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Katrina Lee Monta

Home Address:
32 West Mattle Rd. N.
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
(907)-225-6173 (Home)
(907)-617-5144 (Cell)
katrina.lee.monta18@gmail.com

Career Objective:
To obtain a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in
Engineering Management, and work in Ketchikan, Alaska. Without being able to find a position in Civil
Engineering or Engineering Management, now pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching to fill a needed niche
in the community of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Education:
University of Alaska – Southeast, Graduate School
May 2017 to Present
Distance - Juneau, Alaska
Expected Graduation: May 2019
Current GPA: 3.93

University of Alaska – Fairbanks, Graduate School

September 2014 to December 2015
Fairbanks, Alaska
Graduation: December 23, 2015
Current GPA: 3.92

University of Alaska – Fairbanks

September 2010 to May 2014
Fairbanks, Alaska
Graduation: May 11, 2014
Cumulative GPA: 3.67

Ketchikan High School

September 2006 to May 2010
Ketchikan, Alaska
Graduation: May 23, 2010
GPA: 4.0

Work Experiences:

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District/ University of Alaska Southeast – Student Teacher
August 2018 – December 2018
 Student Teacher Observer
o Observed daily routines with host teacher and students
o Took part in daily routines and took over some routines with students

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o Assisted host teacher with making copies and preparing for the next week’s
assignments.
 Student Teacher (Solo Student Teaching – 6 weeks)
o Took on full responsibility for the students and their routines
o Worked directly with host teacher to develop lessons and units for instruction
o Maintained students routines
o Communicated with parents through Class Dojo

Clover Pass Christian School & Daycare – Assistant Teacher

June 2017 – Present
 Assistant Teacher in Daycare and Day Camp
o Child Care Provider with and without direct supervision
o Adhere to all rules and regulations of Child Care practices for the State of Alaska
o Act as a relief for Lead Teachers in different areas of the Daycare facility: Infants
(Birth – 18 months), Toddlers (18 months – 3 years of age), Preschool (3 – 4 years of
age) and Day Camp (5-12 years of age)
 Reason for Leaving: Public School starts & Student Teaching begins Fall 2018

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District – Paraprofessional

October 2017 – Present (Currently on temporary leave due to Student Teaching in the Fall 2018)
 Response To Intervention (RTI)
o Works with individuals and small groups on target areas – Reading, Writing & Math
o Progress Monitoring of individuals on target areas

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District – Paraprofessional

September 2017 – October 2017
 Intensive SPED Paraprofessional
o Works with one-on-one target student through daily general education class
o Accompanies student to lunch, recess and special classes
 Reason for Leaving: Shift to Response To Intervention (RTI) paraprofessional

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District – Paraprofessional

March 2017 – May 2017
 Response To Intervention (RTI)
o Works with individuals and small groups on target areas – Reading, Writing & Math
o Progress Monitoring of individuals on target areas
 Reason for Leaving: Shift to Intensive SPED Paraprofessional

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District – Substitute Teacher

February 2016 – March 2017
 On Call Substitute Teacher
o Performs duties listed by permanent teacher for daily assignments
o Substitute positions in multiple schools in the district, as well as paraprofessional
duties
 Reason for Leaving: Career Advancement

Foremost Services – Housekeeper

November 2016 – January 2017
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 Housekeeping & Janitorial for Leidos on Back Island, in Southeast Alaska

o Daily ventures from Ketchikan to Back Island
o Janitorial cleaning – Bathrooms, Rooms, Mess Hall, Kitchen & Offices
 Laundry, Garbage removal, Kitchen detail
 Reason for Leaving: Career Advancement

Knudson Cove Marina – Charter Tour Manager

February 2016 – October 2016
 Charter Tour Manager
o Cruise Line correspondence
o Nightly dispatch correspondence with skippers
o Bus Representative
 Gave tours
 Explained the excursion, fish shipping & State of Alaska fishing licenses
o Entering payroll and bus representative payroll
 Shift Supervisor
o Supervise over dock staff
o Oversee sales of fuel
o Operator of cash till & closing procedures
o Cleaning and stocking of convenient and alcohol & liquor store
 Reason for Leaving: End of Season

University of Alaska Fairbanks – College of Engineering and Mines – Student Teaching Assistant
Fall 2014-Fall 2015
 Instructing laboratory experiments for the Civil Engineering section of ES 101 –
Introduction to Engineering
 Graded homework and laboratory write-ups
 Kept laboratory areas clean and students safe
 Proctored exams
 Reason for Leaving: Graduation

City of Ketchikan – Public Works – Engineering Summer Internship

May 2015-August 2015
 Assisted with the Safer Streets and Sidewalks project on Baranof Avenue
 Data input into AutoCAD Maps for the City of Ketchikan:
o Sewer inspections
o Inspection Pictures
o Other data input
 Product procurement
 AutoCAD training webinars
 Assisted in project closeout
 Experience in project meetings and weekly engineering meetings
 Reason for Leaving: End of Internship – Finishing Masters of Science

