Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
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Interests
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Maria Serrano

Winnetka

Summary

Dynamic Pastry Chef with a proven track record of creating personalized culinary masterpieces for events. Leveraged catering expertise at Academy of Culinary Education to inspire students and enhance their skills. Skilled in frosting and decoration, while fostering a collaborative learning environment that promotes creativity and critical thinking.

Cater the Oscars Academy in March of 2022

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Student Teacher

Canoga Park High School
09.2025 - 12.2025
  • Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.
  • Developed lesson plans that incorporated mandated topics and included immersive activities for student engagement.
  • Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
  • Monitored classrooms for safety and good behavior, offering students positive reinforcement to maintain discipline.
  • Encouraged critical thinking and problem solving skills to enable students to step out of comfort zone.
  • Created and implemented different learning activities to meet needs of different types of learners.
  • Monitored student progress to provide feedback on assignments and guidance on areas requiring improvement.

Pastry Chef

Self-Employed
08.2015 - 09.2025
  • Personalized creations for holidays, weddings, graduations, and personal events.
  • Mixed icing and other toppings by reading recipes, scaling, and measuring ingredients and operating mixer.
  • Determined quantity of product to prepare for next day operation by maintaining detailed production schedule.


Teaching Culinary Arts

Academy Of Culinary Education
02.2017 - 10.2018

Apply variety of instructional resources to meet the needs of students with varying backgrounds and learning styles.

  • Supervised students in kitchen lab setting to maintain safety and efficiency targets.
  • Established standards for instructors in training and classroom management.
  • Encouraged students to enhance recipes with personal style.
  • Motivated students to achieve new levels of skill in diverse kitchen tasks.

Education

Master of Arts - Master of Art In Teaching With Teaching Credential

Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
07-2026

Bachelor of Arts - Minor in Art Education

California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA
05-2025

Associate of Arts - General Studies: Social And Behavior Science

Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA
12-2023

Associate of Arts - In General Studies: Art And Humanities

Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA
12-2023

Associate of Arts - Art

Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA
12-2023

Skills

  • Lesson plan development
  • Discipline and feedback
  • Group and individual teaching
  • Student needs assessment

Accomplishments



Certification of Appreciation Outstanding Alumni and Mentor October 2021


Certification

American Red Cross-Adult, Child, Baby First Aid/CPR/AED Certification


Professional Cooking Program Certification-Academy of Culinary Education July 2018


Professional Baking Program Certification- Academy of Culinary Education



Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Interests

  • Adventure Travel
  • Interior Design
  • Enjoying the art of baking and pastry-making, experimenting with recipes

Timeline

Student Teacher

Canoga Park High School
09.2025 - 12.2025

Teaching Culinary Arts

Academy Of Culinary Education
02.2017 - 10.2018

Pastry Chef

Self-Employed
08.2015 - 09.2025

Master of Arts - Master of Art In Teaching With Teaching Credential

Pepperdine University

Bachelor of Arts - Minor in Art Education

California State University Northridge

Associate of Arts - General Studies: Social And Behavior Science

Los Angeles Pierce College

Associate of Arts - In General Studies: Art And Humanities

Los Angeles Pierce College

Associate of Arts - Art

Los Angeles Pierce College
Maria Serrano