April Kochman​ | ​3072 Barnstable Ct.

​|​ Aurora, IL 60504 ​|​ (630)-806-6011

Education
Waubonsie Valley High School, Aurora IL Expected Graduation: 2019
❖ GPA: 3.89 with AP/Honors
❖ Enrolled in: VEI, Honors Accounting, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, and AP Microeconomics for this current
school year
❖ Taken: Business Orientation, Advertising, Accounting I, Marketing, Finance, and Business Law

Work Experience
April Made Jewelry, Aurora IL (2011-2016)
Ran jewelry business selling my handmade earrings, necklaces, and bracelets at farmers markets and craft fairs. Met and created
business professional relationships with vendors and event coordinators
Sportzone Family Fun Center, Aurora IL (04/17 - 08/17)
Worker: cash register, prepare small snacks, maintain order on the go kart track, perform minor maintenance tasks for each part of the facility
Garage Clothing Company, Aurora IL (04/18 - present)
Sales associate: work with loyalty program/app promotion, adding items to what customers bring in to fitting rooms, meeting sales
goals for each shift, computer register experience, standard role

Organization Membership
Phantom Lake YMCA Camp, Mukwonago WI (2016-2017)
❖ 2 summers in the “Staff Development Program” as a junior counselor
❖ Counseled and lived with young campers ages 7-17 in a cabin
❖ Develop innovative activities for campers
❖ Aid and collaborate with staff members and other junior counselors
High School Extracurriculars
❖ Red Cross Club - 2 years
❖ Business Professionals of America - 1 year
❖ Student Athlete Leadership Team - 1 year
❖ LINK Crew - 2 years
❖ Percussion Ensemble - 2 years
❖ Student Council - 4 years
❖ “Mission Impossible” (tech crew for Prism concert) - 3 years
❖ Big Band Jazz - 3 years
❖ World Beat - 3 years
❖ Girls Tennis Team - 4 years
Accomplishments
❖ Organizer of Student Walkout Day for District 204 high schools
❖ Co-created a fundraiser to raise money for Sandy Hook Promise
❖ Inspired and initiated “Young Entrepreneurs Program” at the Aurora Farmers Market
❖ Highest sales average, Highest sales percentage, Most Surveys, awards from Garage Clothing 2018 back to school
meeting