Stephanie Islas

EDUCATION
2006 - 2010

Loara High School

Union High School District

Anaheim

2010 - 2013

Fullerton College
Associates Degree in Psychology

Fullerton

2013 - 2015

University of California, Irvine

BA - Psychology and Social Behavior
BA - Education Sciences

Irvine

INTERNSHIPS

2015-Current

Western Youth Services

Anaheim

Intern, providing supportive services to children and families attending the clinic for therapy.
Maintaining a child-friendly environment by providing developmentally appropriate
activities to children, will provide supervision to siblings during Functional Family
Therapy sessions, group therapy, or PCIT sessions.
Assisting Spanish-speaking families in communicating with physicians (bilingual students),
and will assist with medical records by learning MediCal standards and charting.
Observing and assisting therapists during Functional Family Therapy sessions, group
therapy, PCIT sessions, and therapists board meetings.
2014-2015

Children's Conformity to Others Research Lab

UC Irvine

Research assistant, responsible for conducting a search for scholarly literature

relevant to the research project, searching the library, copying articles, ordering
additional articles and books.
Collecting data by planning and implementing experiments, conducting interviews and
research experiments on children, administering surveys and consent forms to
parents.
Recruiting preschools, by calling principals explaining the research study, scheduling
recruiting parents and making presentations on research project to schools.
EMPLOYMENT
2012-2015

Holiday Inn (Onyx Restaurant)

Anaheim

Host, courteously greet patrons and direct them to their tables or accompany them to waiting
areas until their tables are ready.
Cashier, count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts and at the end, issue
receipts redeem coupons, run checks for servers, cash out customers, and compute and
record totals of transactions ad coupons.

 Offer customers carry-out service, resolve customer complaints, and

accept reservations.
Cash out servers at the end of their shift, pay room service and servers tips, and run
daily sales system report.
Server, prepare the tables, lay out napkins and utensils, make sure the condiments are
refilled, and perform all other preparation tasks.
Offer guests daily specials, drinks, and answer questions about current menu choices or
specials.
Maintain proper dining experience, deliver items, fulfill customer needs, offer
desserts and drinks, remove courses, replenish utensils, and refill glasses.
2014-2015

Stacks Library Assistant

Irvine

Library Assistant, enter and update patrons' records on computers.

Sort books, publications, and other items according to established procedure and
return them to shelves, files, or other designated storage areas.
Collect books, periodicals, videotapes, and other materials at circulation desks
and process new materials including books and periodicals.
2013

Telephone Outreach Program UCI

Irvine

Student Caller, calling parents and alumni to update contact information

and outreach.
Calling to also fundraise money to help fund the university, and help people know about
ways to get involved with the campus.
2012

Tillys

Orange

Sales associate, persuade customers to buy clothing items, answer questions about the
product, identify the customers needs and direct them to an appropriate product.
Cashier, handle all cash, debit and credit card transactions, check daily cash accounts, issue
receipts, refunds, and exchanges at managers authorization, find items at different store
locations, and make online orders.
Circulate and maintains store and assist customers, update via radio to co workers,
restock, clean and organize all merchandise at the end of the day.
Assist customers at fitting rooms, put together outfits according to customers taste,
provide personal one on one experience to customer.
VOLUNTEER
2013-2014
Child Care Provider
Anaheim
Responsible for children, ages 3 - 6, while parents are at work in the comfort of
their home.
Prepare simple meals, entertain the children, and observe bedtime hours according
to parents direction.

Plan learning activities for the children: coloring, singing, drawing.

Recommendations Available Upon Request.