1. Lara (Lala) Cooper
(425) 324-5531
larafcooper@gmail.com
Bellevue, WA
Reception, Administrative Assistant, Customer Service, Management Experience
U.S. Census Bureau Enumerator: San Diego, April - July 2010
Conducted urban and residential in-person interviews, promoted to secondary
enumeration assignment, protected confidential information, entered accuracy-focused
data
Receptionist / Property Manager / Admin. Asst. LWP Group: San Diego, 2001 - 2002
Answered 20-plus phone lines, assisted property manager, collected rent, managed
evictions, maintained rent rolls, supervised on-site property manager and maintenance
personnel, managed vendors, approved vendor billing, administrative assistant to
company CEO and in-house attorney
BodyWorks Gym Receptionist: San Diego, 2000 - 2003
Provided membership information in person and on phone, gave personalized gym tours,
updated computer and hard copy files, performed opening and closing duties
Membership Manager, AMA: Edmonton, Alberta, 1997
Co-managed membership department, covered reception for department and branch,
represented city on U.S. business trip, achieved highest provincial score on geography
test
Medical Office Receptionist/Admin. Assistant: Fairview, Alberta, 1994 - 1995
Answered six phone lines, booked appointments, faxed referrals, filed charts, entered
chart data, weighed patients, administered eye exams, assisted female patients, collected
delinquent accounts
TEFL Teaching Experience
Hess and LiveABC: Taipei, Taiwan, 2012 - 2014
Taught students ages 7-16, prepared all lessons and materials, administered spoken and
written tests, performed demonstration lessons, entered data, wrote student performance
reports
Embassy CES: San Diego, 2011 - 2012
Taught international students ages 8-40, prepared all lessons, administered tests,
completed student performance reports, entered data
Nova: Shizuoka City, Japan, 1999
Taught adults, coordinated conversation room, gave demonstration lessons with 100%
success rate, wrote students’ monthly newsletter articles

2. Shizuoka Culture Center: Shizuoka City, Japan, 1995 - 96 and 1997 - 98
Taught adults and children, developed lessons and activities for all levels
Minerva: Shizuoka, Japan, 1995 - 1996
Taught children, gave demonstration lessons, developed lessons and activities for all
levels, emceed multiple annual school performances
Editorial Experience
LiveABC: Taipei, Taiwan, 2013 - 2014
Native-speaking English editor of Discovery Channel, CNN and other ESL bilingual
textbooks, voice actor, wrote internet-based educational materials, data entry
Lara the Grammar Doctor: Est. San Diego, 2006
Edit fiction, non-fiction, essays, memoirs, teach ESL, create and rewrite resumes, coach
college students
Copy Editor and Writer, Eagle Publishers: Coronado, California, 2003 - 2010
Copyedited and fact-checked two weekly newspapers and bimonthly magazine, pitched,
wrote and photographed stories, crafted headlines, enforced deadlines, maintained copy
flow through department, supervised photographers and stringers
Writer, Daidogei World Cup Buskers Competition: Shizuoka, Japan, 1998 - 1999
Reviewed performances, interviewed participants, wrote and posted articles to Web
Reporter, the Gauntlet: Calgary, 1991 - 1994
Wrote a variety of articles, helped design layout at a weekly college newspaper
Reporter Internship, the Fairview Post: Fairview, 1991
Wrote and photographed a variety of articles, contributed to layout at a weekly
newspaper
Education
100-hour TEFL certificate: 92%, ITTT, May 2012
Bachelor of Arts in English: 3.0, University of Calgary, June 1995
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