Pons T.L. Materum III

Education:

December 2006 - Bachelor of Arts degree in Cognitive Science - University of California, Berkeley

Paid Work Experience:

July 2007 - Camp Counselor at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Summer Camp (Dunlap, CA)
- Acted as Counselor of Junior-aged children (grades 4-6)
- Assistant to Director of Arts and Crafts
October 2007 - July 2008 - AmeriCorps*NCCC Corps member
- December 2007 - January 2008 - Lagniappe Presbyterian Church (LPC), Bay St. Louis, MS
  - Rebuilt and renovated houses damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina
  - Renovated volunteer housing facilities at LPC
- February - March 2008 - SOLV, Portland, OR
  - Riparian Ecosystem Restoration
  - Led volunteer groups in restoration events
- April - June 2008 - Recovery School District (RSD), New Orleans, LA
  - Renovated and improved school facilities
  - Acted as Teacher's Aide/assistant
- June - July 2008 - YMCA, Sheridan, WY
  - Renovation of cabin facilities and conversion into summer camp facilities
  - Construction of exterior camp facilities
  - Camp Counseling of elementary- and middle school-aged youth
September 2008 - November 2008 - Mike's Quality Meats - Butcher's Assistant
- Customer service
- Storage and freezer organization
January 2009 - April 2009 - Covenant House Alaska - On-Call Case Worker
- Support for adolescent clients (Life planning, Career search, Housing search, Job skills development)
- Maintenance of client information files
June 2009-Present - Serramonte Dental Care - Office Assistant and General Repairman
- Processing of patient records and insurance claims documents
- Repair of Dental Handpieces and other office equipment
June 2009-Present - Boys Hope Girls Hope San Francisco - On-Call Residential Manager
- Managed facilities and residents
- Tutored residents
August 2009-present - Holy Trinity Christopher Center - Facilities Coordinator and Barista
- Managed community center equipment and facilities
- Oversaw functioning of cafe
August 2009-present - Website Programming and Design Consulting
- Wordpress setup and management
- PHP, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL systems design and maintenance

Other Experience:

2000-2003 - Helped Build and maintain El Faro Orphanage in Mexicali, Mexico
2006 Summer - Summer Internship with City Ministries International
- Compilation and distribution of backpack/school supply kits for underprivileged children grades K-9
- Soup Kitchen (Food Preparation and Distribution, Management of volunteers)
- Clinic and First Aid Services
- Helped clean and organize offices and warehouse
June 2008 & June 2009 - Volunteered with Kaboom! - Build Captain (New Orleans, LA)
- Leading a team of volunteers to assemble sections of playgrounds
June 2009 - Volunteered with United Saints (New Orleans, LA)
- Misc. hurricane relief
- Led volunteer groups
August 2009-present - Founder and Chief Administrator of the Philippines Connection Project
- Working with Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Archangel Bookstore, PAOI, and other groups and churches to collect Clothes, Books, Toys, School supplies, and Religious items and sending them to various communities and schools throughout the Philippines
October 2011 - Participated on OCMC Medical Mission Trip to Mwanza, Tanzania

Hobbies and Skills:

Knitting
Cooking
Woodwork and Carpentry
Stone Carving
Fermentation
- Homebrewing beer
- Tempeh
- Natto
Swing Dance
Web Design
Programming
- C
- C++
- Java
- Lisp
  - Common Lisp
  - Scheme
  - Clojure
- PHP
- Javascript
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Computer Repair
Acetylene Torch Cutting and Welding
Robotics and Microcontroller Programming
- BASIC Stamp
- Arduino
Website Design and Management
Growing Gourmet Mushrooms
Algaculture
Homemade CNC machine
Raising Chickens
Aquaponics system design and maintenance
Wheelchair Engineering and Design