EMILIE SARAH WILLIAMS

Hey y’all, I’m Emilie aaaand I’m pretty into gifs.

Okay, I’m definitely into them.

I choose a different one (nearly) everyday for my Gchat status, I respond to emails and IMs with them, I post them to Facebook…

They just make me laugh. Sometimes they just express how you feel better than you can. I like how nicely they capture a moment or an interaction. They help evoke feelings or a memory… As corny as that may be.

So, then it happened that I was updating my CV for a new job search and I lamented to a friend about how I wanted it to be more like me… ‘If only I could make a CV using gifs,’ I said. Then I realized, I got this…

A little searching and organizing later, this is what I’ve come up with…

Hope you enjoy the ride.

Born July 1985 in Washington, DC to a French mother and Texan father, both with wonderfully funny accents. 

 

They celebrate with an “Ooh la la” and a “Yee-haw.”

In 1987, we move to Zaire where my dad’s job will have us live for the next three years. 

This contributes to my interest in traveling and learning about other cultures … and, years later, cool throwback pictures on Facebook. 

 

At sixteen, I start working in a restaurant, so I can stop asking my parents for money.

It’s a love(/hate) affair that lasts for 10 years, as I climb through the ranks from hostess to head bartender. 

 

I graduate from the University of Virginia in May 2008, with a BA in Economics. 

  

After graduating, I work for the UVA Football Office.

I have a better time than the team does…

 

I do a bit of catering and event planning as well…

 

January 2010 marks when I land my first full-time, salaried position.

I start my career as a Marketing Associate with SNL Financial. 

My type-A personality gets put to good use as I’m allowed to organize as much, and makes as many spreadsheets, as I want. 

  

In July of 2011, I pack up my stuff and my dog and begin a new adventure in Paris.

And since January of 2012, I’ve been working as a Financial Aid and Admissions Counselor at The American University of Paris.

Great to be back in a college atmosphere again. 

Yay! That’s it! 

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