My Resume

	Katelynn Matragrano 10019 Park Woods Lane Burke, VA 22015  |  Kateym17@gmail.com  |  703-282-0758
Education	University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia B.A. in History, M.S. in Elementary Education Projected Graduation Dates: May 2017, May 2018
Skills & Abilities	Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel; Proficient in French; Domain creation, WordPress, Timeline GIS, Digital Archiving
Experience	Resident Assistant University of Mary Washington fall 2015- Present -Completed administrative tasks, such as timecards, online forms, article writing for our newsletter, emailed with supervisors daily -Attended weekly meetings with supervisors to talk about the ins and outs of my building -Regularly checked in on residents, through one-on-ones and emails Nanny Springfield, Virginia June 2015- August 2015 -Planned the day to day activities for a 4 year old and a 7 year old -Implemented educational lessons into the 8 hour day Chesterbrook Academy Centreville, Virginia December 2013- July 2014 -Assisted the lead teacher in planning activities for the classroom -Led classrooms of 20-25 children at one time -Supervised and took care of children, ages 6 weeks to 6 years old
Volunteer Work	March of Dimes (2011-Present) Autism Speaks (2009-2013) Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (2008-2012)
Leadership & Clubs	Member, Young Democrats, UMW (2013-Present) Member, Alpha Mu Sigma, UMW (2014-Present) National Communications Coordinator, UMW, Association of Residence Halls (Spring 2014- Spring 2015) Vice President, UMW, Association of Residence Halls (Fall 2015- Spring 2016) President, UMW, Association of Residence Halls (Present-Spring 2017) Delegate, UMW, Student Government Association (Present-Spring 2017)

Writing Problems

As of today I officially started working on writing my draft for my research paper. Being that I haven’t written a research paper like this  in almost 5 months, it was difficult for me to get started. I always have difficulties getting the thesis and topic paragraph written because I never really know how I want to phrase my ideas until I’ve written the paper itself, which usually means several major edits on the thesis and main ideas of the paper as I work. I also work very well under the pressure of a time crunch, which is something I’ve really trying to break myself of lately. Knowing that I’m going to need to find sources up until I write the final draft of my paper, procrastinating isn’t the best plan to make sure that my paper isn’t a complete mess when I turn it in.

I think that the best way to fix my first problem of getting my paper initially started would be to do an outline or take some kind of notes to get all of my ideas organized. Once I’ve done that, I think my paper will be better focused and have a clear direction for where it needs to go. For the procrastinating, I think working on my paper a little bit at a time, maybe 2 pages a day, would be an easy and effective way for me to not overwork myself and stretch myself so thin that I feel like my paper is a jumbled mess. All problems aside I am really excited to write this paper and clearly illustrate the reasons behind why I find this project so interesting.