User:Kayla.sands

=Kayla Gomez=

Employment and Service

 * Latin America/Southern Europe Consultant at the FamilySearch Library (October 2023-present)
 * Intern with the Latin American Research Team at the FamilySearch Library (May 2023-October 2023)
 * Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Family History Doctrine and Practice (2022-2023)
 * Research Assistant, BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy (2022)
 * Spanish Village Project under George Ryskamp
 * BYU Script Tutorial (Spanish) under George Ryskamp

Education

 * Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, Utah, United States) - graduated April 2023
 * Family History - Genealogy (BA)
 * Latin American Studies (minor)
 * FamilySearch Library (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States)
 * Spanish Advanced Training
 * Italian Advanced Training
 * Portuguese Intermediate Training
 * French Beginner Training
 * Latin Paleography Class

Specialized Coursework

 * Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, Utah, United States)
 * Regional and Thematic Family History, Hispanic-Luso Research (HIST 206R), Winter 2022
 * Southern United States Family History Research (HIST 281), Fall 2022
 * German Family History (HIST 284), Fall 2022
 * Genetic Genealogy (HIST 388), Fall 2022
 * British Family History (HIST 283), Winter 2023
 * Romance Language Paleography (HIST 353), Winter 2023

Credentials
Kayla has plans to complete an accreditation for Mexico through the International Commissions for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen™)

Languages

 * Spanish ("high" proficiency rating in speaking, reading, and writing)
 * Italian (able to read genealogical documents)
 * Portuguese (able to read genealogical documents)
 * French (able to read genealogical documents)
 * Latin (able to read genealogical documents)
 * German (able to read genealogical documents)

Upcoming Presentations:

 * FamilySearch Webinar, 12 December - Using the FamilySearch Catalog

Past Presentations:

 * FamilySearch Webinar, 27 June - Best Practices & Reasoning Statements
 * FamilySearch Webinar, 25 July - Vital and Other Information
 * FamilySearch Webinar, 1 August - Adding New Individuals
 * FamilySearch Webinar, 5 September - Overview of FamilySearch
 * Latin America/Southern Europe Team Webinar, 28 September - Por Que Trabajar con las Academias?
 * FamilySearch Webinar, 3 October - Using the FamilySearch Wiki

Conferences Attended

 * RootsTech (2023, Salt Lake City, Utah)

Memberships

 * Genealogical Society of Hispanic America (GSHA)
 * National Genealogical Society (NGS)