Hi There! I’m Alma Lake
About Me
I’ve always had a sense of motivation and passion driving me forward. Whether it’s exploring unique opportunities, learning additional skills, or meeting new people, I bring these values to every experience throughout my life on a personal and professional level. To learn more about me, keep exploring my portfolio or reach out directly.
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Gallup - Clifton Strengths
Strategic, Positivity, Learner, Connectedness, and Individualization
Experience
Work History
2020 - Present
Virtual Administrative Assistant
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Assist client to reach Founder 2.0 in the first year. Helped three additional people on her team reach Founder 2.0 in the following year, giving each a percentage of the parent company's overall profits. Researched and helped implement different business models, services, competitive pricing, and following legal requirements. Work with clients remotely to help them to build their businesses.
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Track financials, organization structure, incentives, and orders. Excel at managing information flow, keeping calendars, and preparing reports and spreadsheets. Research product information to create educational materials. Promote and manage educational groups that ran for a month. Create motivational materials, product, and business information and training.
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Produce and provide social media and email marketing. Create graphics, forms, documents, newsletters, websites, and PowerPoint presentations. Make and send samples, awards, promotions, new member packets, and recognition. Discreetly manage sensitive and confidential information with professionalism.
May 2018Â - June 2023
Organizations Director, Starz Unlimited Dance Studio
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Used leadership skills to manage a non-profit with an average of 165 students and engaged their parents to build a sense of community and collaboration. Oversee on average 15 teachers each year including hiring and scheduling. Responsible for planning, scheduling, and executing performances, events, fundraisers, student registration, and classes.
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Went from a $7,000 budget shortfall to $5,000 positive cash flow in less than six months by re-negotiation of contracts and trades, tracking actual cost, moving dates of deposits and payments received to decrease interest paid and outstanding balance carry-over by analyzing financials and processes to uncover inefficiencies, increase margins, and adding consistency to trades.
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Increased average student enrollment by 32% by implementing new marketing strategies, and having a more personalized interaction with potential families. Address questions and concerns of students or parents. Facilitate conflict resolution between parents, teachers, and students.
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Increased volunteer participation from an average of 10 people to 40+ for events, and activities to improve facilities, program volunteers, and our daily operations by improving communication, engagement, and outreach. Opened lines of communication and built relationships by implementing an open-door policy for the office, giving parents improved access to information, staff, and administration.
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Added a foster care scholarship program. Opened up additional trades for additional low-income families to have access to services. Able to increase yearly fundraisers by 75% after taking on this responsibility.
2018-2020
Professional Organizer, Clarify Life
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Completed personal organization for clients and taught organizational skills to clients. Evaluated current systems and lifestyle used.
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Looked for areas in the home that should be modified and systems that could be put into place that would have the largest impact on how their homes and daily lives functioned.
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Created and taught classes on organization and how-to information that I could provide clients.
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Self-employed and was able to refine additional business management skills and ability to provide proposals for new clients.
2016-2018
General Board Member, Starz Unlimited Dance Studio
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First contact with new families in person and by phone. Create an inviting, respectful, and encouraging environment for families and their students.
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Development and implementation of improved communication and engagement between management and families. Develop partnerships for resources, and increase volunteer support and engagement to make improvements to the facility, for events, programs, and daily operations.
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Organize fundraisers and create a holistic approach to fundraising.
2017-2018
Board Member, Pioneer HS for Performing Arts
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Provide staff and teacher training and support. Review budgets, research ways to improve school and educational outcomes, and provide support to students and parents.
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Help to build the in-school community and promote the school to the surrounding community.
2017-2018
Substitute Teacher, Wasatch Waldorf
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Substitute aide for Kindergarten using Waldorf curriculum in developing the whole child. Helped weekly to teach watercolor to students.
2013-2017
Owner, Lisa's Mop Squad
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Started commercial cleaning service business from the ground up with a partner. Set up licensing, contracts, and business structure. Tracked finances, completed taxes, and built relationships with clients.
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Bonded for one million dollars, which allowed us to clean high-end businesses, banks, retail, and private businesses. Separated from the partnership in 2017.
1996-1998
PROM UTAH L.C
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Worked on 56 million design-build project extensively with owners, architects, and subcontractors.
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Assisted with contracts and bidding, compiled project costs and pay schedules, processed weekly pay requests, payables, and bank requests, and tracked project completion.
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Assisted with value engineering, tracking plan updates, and the distribution and tracking of updated plans.
1994-1996
WOODBURY CORPORATION
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Worked with owners, architects, and contractors on the development and construction of hotels, malls, office buildings, strip malls, and residential remodeling.
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Prepared and worked on bid packages, project manuals, contract documents, city approvals, contractor pay requests, and on-site inspections.
Education
My Studies
Associates of Arts in Anthropology May 2023
Salt Lake Community College
I obtained my Associate of Arts in Anthropology in May 2023. I have also been working towards an Associate of Arts degree in International and Global Studies. My area of focus has been Asia. My language of focus is Mandarin Chinese. I have been learning to speak, read, and write this beautiful language. The opportunity to finish this second minor will be completed at the University of Utah when I complete the two second-year language courses. Graduated with Honors.
