“Sammy is an extremely strong team member who excels with stakeholder alignment and clear communication of big ideas. Her conversational delivery of insights helps teams gain trust and lean in with their own ideas to enhance strategies across our business. I am excited to work with Sammy on any category strategies and hope to partner more with her in the future!”
About
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if…
Experience
Education
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Miami University
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Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi, East Bridge Consultancy, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Advancing Woman in Entrepreneurship, Global Business Brigades
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Activities and Societies: Best Buddies, National Honors Society, Varsity Basketball Team, Varsity Soccer Team, Varsity Cross-Country Team, Young Life, WyldLife
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Member of Young life, Wyldlife leader
Young Life
- 4 years 10 months
August 2014 - August 2018 :
● Attended the summer camps, weekly club meetings, and small group gatherings for my high school's local Young Life Chapter
● Appointed as a Wyldlife leader for middle school girls: organizing programs, speaking at clubs, and facilitating the club events each month
May 2019 :
● Upon immediate arrival home from freshman year at Miami, headed to Young Life's Castaway Club in Minnesota for Work Camp.
● Led the Housekeeping Team of 6 volunteers where…August 2014 - August 2018 :
● Attended the summer camps, weekly club meetings, and small group gatherings for my high school's local Young Life Chapter
● Appointed as a Wyldlife leader for middle school girls: organizing programs, speaking at clubs, and facilitating the club events each month
May 2019 :
● Upon immediate arrival home from freshman year at Miami, headed to Young Life's Castaway Club in Minnesota for Work Camp.
● Led the Housekeeping Team of 6 volunteers where we made 200 beds & cleaned 5 buildings to prepare the campsite for the summer.
● Accelerated the completion of assembling the campsite for the summer by fulfilling vacancies on other teams.
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Member and Peer Tutor
Best Buddies International
- 2 years 10 months
Education
● Engaged in the weekly meetings and was paired with a special needs student
● Participated in the physical education program with the buddies and served as their "peer tutor", assisting and encouraging them in whatever activities they were to do each day
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Co President
Global Brigades, Inc.
- 11 months
Economic Empowerment
● Consulted with local business owner, Rosa, and developed a game plan in order to open her kiosk up in March when school begins again
● Defined short-term and long-term goals for her, confined the menu and developed promotional strategies, as well as created a sign and menu for the kiosk
● Educated the thirty plus children of Panama's Zapallal community, in addition to the 12 community bank members on financial literacy concepts such as investment and accounting
Honors & Awards
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Top Eight in the First Year Integrated Core (FYIC)
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The FYIC is the curriculum for Farmer School of Business first-year students, which consists of four courses - Foundations of Business; Foundations of Business Communication; Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and Introduction to Computational Thinking for Business. We are enrolled in these classes as teams, working together throughout the semester, ending with a final client project that encompasses all four courses. My team of five students, including myself, made it in the Top…
The FYIC is the curriculum for Farmer School of Business first-year students, which consists of four courses - Foundations of Business; Foundations of Business Communication; Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and Introduction to Computational Thinking for Business. We are enrolled in these classes as teams, working together throughout the semester, ending with a final client project that encompasses all four courses. My team of five students, including myself, made it in the Top Eight Finalists amongst the 120 teams in the client challenge.
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Illinois State Scholar
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Received based on ACT scores and class rank.
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President's Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence
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Received due to being in the top ten percent of high school class.
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Seal of Biliteracy, Spanish
Glenbard West Spanish Language Department
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Redhawk Excellence Scholarship
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A merit-based renewable scholarship awarded with the Miami University acceptance letter.
Test Scores
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ACT score
Score: 33
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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Chinese
Limited working proficiency
Organizations
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Greenhawks Media
Food Beat Writer
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Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Events Officer | Mental Health Committee
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Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity
East Bridge Consultant | [Analytics|Philanthropy|Marketing] Committee Member
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Advancing Women in Entrepreneurship
Co-Manager of Social Media
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