Comment on my SOP?

So I am writing up a SOP for a university (not past deadline, don't worry), and I am hoping that I can get some help with it?

Here are the guidelines for the essay:
Essay. Write and submit a 500-1000 word essay outlining your motivations for seeking the MSES degree, including professional interests, career goals, and research topic(s) you wish to pursue for your thesis. Please note the faculty members whose research interests are similar to your own.

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I'm not sure how to end the piece though. Thank them? Make a summary of what I said?

I am also not sure if I should add in school experience. I just have my UTA experience from school and my biology job experience. I have also spent time as a manager at a retail location in a national park, I don't know if that is worth mentioning (training people, fielding customer questions including ones about the national park, lots of responsibility, etc). They are asking for a resume though so I was thinking it wouldn't be a bad thing to leave that stuff on the resume. School stuff however...

Also, I'm having trouble getting two of my references to send out LORs, or even respond. I know that I could get a LOR from a professor- she was my adviser for my minor and knew me from freshman year to graduation. However, she isn't a biology professor, my minor was fine arts. She knows me better than my other two biology references, but I don't know if it would be harmful to have a reference from someone outside of my major?

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