BRENDA RAMIREZ

Brensol18@gmail.com • 801-574-8027

EDUCATION The University of Utah SUMMER 2022

Bachelor's Degree: Recreational Therapist; Certification in Criminology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Internship (Recreational Therapist)

Crescent Senior Living, Sandy UT May 09. 2022- August 12. 2022
 Facilitated activities such as: giant crossword, garden social, weight training, bingo, craft corner, etc.
 Implemented evidence-based research on several topics: cognitive, boardgames, horticulture, social, etc.
 Created and filled out evaluations per activity
 Created activity protocols/ analysis
 Documented attendance per activity and documented the popularity chart per activity
 Implemented a capstone project “bucket list club” utilizing APIED process
 Created Assisted living and Memory Care calendars utilizing the 5 domains: Cognitive, Emotional,
Physical, Spiritual, and Social.

Internship (Criminology)
Multi-cultural Counseling Center May 2020- August 2020
 Helped translate for clients as a third party, assisted to look for housing for clients
 Helped fill out legal documentations for clients such as: a restraining order, look for lawyers, assisted
with searching childcare for those with low-income, make appointments, etc.

Automated Specimen Management (ASM)- Technician III

ARUP Laboratories September 9, 2019- March 15, 2022
Serve as back-up workflow when a workflow is out
Assist trainers with training new employees, PRN
Store specimens that come in for shipment from all over the country
Trained in all the areas in that position: Storage, Sort-to-light, Sorters, and Specimen Holding Unit
Assist laboratory technicians with general questions on retrieval of specimens and critically solving problems they
are unsure how to solve
Working with automation machines to store specimens; scan specimens into trays, and into their lab bins
Discard old specimen into biohazard bins once they have been expired

Client Support
AAA Fair Credit Foundation August 2017- May 2018
Answered client phone calls, resolved questions, or elevated to Counselor when necessary
Translated conversations from Spanish between clients and counselors in person and over the phone
Followed-up monthly with clients on progress with Debt Management Program and account issues
 Called creditors to check on proposals and clients' balances

VOLUNTEER & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Hospice Care (Served 50+ hours) April2019-March2020

Volunteered in three different places with four different elderly women, engaged with my patient and their families once a
week until they passed away, make them company including watching television/coloring with them.

Mentor (Served 20+ hours) August 2017 PATHS, University of Utah-May

2018 Mentored 6 students in-person and through weekly emails and text messages, planned and facilitated activities with
20 youth, Chaperoned youth on community field trips.

Organizer (Served 50+ hours) September 2016- April 2016

The University of Utah, Beacon Scholars Program, Homeless Youth Resource Center
Served meals to homeless youth, Organized and sorted donations in storage room
Volunteer Exodus Healthcare Network (Served 80+ hours) August 2015– April 2016
Magna: Greeted patients and answered general customer service questions, sent follow-up letters on behalf of
doctors/nurses to patient’s/family members to thank them for their visit, cleaned: desks, door knobs, and counters to
maintain hygiene Organized and stock medical supply carts

Latinos in Action (Served 90+ hours) September 2014 Cyprus High School-May 2016
Volunteered by going to three elementary schools: Pleasant Green elementary, Magna elementary, and Elk Run
elementary to help in assigned class to do activities or help with assignments with students, assisted on parent teacher
conferences to translate for parents, read to students

AWARDS & HONORS

Women’s Resource Center Scholarship 2022

Alumni Founders Day Scholarship 2018
Youth Homeless Resource Center 2017
SLCC Honors at Entrance Scholarship 2016
Cyprus Sterling Scholar - Family Consumer Sciences 2016

SKILLS
PC Experience: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word)
Language: Fluent in Spanish/English (verbal and written)
Certified Phlebotomy Tech (#5961): Vacutainer, Butterfly and Capillary Blood Collection
Certified in CPR & AED (Training center ID: UT05657) October 2020