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Special Skills

Kimberly Trahan

Undergraduate Student

Phone:

1- (346) 219-8514

Email:

kimberly.trahan@upr.edu

kimmikki13@aim.com

Address:

HC05 BOX50348

Sector Aguilar,

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680

Date of Birth:

October 3, 1992

I am an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Geology. My goal post-graduation is to earn a PhD and work with volcano seismicity.

Work Experience

SLIDES-PR | University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez | Aug 2022 - current

Outreach Team & Research Assistant

Responsibilities: Rebuilding & managing the SLIDES-PR website and social media pages, organizing and attending events to communicate with the public about the SLIDES-PR project, goals and providing landslide education. Assisting with field work and organizing data collected.

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Skills Acquired/Used: Google sites, social media management, social media design, making scientific posters via Powerpoint, Canva and Adobe Illustrator, ArcGIS, public speaking, event organizing, translating scientific jargon into everyday jargon, promotional management, etc.

SLIDES-PR | University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez | Summer 2022

Research Assistant

Re-organizing and taking inventory of research equiptment, editing and finalizing Puerto Rico Municipality Landslide Susceptibility maps, assisting the installation & maintenance of hydro-meteorological landslide susceptibility monitors.

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Skills Acquired/Used: ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, Fieldwork, Heavy Lifting

Reason for Leaving: Contract ended

Days Inn & Suites- Webster | Wyndham Hotels | Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

Front Desk Clerk / Night Audit / Breakfast Supervisor

Responsibilities: customer service (checking guests in & out, handling guest requests), handling money, night audit, opening & closing lobby, setting up breakfast, assigning housekeeper duties, calculating employee hours, and more.

Webster, TX

Skills Acquired/Used: general customer service, Soft Hotel Program, Check-Inn Program, auditing the financial transactions, FEMA, etc.

Reason for Leaving: Moved to Puerto Rico

Salvation Army Family Store - NASA | Aug 2014 - Aug 2017

Floor Associate / Cashier / Floor Supervisor / Key Holder

Responsibilities: customer service, stocking floor with merchandise, handling money & payments, cleaning store, opening & closing store, end-of-the-day paperwork

Houston, TX

Skills Acquired/Used: general customer service, working cashier, sorting, organizing, & stocking merchandise on the floor, closing audit, etc.

Reason for Leaving: Scheduling conflicts with college and progressed on to new employment

Education

University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 2019 - current

Bachelors

Major: Geology

Cumulative GPA: 3.67 | Concentration GPA: 3.46

Expected Graduation Date: May/June 2023

Classes Taken:

All required courses for geology undergraduates
Additionally:
- Math: Calculus 3
- Geology: Tectonics, Physical Volcanology, Volcanic Hazards, Geologic Hazards, Geology Special Topics (Volcanology research, Petrology research), Metallogenies & Global Tectonics [Economic Geology]

Extra Curricular Activities:

Student Geological Society (2022 - 2023)
- Geophysics Committee

San Jacinto College | (Central Campus) Pasadena & (South Campus) Houston, TX | 2017 - 2019

Associates - Bachelors

Major: Geology

Cumulative GPA: 3.45 | Concentration GPA: 4.0

Expected Graduation Date: NONE. Transferred to the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez.

Classes Taken:

All required courses for geology undergraduates (for both SJC and UPRM)

Additional Activities

Student Geological Society | Member | 2022- current

University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | Member | 2022- current

PRSN, USGS, University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez

Vs30 Active Seismic Fieldwork | Volunteer | March 2022

University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez

Photogrammetry/Terrance Mapping with Drone Footage of the Guatemala Volcanic Chain | Special Topics | Fall 2022

Seismological Society of America | Member | 2023- current

University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez, Auburn University

Data Mining | AURUM | Special Topics | Spring 2023 (current)