Mia Bounds, Freelancer in Tracy, CA

About

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

Visual Arts • Fine Arts • Forensics • Art Therapy • Technology • Data Technology • Data Reorganization / Consolidation Techniques • Languages • Linguistics • History • Space Science • LGBTQQ Rights • LGBTQQ: Biological Origins • Behavioral Sciences • Medical Trauma • Autopsy and Pathology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Art therapy and benefits in traumatic brain injury recovery

• PTSD and how it changes brain chemistry

• How trauma changes brain neurology

• Creating effective data organization pathways akin to family "tree" systems

• Recovering remains from genocide-affected areas and returning them to their families

• Burial/Death practices and present conditions of ancient burial grounds

• Bone morphology

• Debunking myths surrounding the deaths of historical figures through reexamination of their deaths and remains

• The role of art in scientific discoveries

• LGBTQQ biological bases

• Practices and methods to improve CSI efficiency in processing crime scenes, especially those involving fatalities/casualties

LANGUAGE INTERESTS

French • German • Thai • Italian • Farsi • Mandarin • Vietnamese • Bahasa Melayu • Spanish • Korean

Education

Emergency Medical Technician Emergency Medicine

UCLA Center for Prehospital Care

2012 - 2013
Medical Preparedness and Response to Bombing Incidents

Texas Engineering Extension Service

2012 - 2012
BA History

University of California, Los Angeles

2006 - 2010

Experience

Webmaster

Fremont Art Association

Kansas City, MO

Dec 2019 - Aug 2022 (2 years 8 months)

- Remote position.
- Redesigned, curated, and maintained organization’s website to make it easier to navigate.
- Managed the FAA's base/informational presence on Google Business, Yelp, and Facebook Business.
- Created a calendar system to help keep track of deadlines for the organization.
- Increased member artists’ spotlights and recognition in the online forum.
- Maintained the FAA’s document archive.
- Helped create and maintain the FAA's first and only Online Shop that helped bring in income during the gallery’s closure during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
- Acting tech support for the organization.
- Created a legacy system.
- Improved the security levels of the technological systems used by the FAA.
Hospital Lab Tech II

UCLA Health

Westwood, CA

Oct 2015 - Mar 2018 (2 years 5 months)

- Promoted position within same department as previous position.
- Office Support as well as clinical and patient care duties
- Donor intake and registration, donor recruitment and retention, appointment scheduling
- Continued duties assigned under role as Admin Assistant II
Admin Assistant II

UCLA Health

Westwood, CA

Sep 2014 - Mar 2018 (3 years 6 months)

- Heavy data entry. Ensured that paperwork were clear of errors, corrected any errors found and reported them per standard operation procedures, as well as ensured that all paperwork were filed in correct order.
- Ensured that equipment and materials being used for the day were within the manufacturer’s standards and were safe and accurate to be used.
Security Officer

UCLA Health

Westwood, CA

Sep 2011 - Sep 2014 (3 years)

● Patient care, primarily with psychiatric patients.
● Patrolled Medical Center areas.
● Acted as first-responder to incidents (medical and non-medical).
● PR duties
● Incident Report Writing. Provided reference for other officers with report-writing.
● Lead Officer duties in the absence of a Shift Supervisor.
● Aided with decedent affairs release processes.
● Performed Live-Scans and aided with processing and printing ID cards for incoming staff, students, interns, and volunteers, for the UCLA Health System.
● Secretarial functions and completed projects such as:
• Reorganizing and cataloguing the master key system.
• Updating authorization sheets and security information database.
• Updating facility maps / floor plans to reflect on-going renovation.
• Building a tracking system to secure all known security cameras within the facility.
• Composing a new departmental “board” from scratch.
• Preparing the annual department booth presentation.
• Tracking down owners of items turned in to the Lost-and-Found office. Raised item return percentages by 27%.
Community Service Officer

UCLA Police Dept

Westwood, CA

Apr 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 10 months)

● Assisted Police Officers with patrols around campus as well as student housing.
● Campus building security.
● Provided night-time security escorts for students, staff, and visitors.
● Performed PR functions.
● Produced incident reports. After
● Performed bike patrols of campus in addition to existing duties.
● Aided with security details an PR during public events on campus.
● Aided UCPD in surveillance details during protest events, anti-theft stake-outs, and aided in locating lost/stolen vehicles around campus.
● Revised and updated the training manual for BAKER units.

Awards

• January Artist of The Month. 1st Place. Fremont Art Association. 2022.

• 2021 UArt Open. Finalist. University Art. Redwood City, California, USA. 2021.

• July Artist of the Month. 2nd Place. Fremont Art Association. 2021.

• March Artist of the Month. 3rd Place. Fremont Art Association. 2021.

Affiliations

• Freelancers Union - Member since 2020

• Fremont Art Association - Fremont, CA, USA - Member since 2019

• Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, CA, USA - Volunteer since 2019

• UCLA Alumni Association - Member since 2010

Industries

Non-Profit

Skills

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