local author.  2007
  • Online Editor at Suite 101.com “Lifewriting” 2002
  • Book Editor Safe Counsel: A Complete Guide to Health Care and Home Remedies in the Late 1800's, Heritage Books, Inc., 2000.
  • Book Editor Safe Counsel: A Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Childcare in the Late 1800's, Heritage Books, Inc., 2000.
  • Online Editor at Suite 101.com “Panic & Anxiety Disorder” 1998-2000
  • Online Editor at Bella.com “Genealogy” 1999-2000
  • Author Newspaper Article “A Bit of Halloween History” The Jupiter Farmer, October 1999
  • Copywriting Earth’s Angels, 1998. Wrote the copy for book of photographs for award winning photographer, Nancy Bell.
  • Grant writer for Women’s Service Network, Inc., Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, and A Street Called Straight Tabernacle 1998.
  •  Author Newspaper Article “I’m Sorry, Honey” The Jupiter Farmer, September 1997
  • Author Magazine Article “Conch Architecture: A Look at Key West Gingerbread” Florida Living Magazine, August 1997

 

AFFILIATIONS

           

  • National Council of Teacher’s of English  
  • Florida Writer’s Association, Inc.
  • Fiction Fix at University of North Florida   
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Florida Professional Photographers      
  • UNF English Graduate Organization
  • FAU Sigma Tau Delta

 

kathamy@comcast.net

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