Jenny Bent McDonald
Amesville
Summary
Experienced in the health field with valuable expertise. Mission aid work for PCUSA broadened skill set to include community work, exposing me to new cultures and diverse ways of working. Equipped with a range of skills and a deep understanding of community engagement.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
PCUSA Mission Aid Worker
Latin American Bible University (UBL)
02.2020 - Current
- Company Overview: https://www.ubl.ac.cr/
- Promote community activities related to the issue concerning Climate Change and Climate Justice
- Promote community garden programs
- Facilitate Community group meetings
- Https://www.ubl.ac.cr/
PCUSA Missionary
Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA)
02.2012 - 02.2020
- Company Overview: http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/missionconnections/hare-mark/
- Facilitate the development of a Community Health program
- Promote and encourage community participation, community leadership and sustainability, create community research tools, discern together with community leaders the most appropriate solutions to the problems in their context
- Establish a basic laboratory in a Rural Clinic sponsored by the Dominican Evangelical Church
- Http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/missionconnections/hare-mark/
(Volunteer in Mission) Laboratory Manager of the Rural Dispensary of M.P.P.
Movema Payzan Papay
03.2008 - 02.2011
- Company Overview: Papay Peasant Movement (MPP) http://mpphaiti.org/
- Establish a basic laboratory at MPP's Rural Dispensary
- Promote Integral Community Health, natural medicine such as the consumption of moringa, and the consumption of local organic produce and community gardens for food security and train two laboratory technicians
- Papay Peasant Movement (MPP) http://mpphaiti.org/
Laboratory personnel and counselor
Xochiquetzal Foundation
09.2006 - 12.2007
- Company Overview: specialized clinic for people living with HIV
- Http://www.xochiquetzal.org.ni/
- Perform routine biological analyses
- Offer information and Pretest counseling to users requesting the HIV Test
- Perform specialized tests such as confirmatory HIV testing and viral load determination of zero-positive patients
- Comply with laboratory management, write quarterly reports
- Support in the organization and operation of Mobile Clinics
- Facilitate workshops for different institutions
- Make home visits to high-risk populations
- Develop data base for the laboratory
- Specialized clinic for people living with HIV
- Http://www.xochiquetzal.org.ni/
Laboratory personnel
Immunology Clinic
09.2005 - 07.2006
- Perform routine and specialized biological analyses
- Execute internal quality controls of the laboratory
- Manage lab supplies, update inventory
- Prepare quarterly laboratory reports
- Create a database for the clinic in Excel or Access
- Ensure the proper functioning of the laboratory equipment
Assistant & receptionist
Indigenous NGO Contigo International
02.2005 - 08.2005
- Give personalized attention to visitors and customers
- Ensure good communication through emails, send and receive faxes, scan and photocopy documents; schedule meetings and safeguard sensitive documents of the organization
Education
High School -
Milles Macdonell High School
Bachelor's Degree - Clinical Microbiological Bioanalysis
National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, U.N.A.N.
Applied Data Science Certificate - Data Science
MIT
Massachusetts 05.2001 -
Skills
Written
Spoken
Well-read
Spanish
English
Miskito
Creole de Haiti
Data confidentiality
Manual dexterity
Willingness to learn
Chemical handling
Data entry
Sales and marketing
FLUENT IN [LANGUAGE]
Workflow optimization
Safety
Additional Capabilities - Languages
- Spanish, Very well, Very well, Very well
- English, Not bad, Very well, Very well
- Miskito, Very little, Not bad, Not bad
- Creole de Haiti, Very little, Moderate, Moderate
Education And Personal Development
- ECHO International Conference, Reducing Hunger, Improving Lives Worldwide, United States, 2009
- ECHO Regional Conference in the Caribbean, Reducing Hunger, Improving Lives Worldwide, Dominican Republic, 10/29/13, 10/31/13
- Medical Ambassadors Inc., Community Health Evangelism. CDC1 Community Facilitation Workshop, Dominican Republic, 04/09/13, 04/12/13
- Medical Ambassadors Inc., Community Health Evangelism. CDC2 Workshop Community Facilitation Techniques, Dominican Republic, 09/10/13, 09/13/13
- Community Health & Evangelism (CHE), Follow-up and Deepening of CDC1 and CDC2 Community Facilitation Techniques, San Salvador, El Salvador, 10/11/14, 10/15/14
Country Of Birth
Nicaragua
Husband
Ing. Mark A. Hare
Daughters
- Keila R. Hare
- Annika E. Hare
Vocational Training
Degree in Clinical Microbiological Bioanalysis
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: North Atlantic Autonomous Region
- Nicaragua
- United States
- Date of Birth: 10/09/75
- Marital Status: Married
Read, listen to music, craft and sewing.
I enjoy visiting new places and eating new foods, watching movies, listening or reading mostly none fiction books. I pride in cleaning and organizing a space. I'm multilingual, as I speak spanish, miskitu and haitian creol. My latest interest are learning japanese and improving my skills in data science.
Timeline
PCUSA Mission Aid Worker
Latin American Bible University (UBL)
02.2020 - Current
PCUSA Missionary
Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA)
02.2012 - 02.2020
(Volunteer in Mission) Laboratory Manager of the Rural Dispensary of M.P.P.
Movema Payzan Papay
03.2008 - 02.2011
Laboratory personnel and counselor
Xochiquetzal Foundation
09.2006 - 12.2007
Laboratory personnel
Immunology Clinic
09.2005 - 07.2006
Assistant & receptionist
Indigenous NGO Contigo International
02.2005 - 08.2005
Applied Data Science Certificate - Data Science
MIT
05.2001 -
Bachelor's Degree - Clinical Microbiological Bioanalysis
National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, U.N.A.N.
High School -
Milles Macdonell High School