PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:• Common Core Standards and the Curriculum Institute, Teacher’s College, Columbia University• Cotsen/Library of Congress Primary Source Training / Mentor Teacher, UCLA Lab School• Contemporary Art Start, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles• Writing Project Fellow and Instructor, UCLA• Teach the Teachers Collaborative, Teaching with Technology• Six Traits Writing Strategy Workshop• Create a Thinking Curriculum Institute, Seeds University Elementary School • California Dreaming Institute, California State University, Dominguez Hills• Different Ways of Knowing, The Galef InstituteADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: • California History Curricula Consultant, National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA• Cultural Anthropology Research Assistant, Aga Kahn Foundation; Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan• Botanical Research Assistant; Biosphere II Project, Tucson, Arizona• Field Biology Research Assistant for Dr. Tony Burgess, USGS National Research Program; Baja and mainland Mexico • Agricultural Consultant: Biological Pest Control/Permaculture, Tucson, Arizona• Scientific Illustration and Journalism graduate courses, University of Arizona• Art and Architecture Study, University of Arizona; London, Paris, Rome • Marine Ecology Research, University of Arizona; Baja California and mainland Mexico• Summer School, University of Arizona; Guadalajara, Mexico• Teacher’s Assistant; “Modern Art Survey” University of Arizona • Pastry Chef; Capri, Venice, CA, Montana Bakery, Santa Monica, CA• Sous Chef, Café Terra Cotta, Tucson, AZSpecialties: Curricula development, California Social Studies, project-based constructivist education, instruction of gifted students, Mexican and African Art History, Museology, Scientific Illustration, Creative Writing,