I work as a Pre-AP Chemistry Teacher, where I get to develop and richly invest in the lives of high school youth.

Lead teaching pro for BuddyUp Tennis® Dallas, empowering athletes with Down Syndrome to develop as tennis players, some with aspirations for upcoming Special Olympics tennis (Mar 2019 – current).Partnered together with Life Time Athletic & Tennis in Plano, TX, we were awarded the 2019 Life Time® National Artistry Award for most excellent company tennis club in providing “an educational, entertaining, friendly & inviting, functional & innovative experience of uncompromising… Show more Lead teaching pro for BuddyUp Tennis® Dallas, empowering athletes with Down Syndrome to develop as tennis players, some with aspirations for upcoming Special Olympics tennis (Mar 2019 – current).Partnered together with Life Time Athletic & Tennis in Plano, TX, we were awarded the 2019 Life Time® National Artistry Award for most excellent company tennis club in providing “an educational, entertaining, friendly & inviting, functional & innovative experience of uncompromising quality.”Develop junior athletes foremost as young children who are maturing in emotional awareness, dynamic body coordination, and positive competitors who thrive in a team environment.Professionally-certified tennis coach with the U.S. Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) (July 2018 – Jan 2020). Show less

Developing junior athletes foremost as young children who are maturing in emotional awareness, dynamic body coordination, and positive competitors who thrive in a team environment.Lead juniors coach for athletes under 12. Professionally-certified tennis coach with the U.S. Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) (July 2018 – Jan 2020).

Develop junior athletes foremost as young children who are maturing in emotional awareness, dynamic body coordination, and positive competitors who thrive in a team environment.Lead teaching pro for BuddyUp Tennis® Dallas, empowering athletes with Down Syndrome to develop as tennis players, some with aspirations for upcoming Special Olympics tennis (Mar 2019 – current).Awarded the 2019 Life Time® National Artistry Award for most excellent company tennis club in providing “an… Show more Develop junior athletes foremost as young children who are maturing in emotional awareness, dynamic body coordination, and positive competitors who thrive in a team environment.Lead teaching pro for BuddyUp Tennis® Dallas, empowering athletes with Down Syndrome to develop as tennis players, some with aspirations for upcoming Special Olympics tennis (Mar 2019 – current).Awarded the 2019 Life Time® National Artistry Award for most excellent company tennis club in providing “an educational, entertaining, friendly & inviting, functional & innovative experience of uncompromising quality.”Lead coordinator for the internal "Life Time Tennis Plano Members-Only Challenge Ladder 2019." Professionally-certified tennis coach with the U.S. Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) (July 2018 – Jan 2020). Show less

First Aid Certified Responder on the M/V Pacific Hope in Vanuatu, a multi-island-nation in the South Pacific.Led a team of young adults from New Zealand to the Middle East and facilitated a cross-cultural connection between a local Christian church and neighboring Muslim charity via English-as-a-Second-Language classes.In-house, daytime caretaker for a teenager with cerebral palsy. Responsibilities included empowering him to make day-to-day decisions, washings, driving a… Show more First Aid Certified Responder on the M/V Pacific Hope in Vanuatu, a multi-island-nation in the South Pacific.Led a team of young adults from New Zealand to the Middle East and facilitated a cross-cultural connection between a local Christian church and neighboring Muslim charity via English-as-a-Second-Language classes.In-house, daytime caretaker for a teenager with cerebral palsy. Responsibilities included empowering him to make day-to-day decisions, washings, driving a wheelchair-ready vehicle, and feeding during mealtimes. Show less

Published in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology (2017): “An independently validated nomogram for individualized estimation of survival amongst patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma: NRG Oncology RTOG 0525 and 0825.”Link to nomogram calculator: http:// cancer4.case.edu/rCalculator/rCalculator.html

Self-directed research on "Parkinson's Disease (PD) versus Essential Tremor (ET), SPECT-DaTscan Index Synthesis and Discourse Analysis" under the inspiration and guidance of Dr. Michael Graham, founder and chair of the Nuclear Medicine Program Directors Association.Presented an abstract poster at the 2015 Society of Nuclear Medicine Mid-Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX.Applied and granted IRB-approval for Neuroradiology research.