• Utilize creative strategies to engender equity and foster student autonomy.• Collaborate with colleagues to craft a cultural responsive, antiracist curriculum reflecting all students.• Mentored education students from Yale University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of New Orleans.• Piloted the Freedom on the Move program, a Cornell initiative to explore stories of resistance to slavery by analyzing and transcribing ads from enslavers.• Completed an AP Institute at The College of William and Mary. • Coach girls’ soccer and sponsor a club where students discuss political issues.

• Scored “Highly Effective” on all annual Student Learning Targets.• Completed an AP Institute at the Fordham University Graduate School.• Assisted with FASFA, college, and job applications in a school where 79% of students received free or reduced lunch.• Recruited English-language learners for AP and assisted with the transition.• Coached boys’ soccer and sponsored a club designed to destigmatize mental health issues.

• Authored a district-wide, standard-aligned curriculum to ensure a rigorous and multicultural education.• In 2015, 100% of 7th graders scored proficient+ on the LEAP test in a school where 93% of students are from low-income households.• Co-pioneered a mentoring program to match students with teachers to provide continual support.• Conducted practices, scheduled games and buses, and fundraised as the soccer coach.

• Special Education teacher.• Innovated methods to differentiate lessons and instruction based on student ability. • Administered daily medical needs of students with diverse health requirements. • Created a curriculum to teach living skills to foster self-sufficiency. • Drafted IEPs to meet accommodations and provide the least restrictive environment • Over 90% of IEP goals were met. • Coached students to participate in the local Special Olympics.