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I am currently a full time student studying the discipline of Musical Theater. I hope to someday contribute to the performing arts world through music, film, TV, theater, and any other way I can. My interests vary from screenwriting to fashion. While I am very determined to be successful in my career, I also believe that having and maintaining a family is just as important as anything I do with my professional life. Growing up in an entertainment household with three sisters and a little brother taught me that.

For most of my young life, my family and I moved every year; my father played in the NFL. Once I was about 8 years old, we settled in the Los Angeles area and have stayed relatively close every since. For a long time, it had only been me and my older sister, but once my mom had my younger sister, the babies just kept coming! I soon became a very active big sister, babysitting all the time, and sometimes not liking it. But as I matured in my preteen years, I grew patient and loving with my siblings and found that taking care of someone was one of the most fulfilling things I could ever do. I began babysitting neighbors kids and family friends, and that was pretty much my only occupation throughout high school.

Education

New York University, expected December 2012

Majoring in Musical Theatre

Azusa Pacific University, attended 2008-2010

Major: Theatre Arts

Childcare experience:

4.5 years, evening/weekend/special occasion babysitter
1 semester, Sunday volunteer in my church's nursery, for children ages 1 and 4, and occasionally infants
2 years, babysitter/nanny for 2 children, ages 5 and 3.

Availability:

Tuesday: 12pm - 8pm
Thursday: 1:30pm - 8pm
Friday: 7pm - 1am (late nights flexible)
Saturday: All day
Sunday: 3pm to 8pm

Long-term availability:

Available until December 2012.

I will be SmartSitting while...

Attending school full-time for musical theatre at NYU!

My childcare expertise lies in working with…

Children who are at least old enough to speak, however, I have worked with infants quite a bit and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Activities and skills I love to teach and share with children:

I love working with various forms of artistic expression with kids! This includes anything from freestyle dance parties and karaoke, to arts and crafts time. I think it's important to stimulate the creative self, even if it is just a little bit every day. I would love to teach kids basketball, which I played for years, as well as inspire them to read. I learned to read at a young age, and have found that to be an extreme asset to everything I do. I have been praised for my ability to read with funny voices too!

Most memorable childcare experience:

I will never forget nannying for the Martinez family, their son Anthony and daughter Ella. Ella was about 1 year old when I began babysitting for them, and she was not always happy about me coming over, especially when it was nap time! So one day as I was rocking her in her chair, trying to calm her squirming body, I decided to start singing. I figured why not - I loved to sing and had been know to calm my siblings down with a few show tunes. I began to sing "If I Didn't Care", by the Ink Spots, and within a minute Ella had silenced her screams and was resting against my chest. I will never forget how fulfilling it felt to calm a fussy child. From then on, nap time for Ella and me became a bonding experience, a time for us to both relax our nerves and be with each other. All the craziness of the day seemed to fade away; I lived for those moments with her. It is because of that that I began to understand the true joys of child care and parenthood.

In 5 years, I hope to be...

A professional working artist - in what media, I'm not sure! I'm open to whatever happens first whether it be music, film, TV, off-Broadway, or Broadway! I just want to be making a living doing what I love. Depending on how successful I am with my career, starting a family may be around the corner, too.