Alexandria Jasso

330 Gamewood Drive Phone: (602) 399-0582

Spring, TX 77386 Email: ag.jasso@yahoo.com

Objective

Seeking to obtain a part-time or full-time position working with or pertaining to livestock.

Education

Willing to immediately pursue attaining any certification necessary for employment.

Paradise Valley Community College: 2012 Fall Semester

Primavera High School: Graduated 2012

Riding Video

https://youtu.be/AvjfUR6KaCI

(I will create a standard video once my horse no longer has thrush, seeing as he’s in pain)

Qualifications & General Animal Knowledge:

• Skilled with caring for livestock/farm animals: horses, cattle, chickens, sheep, goats, and pigs (as well as domestic animals, and reptiles).
• Training horses and dogs.
• Exercising horses (lunging, walking, trotting, ground pole-work, hindquarters control, moving shoulders, sidestep, up-hill & down-hill exercising, etc.)
• Turn in/out, wrangle, and cattle drive.
• Mucking stalls, cleaning/emptying and filling water troughs.
• Organizing and cleaning barn and tack.
• Feeding hay, pellets, grain, and treats!
• Ability to identify lameness, illnesses, and safety concerns.
• General familiarity with equine (and other animal) first-aid; how to administer/apply medication, care for wounds, take vitals/temperature, distribute dewormer.
• Meet/schedule veterinarian and farrier.
• Experience with handling potentially dangerous animals using my sensitivity and understanding of how to react in the best possible way.
• Capable of safely capturing a stray or loose animal.
• High awareness of how to proceed with caution while working with an unpredictable animal.
• Attentiveness to animals in need, highly conscious of hazardous conditions in an unsafe environment, whether in a household or in the wilderness.

Livestock Experience:

SIRE Therapeutic Horsemanship, Spring, TX

Volunteer Leader/Side-Walker

2019-Current

• Working with sound horses.
• Assisting people who have special needs by using therapeutic horsemanship activities.
• I groom and saddle/bridle the horses to prepare them for each lesson.
• Walk for 45 minutes during class, briefly jog and support the rider.
• I would either lead a horse during each lesson or walk alongside the horse and rider to assist with balance, reinforce the instructor’s direction, and support in case of an emergency.
• The priority is always the rider’s safety, so making sure the horse is lead safely and making sure the rider is supported.

Top Hands Horse Show, Houston, TX

Volunteer Leader

2020 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

• Very similar to my work at SIRE
• Lead the horse and rider in classes for showmanship at halter, English equitation, Western equitation, and trail-obstacle.

IAH Airport Ranger, Houston, TX

Volunteer Mounted Patrol

2017-2018

• Ride my horse along the perimeter of the airport property.
• Ensure the safety of the air traveling public.
• Report any suspicious activity on airport premises.

Aspen Ranch Equine Program, Loa, UT

Trainer/Student

2008-2009

• Worked at a stable with 30+ horses.
• Assisted with training horses, feeding, mucking/cleaning stalls, turn-out, corralling, cattle driving, grooming/bathing, blanketing, ground work, saddling Western and English, knowledge on all types of bridles and bits, round-pen and arena exercise.
• General first-aid knowledge: distribution of medication and de-worming, aided wounds, and took care of sick and injured hospice horses – always on the look-out for safety hazards, health risks, and lameness.
• Trail-riding, cattle drives, barrel racing, gaiting, and other forms of riding. Slightly experienced with cutting and jumping.
• Able to lift and carry bales of hay and build fencing.
• Worked with wild mustangs that were purchased from auction; began the training and breaking process.
• Broke and trained my current horse.
• Experience with caring for other farm animals: cattle, chickens, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, and cats.

Work History:

Self-Employed, Spring, TX

Private Nanny

Full-time, 2016-Current

• Experience caring for children within ages three months to fifteen years old
• Clean the houses, maintaining a safe environment for the children
• Nap time, play time, feedings, and keeping up with a strict schedule

Gemini Rosemont Property Management, Houston, TX

Property Administrator

Full-time, 2015-2016

• Assist in managing six buildings across Houston, collecting rent checks, sending email notifications to tenants in each building from E-Premise, assist with marketing, distributing flyers for building events, assist with tenant daily requests, running reports, assist engineers and assign work orders (from IMPAK) to them varying on each building, understanding of CAM, perform monthly property inspections to assure vacancies are ready to show, assist with maintaining and managing the budget.
• Extensive knowledge in Yardi: entering invoices to be paid, checking for already paid invoices, searching and printing out monthly reporting for each building (detailed variance reports, 12 month forecasts, rent rolls, balance sheets, and general ledgers), searching for vendors and accounting receivables/payables.

Faststream Recruitment, Houston, TX

Administrative Assistant

Full-time, 2014-2015

• Perform general office duties, such as answering phones, attending inquiries, directing callers to the appropriate recruiters, taking messages, mailing packages, ordering supplies, conducting in-depth research, scheduling appointments and travel arrangements, maintaining office organization and cleanliness/sanitation, printing, copying, faxing, scanning and filing confidential contracts/paperwork.
• Manage the expense report process, keeping track of manager's receipts/credit card purchases, filing timesheets for the company's contractors - making sure everyone gets paid. Assist contractors with any needs/issues while they’re out on assignment (payroll issues, insurance issues, changes to documents, etc.).
• In charge of running E-verifies and background checks for new-hire employees. Extensive knowledge of Bond and Daxtra. Audit the job postings on the website.

Self-Employed, Houston, TX

Private Nanny

Full-time, 2013-2014

• Experience caring for children within ages three months to fifteen years old
• Clean the houses, maintaining a safe environment for the children
• Nap time, play time, feedings, and keeping up with a strict schedule

The Hideaway, Houston, TX

Waitress

Full-time, 2013

• Welcomed customers and attended to their every need
• Served food and drinks to customers
• Maintained a clean, friendly and safe environment
• Handled cash and credit/debit cards

Northern Arizona University Physician Assistant (PA) Program, Phoenix, AZ

Administrative Assistant 

Full-Time, Temporary Position; 2012 

• Responded to current and potential student explorations pertinent to the University’s PA Program 
• Reviewed and filed student application packets 
• General office duties: greet guests, answered phones, filing, copying, faxing, and data entry