Full-Time Nanny Available in Laguna Beach, CA: Mercedes W.

$25/hr

10+ years of paid experience

A little bit about me

I am 43 years old raised and college educated in Mexico and in the United States. I have a background in education.
[phone number hidden] I took care of my younger siblings ages 4 months and 18 months due to my mother’s disability.
1997 I volunteered at a Special Education Program for children 0-5 in my community.
1998 College Educated in Foreign Languages with an early education teaching program.
[phone number hidden] I worked as a teacher of Spanish as a Second Language for children.
[phone number hidden] Volunteered in Children’s Ministry at church first as a preschool assistant and later as a teacher.
[phone number hidden] Earned an AA in Social and Behavioral Sciences.
[phone number hidden] Full time homeschooling stay at home mother of 3 now ages 10, 13 and 16.
Currently working towards a bachelors degree in Liberal Arts to become a bilingual teacher and I am currently a caregiver/personal assistant for a 90 year old lady in Hollywood Hills.

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Weekdays 8:00am - 7:00pm

Full-time

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Age Groups

Infants

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a nanny?

Full-Time Part-Time

Qualifications

Certifications

Driver’s License

CPR

First Aid

Other

Car

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special needs

Work Experience

10+ years of experience caring for:

Infants (0-11 months)

Preschoolers (4-9 years)

Toddlers (1-3 years)

Grade-schoolers (10-12 years)

High-schoolers (13-17 years)

More About Me

Relevant experience where I also cared for children were...

1991 I was 16, when I helped my mom take care of my 4-months and 18 month old siblings when she became disabled.
1994 I was 17, when I became a volunteer for children with special needs
[phone number hidden] I was a teacher of Spanish for foreign children at a private school in Oaxaca Mexico
I was a full time stay at home mom and a home maker for my 3 children from the time of their birth.
[phone number hidden] I homeschooled my 3 children for K-4th grade
[phone number hidden] I was a church volunteer in the children’s ministry.
I have been a team mom, a soccer coach and a neighborhood watch volunteer in my city.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

I can adjust to indoor fun and interesting games and plays and outdoor activities, bike riding, hiking, obstacle course racing, swimming, playing at parks, doing story time at libraries, listening to music, dancing, crafts and art projects, science projects, gardening, running, teaching them how to prepare easy snacks.

The most important part about being a nanny...

You have enviable privilege to be trusted to be an important part of the life in a child that they will never forget.

The most important part about being a nanny...

At a party, a little girl recognized me from a preschool program I volunteered. She came to hug me. She looked at me in the eyes and said very softly “it has been such a long time”
She was 3 when I was her teacher and now she was 6. But somehow, she remembered me well.
A little 6 yr old girl told her sister when we were doing crafts: “She would do anything for us” (referring to me)... her sister replied “yes, she would”. I didn’t know what that was about, but I knew they trusted I had their backs because they were right. I really would do anything to protect a child.
Finally, a 3 year old boy was misbehaving and repeatedly disrupting the evening class.
I said to him that (as a form of discipline) if he continued to disrupt he would have to sit next to me. When I asked him if he would like to sit next to me, he looked at me and smiled, he eagerly replied “yes!!!!!”.
So I had to ask him to behave well, so he would have the chance to sit next yo me lol.