Samantha Sonkowsky

Samantha holds a bachelor's degree in Spanish language and literature with an emphasis in professional business. Samantha has completed a wide variety of educational coursework at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and participated in a study abroad program at the Spanish American Institute for International Education in Seville, Spain. While in Spain, she studied both international marketing and management while perfecting her professional proficiency of Spanish. Her market research on penetrating technology markets in Denmark was presented at the Universidad de Sevilla. Recently she started her masters is Student Affairs Administration at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

Currently Sami is the Intenational Studies Office graduate advisor at the University of Dubuque. Here she works in the study abroad office and aids both domestic and international students with anything they need.

Sami recently worked as an English instructor for La Comunidad de Madrid in Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain at CEIP Clara Campoamor. Here she assists science and art courses in content as well as the English language in 2nd-6th grade. She enjoys this position as it is very fulfilling and proves to be an exciting new challenge everyday.

Sami has also worked at Alta Resources as a team leader for a global client. Here she worked with bilingual customer care representatives to improve their quality and customer care while meeting monthly metrics. She also gained experience in: hosting interviews, recruiting, and hiring employees here.

Previously she had worked as the Market Lead on the Google Chrome Program at MarketStar. She engaged and hosted trainings on Google products and applications while going above and beyond client expectations.