User talk:Dara becker

Dara Marie Becker

Dara Becker is a Minnesotan (U.S.A.) of German and Norwegian descent. She was born and raised in Minnesota, and she still lives there. She does, however, love to travel outside the US for all the reasons that travel is good. When she comes back from a long trip, she appreciates everything she has so much more.

Interest
Dara Becker is interested in Search Engine Optimization [SEO]; copy editing, writing, reading, international travel, volunteering, interfaith collaboration, Minnesota Public Radio and National Public Radio.

Dara Becker loves rice hotdish (Minnesotan), aash reshteh (Persian), and palak paneer with garlic naan (South Asian).She played volleyball and softball in high school. She was the top free-throw shooter in basketball until she quits because she didn’t like the sport. She loves swimming for exercise, but hate the effects of the chlorine. She loves Spain. She loves reading non-fiction and hearing the world news from other countries’ perspectives. She studied in Valencia for one semester in undergraduate school and had vacationed there too.

Background
Dara Becker has graduated from St. Charles High School. From 1990-1991 she finished studying Spanish from University of Wisconsin-River Falls. After that she studied at Institute of Spanish Studies. In 1995 Dara had B.A., Communication Studies & Spanish from Winona State University. Then, and in 2000 she got M.A., Linguistics from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. In 2003 Dara finished M.S., Software Engineering from University of Saint Thomas.

Career
Early work

Dara worked as a project manager from 1996 - 1999 at the university of Minnesota translation laboratory [educational institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry].

Coordinator, Program in Translation and Interpreting : 1996 - 1998

Dara finished her job as a Coordinator, Program in Translation and Interpreting at University of Minnesota after two working years.

Linguistic Systems Analyst : 1999 – 2000

Dara Becker worked as a Linguistic Systems Analyst at Sajan Consulting [Privately Held; Translation and Localization industry].

Consultant : 2001 - 2001 

Dara worked as a consultant for Allen Interactions [Privately Held; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry].

Research Assistant : 2000 - 2003

Dara worked as a research assistant at University of St. Thomas for two years.

Intern in Health Sciences Research : 2003 - 2003

Dara worked as an Intern in Health Sciences Research in Mayo Clinic, [Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry]. Dara worked as an E-commerce representative at Target Public Company.

Current work

Dara Becker now owns and manages Modest Alternatives; Sole Proprietorship - internet industry, her website emerged in 2003 as one of the most unique clothes websites on the net; she is still doing the best to keep it at the head!

Personal life
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Awards
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