Sue Ann Commissiong

SUE-ANN C. COMMISSIONG ______________________________________________________ 3044 Amboy Road, #2D Staten Island NY 10306 -) (Cell) E-Mail:- EDUCATION Individualized MA, 2007 Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, USA (i) Creative Writing & Literature; (ii) Social Activism B.A. (Hons.), 2002 CUNY, New York (i) Creative Writing For and About Women; (ii) The Anthropology of Race, Politics & Gender Associates Degree, Liberal Arts, 2000 The College of Staten Island, CUNY, New York WORK EXPERIENCE 1989 – Feb 2014:Trinidad & Tobago Consulate General, NYC Locally Recruited Officer Summer/Fall 2004:Synergy, NYC Office Assistant -:Princess Elizabeth Center for the Handicapped, T&T Administrative Assistant/Senior Accounts Clerk -:Colibri Limited, T&T Administrative Assistant/Accounts Clerk -:Beta Enterprises Limited, T&T Sales & Maintenance Supervisor Other 8-10 years experience working with blind, and underprivileged persons, including children, T&T Trinidad & Tobago Telephone Company Hilo Supermarket, T&T Hilton Hotel, T&T DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Events Management Assisted with Planning and Execution of Office Functions Passport Section Senior clerical officer of Passports & Immigration Section Extensive experience with all aspects of the work of the Immigration Section: Counter Interviews; Passport Production; Processing of Lost Passport Applications; Management of the Passport Production Process Prepared & supervised all incoming & outgoing passport activity Distributed work among staff; maintained staff schedules Reported on work load & job performance Promotional Work Prepared Certificates of Free Sale & other Commercial Documentation Researched & Drafted Speeches for Consul Generals Accounts Responsible for all incoming cash; monthly Cash Reconciliation; Prepared monthly, biannual, and annual reports Consular Work Processed & Prepared correspondence for Sick Leave applications; birth and Death Certificate applications; Repatriation of Human Remains; Educational Equivalency letters; etc. Prepared Legal/Notarial Documents drafted by Consular Attache – Affidavits; Powers of Attorney; Certified Copies; etc. Office Administrative/Secretarial Drafted & wrote letters, memoranda & other correspondence Prepared & Dispatched confidential correspondence Organized schedules for senior officers Filed & Updated office correspondence & records STUDY PROGRAMS, SKILLS & TRAINING University of Shanghai, Study Abroad Programs, 2002 University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, Field Geology Program, Summer 2000 CUNY, Academic Fellowship, Thomas W. Smith Writing Scholarship, Sarah Lawrence College Writing Award, Sylvia Faulkner, Hunter College WORKSHOPS “A Mind that is Qualified to Lead,” August 2004 Key West Literary Workshop & Conference, January 2004 Penn Sate University Writer’s Conference, November 2003 Sarah Lawrence Writer’s Workshop, June 2002 Marymount Manhattan College Writer’s Seminar, May 2001 John Mc Collister Writer’s Seminar, September 2000 PUBLICATIONS 2010 Seeds in the Wind: from Petit Valley to Staten Island 1999 Honorable Mention, Lliad Press 1998 The National Library of Poetry 1998 Serpentine 1998 Ages & Stages 1998 The Caribbean Newspaper 1997 The National Library of Poetry 1996 Writer’s Digest Non-Rhyming Poetry OTHER SKILLS Proficiency with Microsoft Office Basic familiarity with Mandarin PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Poetry Society of America, NY, USA Horizon Soccer Club INTERESTS Capoeira, Yoga, African Dance, Jogging and Reading References will be furnished upon request March 2022