Iycess Hooper

Motivated individual with exceptional communication and management skills. Adept at handling multiple tasks effectively and efficiently. Takes a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues to ensure optimized team objectives are achieved.

• Dean's List (Spring 2021)
• Bishop Richard Allen Scholarship (Fall 2020 - Spring 2021) Carolyn B. Cashwell Teachers Scholarship (Fall 2020 - Spring 2021) Curriculum Associates Scholarship (2022)
• Co-Lead Camp Aid (2022)
• EPP Senior Scholarship (2023)
• Dean's List (Fall 2023)

• Collegiate Cheerleading Co-Captain (2022-2024)
• Fisher Project's Strong Girls - Mentor (2022- 2024)
• National Society of Leadership and Success (2022-2024)
• Literacy Scholars Program (2022-2024)
• Student North Carolina Association of Educators (2023-2024)
• Theta Tau Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (2023-2024)
• Senator of the College of Education (2023-2024)
• Health & Wellness Chair for Student Athlete Advocacy Committee (2023-2024)

• Fishers Projects Strong Girls, Mentor, Greensboro/High Point, NC, 07/2022, Present, - Mentoring young girls to reach goals, growing in resilience, leadership, and success.
• Gwynn Park HS; Crimson Heat All Stars; NCAT Cheer, Cheer Clinics, Brandywine/Capital Heights, MD, 05/2021, Present, - Lead, organized, and taught skills to athletes that aspire to be advanced athletes. Learning ways to positively impact their physical and mental health.
• Greensboro Urban Ministry, Food Pantry, Greensboro, NC, 01/2023, 02/2023, - Helping to organize and sort nonperishable food items collected from the community. Assist consumers in securing needed food items.
• Aggies READ Book Festival, Greensboro, NC, 04/2023, - Lead, organized, and encouraged the youth and their families to select age-appropriate books to help enhance students' core reading skills.
• UNC-Charlotte Literacy Summit, Charlotte, NC, 04/2023, - Presented information about culturally sustaining early literacy instruction and assessment in the classroom. Taught various phonics techniques to educators to implement in their classroom.
• HBCU's Rising- Uninterrupted, Greensboro, NC, 11/08/2023- Recorded an episode series with the production company "Uninterrupted" about my HBCU experience as a student-athlete and future educator. I participated in an interview with J.R. Smith (a retired NBA player), speaking on the new S.T.E.A.M. Lab that the College of Education is building at North Carolina A&T State University.

• Elementary Education Certificate - North Carolina, Department of Education.