Professional Experience | Education | Professional Associations

Estela has been an Administrative Assistant for as long as she can remember. Having worked in different countries has allowed her to understand the variety and extent of administrative needs within different cultures, such as corporate, non-profit, small business and government. For over 16 years, she has been an assistant to: a businesswoman who runs her own communications studio; a professional association for Latin meeting planners; the program managers that built the fiber optic network in Europe, a non-profit's president that changed national public policy in Mexico; and to a board of directors from a forming international non-profit that promotes civil participation, just to mention a few. The diveristy of her work has given her a solid background in marketing, customer relations, and event planning as well demonstrated capacity to provide comprehensive support for executive-level staff.

In 2006, Estela founded Alternative Virtual Solutions, and became a virtual assistant or like she prefers to say it "an administrative assistant with a business flair"

Corporate

Watson Wyatt - administrative assistant and unoffical CMS developing tester in the IT department

Dewberry, Inc - federal programs department - recovery program for the states affected by Hurricane Katrina

Sykes Enterprises - executive personal assistant and support to the opening of the new branch in Lugo, Spain

Lucent Technologies - emea pec project - the team that built the fiber optic network in Europe, in conjunction with Global Crossing

Non-Profit

Association of Fundraising Professionals - professional advancement department - training workshops development

Mexican Center for Philanthropy – institutional development, assistant

Government

Agora Occasions Inc / PSA, Inc - meeting planner for a government contract

Philos, A.C. - public relations

Small business

Alternative Virtual Solutions - virtual assistant

Ollie Interactive - administrative assistant and learner of many trades

Volunteer Work

CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation - Washington, DC / Mexico City (1992 - 1993)

Boy Scouts of America

Northern Virginia Community College, AAS - Communication Design

International University of the Americas, Costa Rica. Bachelor of Advertising. Major in Media Evaluation and Radio Production.

Languages

Spanish, English, Dutch, French

Software