Magnum Enterprises – Local Ketchikan, AK small business

Summer 2013, Summer 2014 – Present
 Civil Engineer on site while paint striping parking lots

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 Parking lot layout

 Hand rolling curb paint and blacking out old layout lines
 Office Assistant:
o Bookkeeping
o Invoices
o Accounts Payable/ Accounts Receivable

University of Alaska: Disability Services Note Taker Fall Semester 2012

 One Time payment of $100/ Semester

United States Forest Service – Tongass National Forest R10: SCEP Internship
May 2011-August 2014 GS 4 Step 1
 SCEP Internship transferred to the Pathways Program
 Gained valuable knowledge on Contract Administration and completed required 40 hours of
online computer training for the COR (Contract Officer Representative). More training to
come in the near future to fulfill the requirements to become a COR.
 Has worked with several senior members of staff in their performance duties/ engineering
assignments.
 Knowledge of crafting/drawing together NEPA and ACOE documentations.
 Expanded the circle of Personal Contacts throughout the Tongass National Forest.
 Eye-Witness for periodic inspections and final inspections on many projects including
facilities and in the road’s department (roads, bridges, and structures.)
 Intense exposure to maintaining data for variety of projects.
 Familiarity with project contracts and structure of contract documents. Especially when
contractors need additional information.
 Worked with payroll and contract amendments for different purposes.
 Introduction to Contract Design and AutoCAD composition.
 Experience in the field. Skills acquired in Excel, Field Note Taking, and Working outside
Duty Station.
 Proceeding Internship from the STEP program of 2010
 Advancement in position/pay

Business Owner: Ketchikan Katrina’s Kreations. Established December 2011

 Entrepreneur in the Arts

United States Forest Service – Tongass National Forest R10: STEP Internship
July 2010 – August 2010 GS 3 Step 1
 Apprentice under Civil Engineer in the Transportation department
 Perform general secretarial duties, including: making telephone calls, photo copying, etc.
 Work with AutoCAD on Forest Service projected Projects
 Developed the proper etiquette needed to work for the Department of Agriculture in the
USFS
 Accompany Civil Engineers and Environmental Biologist to sights to perform analysis
 Familiar with Global Positioning Navigational Systems, AutoCAD computer programs,
USFS Government database, USFS code, computers and calculators.
 Reasons for leaving: Advancement Placement to SCEP Internship
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R&M Engineering: Internship

February 2010 – July 2010 $16.00/hour
 Apprentice under a Water Lab Technician
 Perform general secretarial duties, including: answering telephones, photo copying and
billing out employees and customers
 Work with AutoCAD program and reviewing plaits
 Develop verbal communication
 Accompany surveyors to job sites, especially outdoors
 Familiar with Global Positioning Navigational Systems, Compasses, Triangles, Two-Way
Radios and Calculators
 Reasons for leaving: Job Advancement

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District: Tutor

January 2006 – September 2008 $15.00/hour
 Assisted middle school students in school work
 Communicated and solved typically math and science problems with students
 Motivated students in study hour
 Supervised students
 Clean library and office areas
 Reasons for leaving: Conflicting Schedules

Extracurricular Activities:
2016 Volunteer: Voting Polls assistant at North Tongass Fire Department Station 8
2015 Volunteer: Chi Epsilon – Coffee Mondays
2015 Volunteer: Chi Epsilon – Mentoring nights
2015 Volunteer: University of Alaska Fairbanks – E(ngineering) Week
2014 - 2015 Secretary of Chi Epsilon
2014 – 2015 Member of Chi Epsilon
2014 Volunteer: Freelance journalist for Sun Star (UAF newspaper)
2014 Volunteer: University of Alaska Fairbanks – Conference Services Table at
Student Employment Fair
2014 Volunteer: University of Alaska Fairbanks – E(ngineering) Week
2013 Member of the Order of the Engineers
2013 Volunteer: University of Alaska Fairbanks – E(ngineering) Week
2013 (Build Team) Project Representative for the 2013 UAF Ice Arch
2012 Volunteer: Thanksgiving Day at the JP Jones Center, Dinner for
the Homeless Event
2012 Secretary for the Society of Women Engineers
2012 Hostess at the Fall Engineering Connections Dinner with
The Society of Women Engineers
2012 Photographer and Planning preparation for the 1st Annual
Mr. Engineering Pageant with the Society of Women
Engineers and Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi.
2012 Hostess at the Engineering Banquet with the Society of
Women Engineers
2011 – 2012 Volunteer: NSCS fundraisers
2011 Member of the Golden Key Honor Society
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2011 Vice President: The National Society of Collegiate Scholars for Social Media
2011 Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2011 Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
2011 Member of the Society of Women Engineers
2010 Ketchikan City Police government ride-a-long
2010 KIC “Our Future” Volunteer: provided an introduction for PBS Rights for
All: Ending Jim Crow Laws in Alaska showing at UAS Ketchikan Library
2010 NHS: Hostess - NHS new member Induction
2009 Clover Pass: Singing Christmas Tree – Chorus
2009 Volunteer: Discovery Center Haunted City (moving prop)
2009 NHS: Volunteer and hostess for the local College Fair
2009 KIC “Our Future” – Student College Prep course
2009 Volunteer: NHS – College Prep Night
2009 Senior Float assembling
2009 Head Usher: Graduation for Class of 2009
2009 Sealaska Heritage Institute: Latseen Leadership Camp
2009 Senior Tea: Hostess
2009 Volunteer: Camera Crew – Ketchikan Theater Ballet – Spring Gala
2009 Volunteer: NHS – Alaska Junior Miss – Camera Crew
2009 NHS: Volunteer: Junior Night Hostess
2009 Christian Women’s Retreat: Hostess
2008 Clover Pass: Singing Christmas Tree – Chorus
2008 National Honor Society Member (NHS)
2008 Ketchikan Leadership Academy
2008 Sealaska Heritage Institute: Latseen Leadership Camp
: MVP – Basketball Camp
2007 & 2008 KIC Cultural Camp
2007 – Present Alaska Native Sisterhood member
2006 – Present Beta Sigma Phi – Legacy
2005, 2006, 2007 First City Players: Actress – Peter Pan: Lost Boy
Jungle Book: Sheer Khan
Aladdin: Jafar
2004 – 2006 Clover Pass: Singing Christmas Tree – Chorus
2000 – 2004 Ketchikan Bowling League

