Welcome to my portfolio.  Scroll down to view employment history and awards.  Be sure to select 'older posts' to view examples of writing skills, spreadsheet development and problem-solving. 

  

Licensed Massage Therapist.

HandsofBleu.Weebly.Com

Be Well.

Massage Therapy

March 2017
Passed New York State Board Certification

January 2017
Graduated from the Center for Natural Wellness, Albany

January 2017
Passed the MBLEX - Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination
Issued by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

Awards

From Bruce Drake, Assistant Executive Director

"Congratulations on your 4th anniversary with Coarc.  Your organizational skills are becoming legendary at Coarc.  Thank you for everything you do!!  Bruce"

Quotes from the co-workers who submitted the nomination were taped to the back of this award.

"Bleu takes the initiative in setting up systems to keep the program organized, serves on the suggestion committee and contributes by making suggestions that benefit the whole agency.  She has gone beyond her job duties, and is forever helping people with Excel issues with a smile. Bleu will take on extra projects just to make a coworker's job easier.  She is always willing to help out wherever needed.  Although this staff no longer works directly with the consumers, she always makes the time to have a positive conversation when approached, which is often."













The staff training department asked me to create modules for both beginner and intermediate Excel classes.  I also served as an instructor for these classes.

A note of thanks from my then supervisor, the Program Manager, Donna Coons.

History - Education and Employment

Graduate of the Bronx High School of Science; was a student director of the Holocaust Studies Center.

"The Bronx High School of Science, founded in 1938, is part of New York City’s system of selective public high schools.  Bronx Science, as it is commonly known, is renowned for the number of Nobel Prize laureates among its alumni, and is commonly considered the premier science magnet school in the U.S.  The school attracts an intellectually gifted student body of diverse cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds from across New York City."

Ranked one of the 22 Top-Performing Schools in America by the Washington Post.
Ranked among top 100 in U.S. News and World Report‘s list of America’s Gold-Medal high schools (public and private)
Nobel Prize laureates include Leon Cooper, Sheldon Glashow, and Steven Weinberg

http://www.thebestschools.org/blog/2013/03/27/50-public-high-schools-u-s/

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/in-the-basement-of-a-school-known-for-science-a-holocaust-museum/

http://www.bxscience.edu/





Dean's List, 4.0 GPA,
Ashford University, Business Administration
http://www.ashford.edu/

Certified in Divine Will healing, Vibratory healing  May 2015 http://yoganandainstitute.org/courses/the-history-of-yoga/

Graduated January 2017
http://www.cnwsmt.com





Secretary to the Comptroller
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City
http://www.javitscenter.com/






Administrative Assistant in Patient / Family Services
Barnwell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Valatie, NY
http://www.barnwellnrc.com/







Administrative Assistant in the Farm Store
Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, NY
http://hawthornevalleyfarm.org/







Administrative Assistant for Blended Services
Coarc, Mellenville, NY
www.coarc.org

The industrial shredder mentioned on page 3 of the following newsletter was a suggestion I submitted to the agency to address the shortage of work in the workshop. 
http://coarc.org/docs/CoarcCircleNewsletter_Spring_2011.pdf

Quality Assurance

Germantown, NY

http://www.angellosdistributing.com/

Local produce and organic farming are two of the ideals which are closest to my heart.

Office Manager for Saint Paul's Church of Kinderhook
Created Website: http://speck1851.weebly.com/

Word and Logo Design

May 2012
This is an original logo designed for Amal's Therapeutic Massage.  The flyer and gift certificate were created using MS Word.

Power Point

The video found at this link was created using PowerPoint to promote sales of my collages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE9154SRAr4

Excel and Problem Solving

September 2013 - Excel Formulas

Angello's Distributing needed inventory numbers to be updated in real-time by 4 staff members.  Below are some examples of the formulas I created for that company.

June 2011 - Problem Solving
When working for Coarc, I had to make adjustments to the following Excel formula.  It should be noted that I am completely self-taught.




The first step was to break down the formula so that I could 'read' it in English:





I then wrote out in English what I needed the final formula to 'say' and 'translated' those English sentences into Excel formulas.  (Click to enlarge.)





The resulting formula was applied.

=IF(AND(HOUR(H19)>=4,(J19)="No",1,IF(AND(HOUR(H19)>=4,(I19)="Yes"),0.5,IF(AND(HOUR(H19)>=2,HOUR(H19)<4),0.5,0)))