I’m Oscar Chavez.

Ready to work.Updated July 2026

I finished the School to Work Program at the Ivymount School in June 2026. Over two years I trained at six jobsites — a nature center, a pharmacy, a print shop, a pet store, a bookstore, and a restaurant — and before that I ran a mail route at a retirement community for three years. I’m looking for a job where I can keep building these skills.

What I’m good at

• Stocking shelves and matching products, down to the small details
• Organizing and “facing” products so shelves look right
• Cleaning jobs done carefully — tables, floors, windows, walkways
• Working through a checklist in order, start to finish
• Sorting trash and recycling into the right bins
• Measuring and portioning — seed for feeders, food for animals
• Greeting customers politely and helping them find the right aisle
• Breaking down boxes and keeping the back room tidy

Where I’ve worked

1. January – June 2026

   Nature Center Intern

   Locust Grove Nature Center · Bethesda, MD

   • Measured seed and refilled the bird feeders across the grounds
   • Prepared salads for the turtles and fed crickets to the toads
   • Cleaned and refilled the water dishes for the animal exhibits
   • Kept walking paths, entrances, and exhibit areas clean

2. September 2025 – June 2026

   Intern

   PetSmart · North Bethesda, MD

   • Stocked and matched dog food cans on the shelves
   • Broke down and recycled boxes
   • Organized shelves and faced products

3. July – December 2025

   Customer Service Externship

   CVS · Rockville, MD

   • Stocked shelves using the Ironman handheld scanner
   • Matched and organized products with attention to detail
   • Greeted customers and helped them find the right sections of the store

4. July – December 2025

   Print Shop Intern

   American Reprographics · Rockville, MD

   • Shredded invoices independently
   • Stocked paper rolls and boxes, matching the right sizes
   • Sorted trash and recycling and helped scan large construction documents

5. January – June 2025

   Sales Floor Intern

   Second Story Books · Rockville, MD

   • Priced and stickered record albums using the store’s pricing tables
   • Stocked comic books and shelved books by each section’s system
   • Boxed up books for sales

6. July – December 2024

   Intern

   Dogfish Head · Gaithersburg, MD

   • Opening prep: cleaned tables, booths, the staircase, and the menus
   • Set the tables for lunch service
   • Filled the sugar caddies — eight of each packet, every time
   My favorite jobsite so far

7. 2020 – 2023

   Mail Room Intern

   Village at Rockville · Rockville, MD

   • Delivered mail and newspapers to residents
   • Greeted residents on my rounds

Life outside work.In progress

When I’m not working, I’m usually listening to music, at practice, or out at the movies.

Rock and heavy metal.

That’s my music. I listen to it at home, and I go to concerts whenever I get the chance.

Health & wellness.In progress

Stretching keeps my shoulders, arms, and wrists loose, and it’s a big part of managing my cerebral palsy. This is my home exercise program, written out step by step so I can follow it on my own.

My stretching routine

Each exercise links to a video of someone doing the same movement. These are reference clips I found online, not from my own physical therapist — the official ones are in the WebPT app above.

1. 1 Shoulder flexion table slides 2 sets10 repsSitting Done
   1. Sit in a chair facing a table about chest high.
   2. Put a towel under your hand so it slides easily.
   3. Place the hand you’re stretching flat on the table, palm down. Put your other hand on top of it.
   4. Lean forward slowly. Let the top hand guide the movement.
   5. Stop when you feel a light stretch in your shoulder, and hold.
   6. Slide back to the start, with the top hand controlling it.

   Watch: shoulder flexion table slideAsk Doctor Jo. She slides one arm on its own — my handout has me put my other hand on top to guide it.

2. 2 Shoulder abduction table slides 2 sets10 repsSitting Done
   1. Sit in a chair with the arm you’re stretching resting on the table, out at your side.
   2. Put a towel under your arm if it helps it slide.
   3. Keep that arm straight out, square to your body.
   4. Lean slowly toward the table so the arm slides away from you.
   5. Stop when you feel the stretch in your shoulder, and hold.
   6. Come back to the starting position.

   Watch: seated table slide into abductionSitting side-on to the table and leaning in, the same way my handout describes.

3. 3 Wrist flexor stretch, weight bearing 2 sets5 repsHold 30 secondsStanding Done
   1. Stand at a table. Put both hands flat on it, palms down.
   2. Slowly lean forward, shifting your weight onto your arms so your wrists bend.
   3. Hold for 30 seconds.
   4. Stand back up to the starting position.

   Watch: weight bearing wrist stretchPhysitrack. Shown seated, but it’s the same wrist position — palm down, leaning weight through the hand.

4. 4 Scapular retractions, arms at side 3 sets10 repsSitting Done
   1. Sit up tall with your back straight.
   2. Let your arms hang down at your sides.
   3. Slowly pinch your shoulder blades together, back and down.
   4. Relax back to the starting position.

   Watch: seated scapular retraction, arms at sidesPhysitrack. This one matches my handout exactly, by name.

5. 5 Wall pushups 3 sets10 repsStanding Done
   1. Stand about two to three feet from a wall, feet hip width apart.
   2. Raise your arms straight out at shoulder height and put your hands flat on the wall.
   3. Bend your elbows and lean in toward the wall, slowly.
   4. Push back out until your elbows are straight again.

   Watch: wall push upsMargaret Martin, a physical therapist, walking through it slowly.

See the original handout from MedStar

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