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Specialized Experience • Sincerely passionate about providing warm, nurturing, and attentive, personalized care • Skillfully self-directed, proactive, work well independently and a fabulous team player • Expertise in multitasking and problem solving to create/maintain a safe, healthy, and calm environment • Agility dealing with people of various ages and circumstances including neurodivergent individuals • Detail-oriented and high standards of cleanliness • Able to create and/or follow a structured daily/weekly routine • Agility to create an environment that allows for open and respectful expression • Great competence housekeeping/managing with attention to detail: vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, dusting, bathrooms. Stove, fridge, microwave & cupboards cleaning. Creating/maintaining organization systems according to family’s flow. Laundry: rotating linens, clothes washing/drying, folding, ironing, and putting away. Meal care: advanced personalized planning, getting groceries, prepping, and cooking. Plant care. Running errands: dry cleaning, delivering/picking up parcels/items, etc. Pet care: feeding, grooming scheduling, walks. Wardrove: rotating according to climate changes, donations Skills and Attributes • Exceptional communication –verbal and written– skills • Genuine positive disposition and personal satisfaction offering a supportive contribution • Proficient in speaking, reading and writing English and Spanish. Fluent in French, and Portuguese • Excellent work ethic and a commitment to integrity. Trustworthy, reliable, patient, clean, organized, detail oriented, resourceful, loving, creative, encouraging • Fabulous work and personal character references • Non-smoker, non-drinker, and lead a healthy lifestyle. A Canadian citizen, thus legally able to work • A valid class 5 BC driver’s licence with a clean record and 10+ years of experience driving children and adults • A recently obtained clean criminal record proof (March 26, 2026) • A recently updated First Aid and CPR certification (March 26, 2026) Relevant Employment History Nanny/Housekeeper in Toronto. Girard Family June 1991 – August 1995 / Part Time (30-35hrs/week) • Cared for twin boys 8, a girl 6 months, and a dog • Cleaned and organized common areas. Did children’s laundry and grocery shopping. Run errands like mail or picked up dry cleaning. Cooked basic children’s meals Mondays through Thursdays. Made and packed snacks for the next day. Walked, fed, dog; plus scheduled and took it to grooming appointments Nanny/Housekeeper in Toronto. Brown/Cohen family September 1995 – August 1999 / Full Time (40hrs/week) • Cared for a girl 9, a boy 7, and two cats • Provided all daily housekeeping in a 6-bedroom home, all laundry care, prepared meals three out of five days per week, prepared snacks for school, fed cats Child care/Housekeeper, in Vancouver: Jones family (single father) September 2014 - June 2015 / Part Time (35hrs/week) • Cared for a girl 6, and a boy 9 with Autism level 2 • Made healthy dinners for children and the father, Mondays through Thursdays • Did all housekeeping necessary in a big 4-bedroom house, including laundry (linens and clothing). Run errands such as picking up the groceries, dry cleaning, and sent parcels Caregiver in Ashland, Oregon: Confidential January 2016 - December 2017 Live-in – Full Time (40hrs/week) • I cared for a man in his early 30s with cerebral palsy • Completed all housekeeping of a large 3-bedroom+ house, and related errands, gardening, and scheduling Personal Care/Housekeeper in Vancouver: Gabriel & Meriah April - October 2018 Part Time (Mondays – Fridays 4-8:30pm + 5hrs - Fridays) • Provided care for a paraplegic man • Picked up pre-ordered groceries • Cooked meals for him and his wife. Prepared and packed his lunches and snacks for the following day • Cleaned kitchen. Fed the dog. Replaced his urine drainage bag • Went to his house early on Fridays to do all housekeeping in a 3-bedroom home, changed linens, did laundry (his and his wife’s), set up and maintained organization in closet, drawers, and kitchen, sorted recycling, walked/fed the dog Housekeeper in Vancouver: Lisa Part Time – October 2018 – August 2019 • Performed all cleaning duties of a 2-bedroom home, such as linen change, making the bed, swiping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting), some laundry, dishes, and kitchen cleaning, dealt with compost and recycling Child & Home Care in Portland: Foster family March 2020 – August 2020 / Live-in - Part Time (About 28hrs/week, as needed) • Cared for a girl (2.5), and a boy (10 months), Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays for a few hours while mom worked from home • Facilitated fun discovery outings for the children at the park by the river, or walks around the neighborhood to monitor plant/tree changes, or visited the park and field across the street • Taught children about seasons, plants, animals, insects, food, numbers, new words, pronunciation, how to hold crayons to draw. Educated children about relating with their environment and people. Corrected habits and speech. Instilled hygiene and organizational skills. Engaged children in arts and crafts to develop fine motor skills. Created games and challenged them physically. Enticed intellectual development through reading books, playing games, and talking about what was happening. Offered emotional support and guidance • Provided snacks. Did diaper changes. Bathe children, got them into their PJs, and put girl to sleep, while mom fed and put baby to sleep • Prepared meals three times per week, every two out of three weeks because the father worked shift hours • Cleaned the 5-bedroom house once per week and kept organized, in between Child Care/Housekeeper in Vancouver: Carter family September 2020 – August 2021 / Part Time (35hrs/week) • Provided care for a boy (4) and his sister (8), while their mom worked from home • Emptied dishwasher upon arrival and reloaded with the day’s items • Did meal prepping for the mother too cook once, rarely twice per week, and cooked the other days for everybody • After dinner, made lunches and snacks for the children. Loaded dishwasher and washed pots, cutting boards, etc., by hand, as the mom got children ready for bed. Organized toys left in living room, cleaned table, swept and mopped dining room and kitchen, every day • Arrived 5 hours earlier on Fridays to do full housekeeping of a 3-bedroom+ home Nanny/Tutor/Housekeeper in Vancouver: Savova family Feb – May 22, 2026 / Part time (28hrs/week) • Offered care to a girl (8) and her brother (1) • Prepared dinner for all. Cleaned kitchen. Cleaned lunch boxes and reloaded lunch and snacks for next day • Arrived 6 hours earlier on Fridays to carry out full housekeeping of large 3-bedroom+ duties of entire house including the changing, laundry, and put away of all linens. Some weeks included extra time for the cleaning of separate Airbnb