Laura M.
Education
Colgate University,
BA Liberal Arts, Cum Laude & graduated with Honors
Professional Childcare Experience
Part-Time Babysitter
Los Angeles, CA, 08/14 - 11/19
boy, now 8, girl, now 5
Weekend Babysitter
Brentwood, CA, 07/14 - 07/15
Boy, 5
Part-time Babysitter
Los Angeles, CA, 07/14 - 06/15
Boy, 3 & Girl, 5 months
Part-time Babysitter
Los Angeles, CA, 08/14 - 06/15
Boy, 2
Part-time Nanny
New York City, NY, 09/10 - 06/14
Boys, now 6 and 4
Evening & Weekend Sitter
New York City, NY, 01/12 - 06/14
Girl, now 8 & Boy, now 4
Other Experience
Driver - HopSkipDrive
Los Angeles, CA, 10/15 - Present
Owner, Rad Max Vintage
Los Angeles, CA, 09/18 - 07/21
Associate Director of New Employees - SmartSitting
New York, NY, 09/13 - 05/14
About me
After graduating with Honors from Colgate University, where I majored in Education (and worked in local schools), I moved to NYC to pursue a career in acting. While in NY I worked for two main families. One had two boys with whom I worked for four years. Their oldest started out as a 6-month-old, and I was with them until he was 4.5 and his little brother was 2.5. They're the handsome blondes in my photo! I was with my other family for 2.5 years, leaving when their daughter was 6.5 and their son was 4. In addition to those families, I worked for about 40 other families either on a one-time job, or sporadically throughout my time in NY, either through referrals or through SmartSitting! I loved SmartSitting so much that I helped out in their offices, interviewing new sitters.
After moving to Los Angeles I worked for three main families for a year before moving on to restaurant work so I could audition during the day. My kids out here are all boys, ages 1-5, and a little girl who moved to San Francisco when she was only 4 months! I still see them all the time and often beg the parents to let me come hang out with them! In NY and LA, I have worked with newborns (2 days and up!) through 12-year-olds as a sitter and a tutor. I miss sitting regularly and am excited to take on some sporadic work on the West coast for SmartSitting!
I have professional child care experience with...
- Infants
- Toddlers
- Preschoolers
- School-aged (K-5)
- Preteen
- Teenagers
- Twins
- Multiples
In 5 years, I hope to be...
Working as a full time actress and hopefully starting a family of my own.
Activities & skills I love to teach & share with children...
As an actor and comedian, I love to play. Spending a day with a kid dancing and saving octonaut figurines from sharks? I'm on it. You'd be amazed how long I'm interested in driving a toy truck in a circle, and how many times I can sing Let It Go before my voice gives out.