• Taught an intermediate/advanced level course for disadvantaged students wishing to pursue their college degree • Focused on increasing student’s fluency by using the PPP lesson structure to strengthen their grammar, comprehension, and communication skills

• Offered cross-cultural training to help foreign business executives adjust to life in the U.S. One that often resulted in a higher level of confidence and feeling more at ease in the workplace• Taught advanced level English focusing on general business, marketing, finance and presentation skills

• Offered cross-cultural training to foreign business executives • Improved student’s reading comprehension by employing a top-down method, discerning the meaning of unfamiliar words through context and by breaking the word down into its parts• Provided training in giving presentations, writing proposals and general correspondence

• Taught a course in entrepreneurship in which the final project included submitting both a business proposal and giving a presentation for an original business idea• Taught an Advanced ESOL course for foreign students

• Taught adult immigrants beginning to advanced level English to improve their standard of living and help them achieve economic independence• In addition to teaching grammar, a portion of each lesson was dedicated to improving the student’s pronunciation and accent reduction • Prepared students to take the United States Citizenship Test

• Taught an intensive ESOL Job Search Training course at various libraries throughout the five boroughs of New York City• Provided instruction in the following job-related disciplines: resume building; cover letter writing; and preparing for a job interview

• Offered specialized instruction in entrepreneurship and business presentations by focusing on their macro and micro writing skills and transactional speaking skills • Offered cross-cultural training, covering such topics as American traditions and values, government, religion, and baseball• Taught an intensive English business course for foreign students

• Implemented new policies to make the company more competitive and strengthen its position within the fashion industry• Identified and repaired systems within the company that were broken in order to streamline productivity• Researched and devised a new branding strategy for the company and its products• Initiated talks with 48 universities & colleges with fashion design programs about adding the company’s software to their course curriculum• Raised brand awareness and… Show more • Implemented new policies to make the company more competitive and strengthen its position within the fashion industry• Identified and repaired systems within the company that were broken in order to streamline productivity• Researched and devised a new branding strategy for the company and its products• Initiated talks with 48 universities & colleges with fashion design programs about adding the company’s software to their course curriculum• Raised brand awareness and strengthened sales by reaching out to more than 1,200 independent fashion designers around the world• Wrote a jargon free and persuasive business proposal that enabled the company to secure a second tier of financing• Prepared all company documentation and press releases Show less

• Bolstered the group’s membership to 5,750 members from more than 90 countries around the world• Responsible for designing the company’s website and all of its content, including producing the site’s podcast, conducting more than 30 interviews with international recording and dance instructors, and writing all of the articles• For 5 years was one of the organizers and producers of Dance Parade, the largest outdoor dance event in North America, involving 10,000 participants dancing down… Show more • Bolstered the group’s membership to 5,750 members from more than 90 countries around the world• Responsible for designing the company’s website and all of its content, including producing the site’s podcast, conducting more than 30 interviews with international recording and dance instructors, and writing all of the articles• For 5 years was one of the organizers and producers of Dance Parade, the largest outdoor dance event in North America, involving 10,000 participants dancing down Broadway in New York City. The group’s efforts ultimately resulted in the repeal of the 1926 Cabaret Law• Produced and hosted a panel for the 2011 Social Media Week Conference in New York City, “How Social Media is Impacting the Arts.” The entire event was broadcast live via the internet• In 2010, produced the “Brazilian Zouk Photo Exhibition” by world renown photographer, Alen MacWeeney at the Lava Gina World Music Lounge. The event was chosen by Time Out New York as a “Pick of the Week” • For 5 consecutive years produced the Zouk Cruise, a 3 hour boat cruise around the island of Manhattan that included a live performance and a dance party hosted by a DJ• In 2009, produced a Brazilian Carnaval at the 92nd Street Y. A live event that involved partnering with more than two dozen local businesses and building a relationship with the local media to cover the event. According to the box office it was the most successful first-time event ever staged at the 92nd Street Y with over 200 people in attendance • Produced the monthly Zouk Nation podcast from 2010-2012 which included original interviews and music with the express consent of the recording artist• From 2008 -2010, produced a weekly dance party at the Lava Gina World Music Lounge in the East Village Show less

• Taught courses in grammar, TOEFL test preparation, public speaking, debate, and an introduction to computers• Used the PPP lesson structure to create a course curriculum for a wide range of topics• Provided career and academic counseling to foreign students• Conducted weekly orientation for new arriving students

• Taught an intensive English business course for foreign students• Served as a chaperone for the off-campus excursions to meet with local government officials and business leaders• Acted as an advisor and judge of student’s final project, a twenty-minute presentation of an idea for a new business