Cassidy Volden


Personal Information
● Date of Birth: 14 January 1989
● Place of Birth: La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

Availability
● Beginning 15 April 2012 - negotiable

Education
● B.A. International Studies with emphasis in Global Security, Certificate in Middle Eastern
Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2007 - 2011
● Onalaska High School; Onalaska, Wisconsin, USA, 2003 – 2007

Employment History
Work History
● Nanny, Millay-McNeill family
Elwood, VIC, Australia
20 July 2011 - present
Duties: child care requirements: taking to and from daycare, preparing and serving
meals, daily bedtimes, thinking of creative exercise activities, providing safe and
comforting environment, assisting in local and international travel, overall housekeeping
and home management including scheduling, organizing, errands, packing and more.
Ages 1.5 and 4

● International Intern, Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
Carlton, VIC, 3053
30 May 2011 - 28 October 2011
Duties: ECCV is a peak-organization that advocates and acts as a liason on the behalf
of multi-cultural groups across Victoria. As an intern, my duties include development and
implementation of community outreach initiatives, crafting policy papers, drafting and
editing quarterly magazines, writing grant applications, assisting in office administration
and many other duties.

● Nanny, Michie family
Middleton, WI, USA
January 2009 – September 2010
Duties: child care requirements: preparing and serving meals, assisting children to bed,
overseeing and playing academic games, thinking of creative exercise activities, provide
safe and comforting environment. Ages 4 and 6

● Nanny, Connelly family
Fitchburg, WI, USA
August 2008 – February 2010
Duties: child care requirements: preparing and serving meals, assisting children in
daily chores and tasks, light cleaning, facilitating fun learning activities, leading creative activities, engaging children in exercise, taking children to extracurricular activities, overnight stays, assisting traumatized children adjust to stable life. Ages 7, 10, 11 and
11

● Team leader, SuperCamp
Seattle, WA, USA; Ithaca, NY, USA
June - August 2007; June - August 2008
Duties: camp counselor requirements: staff training, implementation of daily schedule,
supervise children in spontaneous and planned activities, responsible for safety
of children, providing emotionally safe environment, leading personal growth and
development activities

Academic positions
● Member, UNICEF
University of Wisconsin – Madison chapter; Madison, WI, USA
October 2007 - May 2011
Duties: attend bi-weekly chapter meetings, lead two group projects and activities per
semester, fundraising, community outreach

● Member, Best Buddies
University of Wisconsin – Madison; Madison, WI, USA
September 2007 - December 2008
Duties: form friendship with disabled community member

Professional Qualifications
● Languages
Native fluency in English; fair conversational ability and good reading/writing ability in
Spanish, Portuguese and Modern Standard Arabic

International Experience
● Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan; Intensive Arabic language and culture program, May
2010 – July 2010
● Volunteer Maldives, Naifaru, Republic of Maldives; Aerobics instructor and English tutor,
December 2010 – January 2011

Countries Traveled
● Mexico, Canada, England, Italy, Greece, Albania, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

Interests
● Languages, traveling, health and fitness, cooking, volunteering, photography, Muslim
societies, translation and interpretation, global health, refugees, poverty reduction, yoga,
pilates

Reference
● Mr. Ross Barnett, director, Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria,
rbarnett@eccv.org.au
● Mr. Abdalla Battah, academic advisor for foreign exchange, University of Minnesota –
Mankato, abattah@mnsu.edu, +1 651 808 4862
● Ms. Lauren Millay, employer, laurenmillay@me.com