STEPHANY BARRERA
EXPERIENCE   CONTACT
Company Management and Logistics Assistant
Anna Deavere Smith Projects | New York, NY | March 2022 - August 2022 209-675-4530

● AnnaDeavereSmith.org sbarrera@chapman.edu
● Organized schedules and workflows to meet expected business demands.
● Maintained inventory accuracy and reconciled discrepancies. 🌐 WEBSITE
● Implemented organization systems for financial reports, schedules, and inventory
control to improve efficiency and productivity.  
Assisted with planning and developing company initiatives and projects.
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SKILLS
● Worked closely with the company manager and logistics supervisor to maintain
● Processes and Procedures
day-to-day operations.
● Leadership
● Managed the paperwork and necessary information required for company travel.
● Team Management
● Coordinated across departments to build successful logistics solutions for faculty and
● Outstanding communication skills.
staff.
● Safety protocols
● Maintained faculty and staff profiles, assessed special requests, and updated
● Critical Thinking
program information.
● Research and Compiling Data
● Made travel arrangements and reservations.
● Microsoft Office
● Took payments via credit and debit cards and handled sensitive information with
● Google Suite
professionalism and discreteness.
● Creative Adobe Suite
● Addressed staff and faculty inquiries and resolved issues and complaints regarding
  
various travel arrangements.
● Researched hotel and airfare options to meet company needs and expectations. EDUCATION
● automated office operations to manage company correspondence, record Master of Fine Arts
 

tracking, and data communications. Film And Television Producing

● Improved office operations by coordinating itineraries and appointments. Chapman University, Orange, CA
● oversaw the planning and direction of projects to improve company infrastructure. Expected in May 2024
 

● Collaborated in team-oriented environments, working cohesively and successfully Bachelor of Arts

on multiple projects. Cinematic Arts And Technology
● Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications, and staff California State University - Monterey
availability Bay, Seaside, CA
● Oversaw each step of the Anna Deavere Smith Teen Performance Lab project,
Cum Laude
meeting and achieving goals.
3.8 Major GPA
● Oversaw on-site teams of up to 25 professionals working on diverse projects.
December 2021
● Developed comprehensive Google Suite solutions for company staff.  

● Improved Google shared drive to help organize company documents. Associate of Arts
● Became a team liaison to oversee participants' needs. Studio Arts
Merced College, Merced, CA
Company Supervisor 4.0 Major GPA
Francisco's House Cleaning Services | CA | January 2016 - July 2021 May 2019
● Checked the quality of work regularly through inspections and official assessments.   
● Kept the team safe by verifying the proper use of safety equipment and techniques CERTIFICATIONS
and correcting missteps.
Covid-19 Compliance Officer,
● Managed team supplies to maintain budgets and meet work demands.
Health Education Services, 2021
● Maintained equipment focused on preventive and predictive methods to keep
costs low and avoid breakdowns.
● Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals. LANGUAGES
 
English:

 
 

Spanish:

 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
Natural Language Dialogue Processing Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) Scholar
USC ICT, Los Angeles, CA CSUMB, Seaside, CA Dec. 2019 - Dec.2021.
Summer 2021 - A competitive 2-year program, where students engage in fully
-Presented poster in virtual symposium; representing USC ICT funded mentored undergraduate research and develop
-Working with my Advisor we worked on developing artificial professional skills that prepare them to pursue higher education.
intelligence and language technology
to allow machines to participate in human-like natural Suzanne Dewar Memorial Undergraduate Research Scholarship
dialogues with people. Systems have a variety $3,100.00 CSUMB, Seaside, CA
of “embodiments”, including virtual humans, robots, recorded Dec.2019- Dec.2021.
videos of real people, and voice or -The Suzanne Dewar Memorial UROC scholars are eager to
chat systems. explore dynamic research questions through
creative inquiry in the arts, humanities, and social sciences via
Story Environmental Animation Visual Development full participation in the UROC
CSUMB, Seaside, CA Scholars Program.
Spring 2021 -The recipient will receive two years of funding intended to
-Collaborate with Mentor on the visual creation of a unique film support their undergraduate research,
idea. Create backdrop concepts and scholarship, and creative activity.
environments that complement the theme. Choose a color
palette and tone that complement the film's The Genevieve Giammanco Memorial Scholarship
concept. $1,700.00 CSUMB, Seaside, CA
Fall 2020 and Fall 2021
COVID-19 Compliance Officer for Film Production
CSUMB, Seaside, CA The Women's Leadership Council Scholarship
Fall 2020 $2,500.00 CSUMB, Seaside, CA
-Work with Research Mentor on developing a template for what Fall 2020
it takes to be a COVID-19 Compliance Officer for a Film set. We
strived to set a foundation for our campus to utilize in educating Student Success Scholarship
campus staff and students on regulations and laws placed by $350.00 CSUMB, Seaside, CA
the pandemic and what that meant for film students. We Fall 2021
started with compiling websites, where students and staff can
certify as a C19CO for a free or low cost. We aspired to have a Mahito Shirako Scholarship
course put into place on our campuses to educate film $400.00 CSUMB, Seaside, CA
students on the importance of following protocol to have a Fall 2021
safe film set and execute a successful film experience for the
cast and crew. TAU Sigma Honor Society
CSUMB, Seaside, CA Jan. 2020-Dec.2021
The Making of Emotional Animation -honor society for transfer students who hold a 3.5 GPA or
CSUMB, Seaside, CA higher
Summer 2020
-Presented in virtual CSUMB summer symposium
-Collaborated with a Research Mentor to develop a
pre-production plan for an original animated narrative. The
research phase included character design, storyboarding,
character rigging, and animating a brief scene. Most studies
have been limited by the capacity to move a character's face
and demonstrate empathy in a two-dimensional animation.
Empathetic animation is possible when the narrative is clear
and supported by audio.

Film Screenwriting
CSUMB, Seaside, CA
Spring 2020
-Collaborate with Research Mentors to develop a unique script.
Developed the film's idea, characters, and narrative. I
conducted research on the backstories and psychology of the
major characters to help flesh out the narrative and make it
more coherent.