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Awards:
President's List - Spring 2023, Fall, 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, and Spring 2021
Pride in Academics - Fall 2020
Phi Theta Kappa
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Expected Graduation 2026
University of Utah
I have been accepted and will be working on completing my last two classes for an Associate of Arts in International and Global Studies while continuing on with my Bachelor of Arts degree in the same area of study. My area of focus is Asia and my language of focus is Mandarin Chinese. I plan to continue with my studies here to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in International & Global Studies in the Spring of 2026.
Fall 2024
People Helping People
Completed Phase I, which included one-on-one coaching sessions, intake and wrap-up sessions, and workshops. Workshops taken are Flexible Thinking: Commitment and Attitude, Barrier Inventory and Action Plan, and Carrier Pathing, Started Phase II which includes a mentoring program.
2020 to 2023
Megan Biz Consulting
Completed thorough training in current industry applications and software. This has helped me to give the best up-to-date support possible to clients. I was able to participate in continuous training for new applications and software in use, allowing me to stay up-to-date on industry practices.
2020
Social Media Marketing Course
Learned how to create social media that meets FDA guidelines. Learned tips and additional skills for social media marketing of essential oils.
2016
School of Natural Healing
Learned herbalism from the ground up. Gained a foundational understanding of natural methodologies and progress through the many aspects of herbal healing, including herb identification, horticulture, medicinal usage, methods of preparation, and more.
Skills
No matter the role or project, I’m confident in the skills I bring to the table. Look below to learn more about my specific abilities, and feel free to get in touch if you’d like to learn more.
Management Skills
I am passionate about using my management skills to enhance organizational productivity, strategic thinking, and problem-solving. Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of supporting one of my clients in becoming a founder within their parent company. By using my knowledge of financial data analysis, negotiating strategic trades, and uncovering operational inefficiencies, I have successfully transformed a non-profit's negative cash flow into a positive one, allowing them to continue pursuing and sharing their vision.
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My extensive experience encompasses organizational leadership, marketing analysis, relationship building, and a strong ability to handle confidential information professionally. I excel in collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders, showcasing my robust communication and teamwork skills. I am known for making sound decisions, resolving conflicts, managing time effectively, staying motivated under pressure, and being a quick learner, all of which contribute to my effectiveness in management roles. My aptitude with organizational and time management skills, adaptability, creativity, ability to delegate and track tasks and projects, to work under pressure, being self-motivated, and being part of a team have contributed to my accomplishments.
Relationship Building
Aptitude for building relationships with students, parents, and clients. Managed and set up teams for specific projects and organization goals. Ability to share the vision of projects or goals of the company and bring various stakeholders on board. Ability to create a work environment that focuses on common goals and objectives that bring varying ideas together. Competent in bringing conflicting parties together to work through issues, build common ground, minimize misunderstandings, and improve communication going forward. Able to recognize team members' strengths that can be built on while noticing weaknesses in the team and strategically add additional support and structure to lead to successful completion of projects.
Design and Marketing
Experience in digital marketing, graphic design, e-mail marketing, social media marketing, and website creation.
Ability to facilitate classes, presentations, and plan events. Meet with potential clients, determine their needs, and assess how we can help to fill those needs. Help them to catch the vision of the services that we offer and to see the value and benefit it would be for them.
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Technical Skills
I have worked with many types of software and applications. I have worked extensively in Microsoft Suites and Google Suites including spreadsheet creation, pivot tables, VLookup, making forms, and presentations. Other programs that I have done significant work with are Shout, Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Wix, WordPress, Trello, Asana, Flowdesk, Synduit, StudioDirectior, OneDrop, doTERRA Social, PowTown, QuickBooks, and many additional image and video editing applications.
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Social media sites that I have done work on for clients are Facebook and Instagram.
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I have worked with Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, and many other messaging services.
Additional Experience
Volunteer Expericence
Volunteered in multiple capacities on various committees to improve and support these organizations to bring about improvements, change, and transitions at public charter schools, traditional public schools, and non-profit organizations such as SHEROES, Code Blue Movie Nights which are Warming Centers for the unsheltered, and food banks. Served on the board of various mother groups to help plan events, and provide service and support. Volunteered in numerous grades to help tutor in reading, math, spelling, art, and other subjects.
Homeschool Experience
Homeschooled for nine years. Selecting and writing curriculum and teaching ages K-12. Taught in various co-ops numerous subjects such as science, history, math, and art. Helped write curriculum for some of these groups which also included thematic learning. Experience with a classical education, Epic Adventure,
Waldorf, and other philosophies of learning. Taught multiple age groups and mixed age groups.
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Portfolio and Project Links
Samples of my work.
Lost and Forgotten
This website started as a signature assignment for one of my English classes at SLCC in the summer of 2021. It has become a passion project for me to provide information to those who have experienced medical gaslighting and eliminate the shame. It provides information about what you can do if you experience this, a gallery of those who have experienced medical gaslighting, and additional resources. It has recently started to reach more people. I have been able to do a couple of interviews on this subject on webcasts and podcasts to continue to share the message that you are not alone and that you have the power to do something.Â
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"Don't be pushed by your problems, be lead by your dreams."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
