Updated Resume

                                                          Alejandra Ruales

Alejandra.ruales-almeida@loras.edu

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Calle 127 B Bis 21-86 apt 117                                                                                         1450 Alta Vista St. Box 1205

Bogota, Colombia                                                                                                                           Dubuque, IA 52001

(57) 2424434                                                                                                                                           (563)  495-5835 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (563)  495-5835      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

EDUCATION              Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa                                                                        August 2008- May 2012

BA in Economics and International Studies

Minor in Mathematics

Cumulative GPA:  3.729/4.0 – Honors Program

·         Dean's List 6 semesters

The Fund for American Studies, Washington DC                                   June-2010-July 2010

Completed nine credits in Political Science and Economics at Georgetown University

·         Augmented studies with internship at National Hispana Leadership Institute (see below)

LANGUAGES                         Spanish, Native Speaker

                                    English, Fluent

               

EXPERIENCE             Intern, Fundacion Alpina, Bogota, Colombia                                             Dec2011-Jan.2012

·         Analyzed the organization’s national projects on social and economic development to provide solutions and alternatives to make them more efficient

·         Evaluated an educative project in Sopo, Colombia to create a productive component to it to benefit the community economically

·         Researched the current conditions of the project in Sopo, investigated the community’s perspective on the project to generate pertinent conclusions.

Honors Class, Peer Assistant, Loras College, Dubuque, IA                            July- Dec. 2011

·         Led and prepared class presentations on the subject area upon absence of the professor

·         Teamed with faculty and staff to prepare classes and discuss student performance

·         Served as a positive academic and social role model for students in and outside the classroom

Volunteer, City of Dubuque Self-Sufficiency Center, Dubuque, IA            Aug. 2011-Present

·         Conducting research on implementation of a microfinance or credit union for the program

·         Working with city and credit union officials, and possible partners to implement the project

·         Designing possible models fitting for the mission and vision of the Self-sufficiency Center

Research Intern           , The New York Times, Dubuque, IA                              Aug. 2010-July 2011

·         Researched and targeted relevant information to create effective memos and facilitate the development of the stories for the newspaper.

·         Created daily round-up clips of relevant news and organized a calendar to facilitate research.

·         Created FOIA documents and several requests to the federal government.

Research Intern           , Nat. Hispana Leadership Institute, Washington, D.C                       June - July2010

·         Targeted potential clients for the Latina Empowerment Conferences in Portland and Miami.

·         Researched and created an organized agenda of best options for hotels in large events.

·         Created spreadsheets to organize groups and organizations with similar interests by region

·         Promoted events via mass communication media such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

Spanish Tutor,             Spanish Department, Loras College, Dubuque, IA             Sept. 2009-May 2010

·         Identified students’ common mistakes to develop individual studying plans.

·         Facilitated students’ learning process of a foreign language by strengthening their oral skills through conversations

Tutor, Physics and Mathematics Classes, Bogota, Colombia                 Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2009

·         Provided in-home supplementary instruction to individual students.

                                   

LEADERSHIP/ ACTIVITIES

·        UNICEF at Loras, President 2011-2012, Vice-President 2010-2011 ·        Loras Intercultural Students Association, President Spring 2010,Vice-President Fall 2009 ·        Loras Varsity Tennis, Captain 2010-2012 ·        PAIDEIA Honors Club, Class Representative, 2009 ·        Du-Talk Program, participant, Diversity and conflict solving training ·        Loras Economics Club, Principles of Macro/Microeconomics, Tutor, 2009-2011