User:Alfonso Gaspar
PROFILE FOR:
ALFONSO R. GASPAR
I currently live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I am a veteran of the U.S. Army, honorably discharged, and previously held MOS 11B (Infantry) from 1993-2000.Alfonso Gaspar (talk) 15:16, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
My personal website is at AlfonsoGaspar.US and my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/alfonsogaspar/.
EDUCATION:
UCLA (University of California - Los Angeles, CA), 2012-present Certificate: Marketing and New Media
UNM (The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM), 2006-2010 Ph.D., incomplete, Modern Latin American Art History
CSUN (California State University - Northridge, CA), 2004-2006 M.A. graduate work, Modern and Contemporary Art History
CSUDH (California State University - Dominguez Hills, CA), 2000-2004 B.A., summa cum laude and honors in the major, major: Art History & minor: Philosophy
Narbonne High School, Harbor City, CA, 1990-1993 High School Diploma
EMPLOYMENT:
Instructional Technology Assistant Wounded Warrior TBI Project @ GVSU November 2011 – August 2012 (10 months) Grand Valley State University, Michigan
Bookseller, Merchant Amazon dot com October 2010 – November 2011 (1 year 2 months)
Library Aide IV University Libraries - The University of New Mexico September 2006 – October 2010 (4 years 2 months) Albuquerque, New Mexico
Library Technology Aide Visual Arts Resource Center at CSUN August 2004 – May 2006 (1 year 10 months) Northridge, California
Slide Library Assistant University Art Gallery at CSUDH August 2000 – May 2004 (3 years 10 months) Carson, California
Infantry Soldier, Enlisted U.S. Army August 1993 – May 2000 (6 years 10 months) Various Locations
MILITARY SERVICE:
MOS: Infantry, enlisted, 11B
Rank/Grade: Specialist/E-4
Specialty: Weapons Expert (Qualified Expert on Machine Guns M60 & M240B, Automatic Rifle M249, Grenade Launcher M203, Rifle M16, and Pistol M9.
Highest Position: Machine Gun crew team leader (Gunner)
Nickname: Poindexter (a film character reference from Revenge of the Nerds)
Awards and Decorations: Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM x2), Army Achievement Medal (AAM x4), Army Good Conduct Medal (AGCM x2), National Defense Service Medal (NDSM), Army Service Ribbon, and Army Overseas Service Ribbon (OVSR x2).
Previous assignments: HHC 2/327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade "Bastogne," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; A Co. and B Co. 1/17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) formerly the 6th Infantry Division (Arctic Light), Fort Wainwright, Alaska; 2/35th Infantry Regiment and 3/22nd Infantry Regiment of 3rd Brigade "Broncos," 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; A Co. 2/58th Infantry Regiment (Basic Training), Fort Benning Georgia
PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT:
I saved the life of a gravely ill and dying child on 12 August 2004 at the Georgetown University Hospital Cancer Center.