Testimanials

Carmen is an amazing asset to any team. She brings forth positivity, fresh ideas, and passion to any work she's doing. Working directly with Carmen, I respect her ability to speak up and use her voice to advocate her thoughts and opinions. She continues to inspire me through all the work she's doing and I can't think of anyone as both empathetic and driven as Carmen.

Carmen has been a valuable asset to Career Beginnings of Orange County’s Mentoring Program, both as a board member and strategic and corporate communication intern. As her fellow board member and then intern supervisor, I have seen firsthand Carmen’s ability to think outside the box and present creative and innovative solutions for student recruitment, engagement and outreach, and program and website rebranding, using her many years in higher education, fashion design, graphic design, and branding. She is a responsive, dedicated, empathetic, and punctual member of the non-profit with a passion for helping others. She excels both in a team and individually and she is self-aware, continuously improving by asking for and learning from feedback. I highly recommend Carmen.

I worked with Carmen with many marketing and planning events for campus events and charity events along with research for these events. She is a team player and a great leader anyone lucky to know her or work with her can verify.

Carmen has been an amazing addition to the AISS team. Her ability and will to achieve the program’s marketing, fundraising, and educational goals has made an enormous impact for the AISS Foundation. When I had the opportunity to work with Carmen during my internship, For training, she would break everything down for me step by step on fulfilling the marketing and fundraising projects.Working with these projects alongside Carmen was a learning experience I always enjoyed for various reasons. I remember when I first entered the internship program at AISS, I felt very nervous and lost because I wanted to comprehend the information and exceed the project goals as quickly as possible. When Carmen took me under her wing, she went above and beyond as a trainer. I knew from getting to know Carmen and her work ethic, she had enthusiasm to help me succeed. Any questions or doubts that I had, She would provide her knowledgeable input as well as the courage and motivation to improve my technical, verbal, and creative skills. She would put in extra time to help with assignments I had delays on to make sure the qualities were up to par according to the AISS standards. One of the qualities I admire about Carmen is her ability to directly communicate effectively and cohesively. Carmen has been known for her organization skills and prioritizations. She always made sure to finish her projects ahead of time before the actual due dates and prioritize what needs to get done. When there is a roadblock, she always finds a solution one way or another. Carmen also has a talent for her creative expression when it comes to marketing and branding. I would notice Carmen’s fantastic work on designing newsletters, fundraising sites, and even rebranding the AISS website and new logo.. She has been working towards her marketing career for years and has proven her expertise on her knowledge to which her feedback is overly valued. During our meetings with our AISS, I would hear positive feedback about Carmen's Marketing skills from a few Marketing consultants/volunteers, including the AISS Scholars. Carmen hosted her Canva class to teach the scholars how to use canva to which the scholars were able to learn and adapt quickly to the new digital design site. Working with Carmen is like having her as a teacher because you learn something new each time. She has a great passion for helping others and making a difference in her community.