ATTORNEY

J.D. December 2018 California Western School of Law, San Diego GPA: 3.1

M.A. December 2009 California State University, San Bernardino Major: National Security Studies (Honors) GPA: 3.6

B.A. March 2007 California State University, San Bernardino Major: Political Science (Honors) GPA: 3.6

A.A. Psychology, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, California Major: Psychology GPA: 3.2

United States Border Patrol Academy

United States Army Basic Training

United States Army Military Police Academy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Experience                                                                           09/07-12/08, 11/13-08/16 Substitute Teacher-As a substitute teacher I was successful in maintaining classroom discipline and ensuring that class assignments were completed according to the lesson plans. If lesson plans were not provided I adapted and ensured that students were occupied during class.

Institution Building Experience                                                                                  12/10-05/13 Advisor-As an Advisor for the Border Management Task Force (BMTF) I provided advice, training and leadership to Afghan Border Police (ABP) and Afghan Customs Department (ACD) authorities on the topics of management, customs operations, customs enforcement / compliance procedures, customs revenue generation and immigration inspection activities. Duties required building relationships with U.S. and ISAF forces, U.S. Government Agencies (USAID, State Department, etc), Allied government agencies and NGO’s to avoid duplication of efforts.

Administrative Experience                                                                                          09/04-12/10            Caregiver– As a caregiver for my father I attended to his needs and ensured that the necessary paperwork to continue his care was completed and submitted while he underwent chemotherapy for transitional cell carcinoma.

Records Evaluator-As an employee of Crafton Hills College I progressed from a student worker to a full time substitute position as the records evaluator. As the record evaluator I was responsible for evaluating transcripts of other colleges and determining course equivalencies.

Government and Law Enforcement Experience                                                       08/96-03/04

Border Patrol Agent-As a U.S. Border Patrol Agent for over 7 years, detected and

prevented the smuggling and unlawful entry of undocumented aliens into the United States and apprehended those persons found in the United States in violation of the Immigration laws.

Instructor/Supervisor–As an instructor at the Border Patrol Academy I taught three classes and had a 90 percent pass rate.

Special Deputy U.S. Marshal–As a Special Deputy U.S. Marshall I assisted with the 09/11 investigation at JFK International Airport in New York City.

Dispatcher-As a dispatcher I ran records checks for agents in the field using CLETS, DACS, NCIC and other systems.

Analyst-As an analyst I worked with the intelligence unit to track apprehensions and provided reports on areas of increased activity.

Military Experience                                                                                                      01/91-04/98

Military Police-As a Military Police officer for the, United States Army patrol duties included enforcement of traffic laws and taking reports of incidents.

Customs Inspector–As a Customs Inspector the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe I worked during the drawdown of U.S. forces in Europe.
– I worked with authorities from, Germany, Italy and Turkey inspecting personnel and cargo slated for transfer to the Continental United States.
–I assisted with investigations into black-marketing and smuggling and prepared reports recommending actions to be taken.

NationalGuard–As a member of the U.S. Army National Guard I trained for combat operations to include battlefield circulation and control, route reconnaissance, convoy security, and prisoner of war operations.

• Proficient with MS Office Suite
• Small arms and crew served weapons
• Public Speaking
• Legal Writing
• Research and Analysis
• Team Player

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