Qualifications Summary

Published Prayer Book for Our Planet: Solutions for Social Justice and Environmental Change through Amazon KDP in November 2020
Wrote marketing and promotional copy/email campaign
Established presence on FB, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn
Book Website: prayerbookforourplanet.com
Writer’s Website: marybethgallagher.com
Nursing Diploma, Los Angeles County MedicalCenter School of Nursing

Baccalaureate Degree, Cultural Anthropology, with Minor in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Independent study of world religions
Completed study of the Bible with a tutor
Knowledge of foreign cultures, customs, and belief systems
Independent study of Spanish, French, Italian, and German languages
World travel to 15 countries
Taught principles of recovery in an acute hospital rehab setting, including cognitive and behavioral modification therapies
Extensive experience with developmental, child, adolescent, and adult psychology
Professional understanding of human motivation and learning
Catholic education and training, grades 1-12
Attended boarding school with an international student body, grades 8 and 9
Study of Interior and Environmental Design/UCLA Extension Program
Received two design patents from the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office

Honors/Achievements

Dean’s List, Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center School of Nursing, 1989
Nursing Honors: Director’s List; Evelyn Bard Kellogg Award for Clinical Excellence, Los Angeles County Medical Center/USC School of Nursing, Class of 1989-II
Entrepreneur – received 2 design patents, stethoscope diaphragm covers, heart and teddy bear shapes, United States Patent and Trademark Office, April 2000
Enrolled in Institute of Children’s Literature in the 1990s
Wrote two children’s books, not published

Academic History

1974 - Bachelor of Arts Degree, Cultural Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach
1976-86 – Enrichment courses; entrepreneurial pursuits; prerequisite courses for nursing school
1976 - Graduate level studies, Counselor Education Program, California State University, Los Angeles
1987-89 - Nursing Diploma, Los Angeles County Medical Center/USC School of Nursing
2009 - Nursing Re-Entry Class, University of California San Diego Extension

Professional Experience in Behavioral Health

1989-92 - Clinical Nurse, Los Angeles County Medical Center. Performed charge nurse duties in Department of Child Psychiatry locked unit; floated to adult psych units
1993-94 - Staff Nurse, Geropsych and Adult Psych units, Century City Hospital, Los Angeles
1994-96 - Per Diem Float Pool – UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles. Floated to all (6) units of an acute psychiatric hospital, Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Geropsych; included sub-specialty units
2001-03 – Registry Nurse, EZ Staffing, Glendale, Adult/Geropsych Nursing
2003-06 – Glendale Memorial Hospital, Chemical Dependency Unit Staff Nurse

Licenses

Transferable Skills

Strong writing, teaching, and communication skills, a wide range of interests, adaptable, professional, good organizational skills, critical thinking, and analytical skills, research-oriented, collaborative, team player

Volunteer Positions

Current Language Tutor for South Korean student, Carlsbad Library Learning Center, Carlsbad, California
Tutor at Los Angeles Central Juvenile Hall
Project Chicken Soup, Los Angeles, CA
Volunteer R.N., Clinica Oscar Romero, Los Angeles, CA
Transcriber for Child Abuse Study at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Curriculum Vitae

Summaries