Dara Hedrick

Hello!

My name is Dara Hedrick. I'm a health guru who owns a small business in Charlotte, NC that provides healthy gourmet meal preparations and nutritional coaching to local customers all over Charlotte. I enjoy managing my business and my small team because making a difference and serving others through health, and food of course, is my passion! I currently live in Boca Raton, FL. I love to learn and create continually; I'm efficient and a quick learner. I enjoy a challenge and a fast pace work environment. One of my favorite things about me is that I am very much a team player, I work hard, and I especially love being hospitable to others. No matter what, you'll find me doing only things that are rewarding! I hate wasting my time! 

OWNER DISHBLISS KITCHEN LLC - Part-time: Charlotte, NC November 2020 to Present

 • Manage my gourmet meal prep business in Charlotte, NC. We create healthy and gourmet on-the-go meals for customers who desire to healthier lifestyle. 

• Hires and manages team members to successfully assist and prepare meals for Dish Bliss Kitchen LLC customers. 

• Organizes all weekly tasks for team to perform and accomplish duties. 

• Creates monthly menus and recipes that include dairy free, gluten free, organic products.

 • Offers customers nutritional coaching.

 • Designs and executes email and social media marketing.

 • Builds rapport with clients. 

• Organizes weekly bookkeeping, receipts and inventory.

TEACHER Charlotte Lab School - full Time. Charlotte, NC September 2017 to July 2021

 • Full-time Science, Spanish, & socio emotional learning teacher

 • Successfully created science/nutrition curriculum and weekly lesson plans for k-12th grade • Successfully created Spanish curriculum and weekly lesson plans for k-12th grade

 • Girls on the Run Coach for 5th graders 

• Attended professional development meetings and opportunities 

• Parents teacher conferences 

• Managed multicultural night with language department

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TALENT RECRUITMENT Full Time.  - Charlotte, NC November 2016 to September 2017

 • Edited recruitment resumes for all employees and staff

 • Managed and organized work events

 • Kept track of office inventory

 • Responded to emails and phone calls

 • Organized recruitment records and accounts via excel

 • Worked closely with human resource department

 • Point of contact for all customers entering office

 • Arranged appointments for CEO and Account executives

 • Bilingual point of contact

Waitress/Cocktail Server Union Station Restaurant & Bar. Full Time. - Harrisonburg, VA August 2012 to September 2015 

• Greeted customers and seated them. 

• Scheduled reservations.

 • Successfully Completed orders to guests. 

• Successfully Completed all payments from guests. 

• Successfully Completed beer & wine orders. 

• Delivered cocktails to guests.

 • Answered phone calls and completed to-go orders.

 • Completed daily restaurant cleaning tasks.

Master's in education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

B. A. Degree at James Madison University in International Affairs, and Legal Spanish