Awards and Honors:

2015 Master’s of Science – Engineering Management: University of Alaska
Fairbanks
2014 National Association of Women in Construction – Northern
Chapter Scholarship Recipient
2014 Bachelor’s of Science - Graduated Cum Laude: University of Alaska
Fairbanks
2014 Spring Semester University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor’s List
(GPA of 3.90 – 4.0)
2014 1st Place in a sand sculpting contest at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks – Creativity
2014 Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship Recipient

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2013 Fall Semester University of Alaska Fairbanks Dean’s List

2013 Coral Sales Scholarship Recipient – Transportation Student
2013 Spring Semester University of Alaska Fairbanks Dean’s
List (GPA of 3.5 – 3.90)
2013 Lunch with the Chancellor – University of Alaska Fairbanks –
Honored to attended due to the hard and immense work on the
2013 Pykrete Ice Arch
2013 Book Plate in Mega Projects and the People who Built
Them, located in the Rasmuson Library at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks – due to work on the 2013 Pykrete Ice Arch
2013 Achievement of Success – 2013 Pykrete Ice Arch presented from
the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Student Chapter of
ASCE
2013 2nd Place in a sand sculpting contest at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks – Best use of Space
2013 Nominated for Alaska PE Student Engineer of the Year
2013 TRIO – SSS: Student with Fall Semester GPA above 3.0
2012 Fall Semester University of Alaska Fairbanks Dean’s List
2012 USDA Forest Service Spot Award for Contract Administration
2012 Spring Semester University of Alaska Fairbanks Dean’s List
2012 UAF “Biggest Loser” Weight Loss Competition Overall
Winner for the “Lose to Win” total weight lost.
2012 National Society of Collegiate Scholars: “I Guy” Art
Contest 1st Place Winner of Scholarship
2012 Recipient of National Society of Collegiate Scholars
University of Alaska Fairbanks Chapter Scholarship
2012 Recipient of Ernest Civil Engineering Scholarship
2011 University of Alaska Fairbanks Dean’s List
2011 & 2013 Recipient of the Pell Grant
2011 Recipient of the Hubar Civil Engineering Scholarship
2011 Recipient of the Phyllis Yetka Scholarship
2011 Recipient of the American Indian Services Scholarship
2010 Valedictorian of Ketchikan High School: Class of 2010
2010 – 2014 Recipient of the Accenture American Indian Scholarship
2010 – 2014 Recipient of the Ketchikan Indian Community Scholarship
2010 Recipient of the Alaska School Counselor’s Scholarship
2010 Recipient of the YABA Scholarship
2010 – Present Recipient of Sealaska Heritage Institute Scholarship
2010 – 2014 Recipient of Intertribal Timber Council Scholarship
2010 – 2014 Recipient of Klawock Heenya Corporation Scholarship
2010 – 2014 Recipient of UA Scholars Scholarship
2010 Ketchikan High School Top Senior
2010 Student of the Year: Advanced Spanish, Physics and
Alaska Native Art
2009 AP Biology: received a 5 on AP Exam
2009 Dartmouth Alumni Club Book Award (Cara Wallace)
2009 Colorado School of Mines Medal of Achievement in Math
and Science

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2008 – 2009 Student of Year: Spanish II

2009 Elizabeth Peratrovich Oratory Contest 1st Place Winner
2008 Ketchikan’s Most Honored Native Student (KIC Presented)
2006 – 2007 Elizabeth Peratrovich Essay Contest Winner
2007 – 2008 Student of Year: Biology II & Spanish I
2006 – 2007 Student of Year: Alaska Studies & Drafting I
2001 – 2010 Honor Roll (GPA 4.0)
1997-2006 & 2007 – 2008 Perfect Attendance (Missed 6 days of school EVER)

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