Let me introduce myself...
...briefly.
I have unique qualifications to provide paralegal services for your firm. First, I have been a successful paralegal for twenty-one years. Second, I was a teacher (at the junior college level) for eleven years which gave me close relationships with low income students, for many of whom English was not their first language . I have three degrees: a bachelors degree with a double major in psychology and philosophy, a masters degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and a juris doctor. I am meticulous, articulate, literate, communicative, and responsive.
My Paralegal Experience
I I have been a paralegal or legal assistant for twenty-one years
2004 - 2008 Law Offices of Dane Cameron -- Chico, California
2008 - 2010 Law Office of Jesus Rodriguez -- Chico, California
2010 - 2017 Mountain Paralegal Services -- self-employed -- Chico, California
2022 - 2025 Emerson Law / Emerson & Valentine -- Legal Assistant -- Largo, Florida
2023 - 2025 Domingos Law -- Largo, Florida
Present Law Offices of Michelle Choe -- San Diego, California
Present Demps Law Firm, Wesley Chapel, Florida
​My Teaching, Presentation and Writing Experience
I was a teacher, a presenter, and a writer for sixteen years
2003 - 2013 Faculty, Language Arts, Butte College, Oroville, California -- Developmental Writing, ESL, Migrant Education (Reading and English)
2010 - 2012 Learning Resource Specialist -- Butte College, Oroville, California -- Trained and supervised tutors for campus study center
2007 - 2012 Presenter - Critical Skills Workshops -- Butte College, Oroville, California -- Presented Twenty-Nine Different Skills-Based Subjects
2008 - 2012 Writer (Freelance) Chico Enterprise Record -- Wrote a Variety of Pieces for Local Newspaper
1997 - 1998 Teacher, Balboa High School, San Francisco, California -- Taught English/ESL in Dropout Retention Program; co-wrote $1.8 million grant
My Non-Profit Human Services Experience
I worked in the Not-for-Profit Human Services Sector for four years
1999 - 2000 Coordinator/Head Teacher, Slide Ranch, Muir Beach, California -- Supervised Six Teaching Interns in an Experimental Education Program
2000 - 2001 Program Services Director, Clausen House, Oakland, California -- Oversaw Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
2002 - 2003 Program Coordinator, Do-It Leisure, Oroville, California -- Managed Multiple Programs for Adults with Mental Illnesses
My Education
2009 -- Juris Doctorate -- Cal Northern School of Law
1997 -- Master of Arts: English (TESOL)
1992 -- Bachelor of Arts: Psychology/Philosophy