Lead and influence students by delivering language and writing instruction to international students and professionals from all over the world. ► WRITING - Teach international medical students research skills on how to find a clinical article in the field of medicine of their interest, describe the methods researchers used, summarize the findings, explain ten medical terms, and show how the study impacts the field of medicine.► Design and implement a communications strategy for international medical students in the Medical English course.► Collaborate with ten other instructors and staff to design partnerships with civic and community organizations to provide off-site visits and community guest speakers, leading to immediate positive relations between students and community leaders.► Mentor and coach UCSD Conversation Leaders to cultivate talent and encourage personal and professional growth.

Want to gain the support, trust and confidence of your diverse and underrepresented employees or colleagues? The first step is to build your culture smarts. Through exploration of your identity, values, assumptions, we can cross borders together. Get the communication flowing. Build relationships across the barriers that prevent us from understanding each other and working together.- Catalyst for Change Management - Uncover hidden assumptions and values to provide international executives & their families help in adapting to their professional assignments in the U.S.- Lead conflict resolution and mediation, training international professionals to explore points of potential conflict and teach mediation and negotiation techniques to reach compromises in their workplace.- Deliver intercultural training to international executives to learn the values and customs of the U.S. workplace.

Design and implement a communications strategy for international medical students in the Medical English course.Wrote the medical chapter, "Ills, Pills, and Medical Bills," explaining the U.S. healthcare system in a non-fiction guide called What's Up, America? (2009).

Completed 40-hour course in the Fundamentals of Interpreting, Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics, Cultural Awareness, Medical Terminology & Skill Building in Three Interpreting Modes: Sight Translation, Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting.

Bring health and culture stories to life . . . one story at a time.

Highly skilled in interviewing public figures.Proofreading, editing and using AP style. Write online content for health and science blog.Print articles have appeared in Mexico Desconocido, Hispanic magazine, Hispanic Link News, Mobility magazine, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Review, Mexico City News and United Press International.Write promotional materials for events: press releases, marketing letters, brochures, and design of website.

Create content that connects people of diverse cultures, tells their story, and finds the right channels to distribute this message.Direct all publishing operations from concept to completion of two published books: financial planning and budgeting, organizational planning, workflow calendar, hiring photographers and illustrators, managing the illustration process; working with outside designers on visual content, conducting research and interviews, editing copy and proofing designed pages and worked with outside vendors contracted for printing. As Editor, serve as a lead proofread/copy editor for marketing material, news content, customer correspondence and presentations.- Author of two editions of first Culturelink Press book, integrated my second children's book into literacy campaigns.- Through in-depth research, extensive networking, and engaging industry experts, successfully produced a well-documented and researched book about U.S. culture, garnering a review by Robin Weber, head of AFS Intercultural Programs, USA., saying “What’s Up America? is a useful resource, not only for newcomers to the U.S., but for those who welcome them.”- Publish electronic newsletter on cultural trends called Culture Chronicles- What’s Up, America? reviewed as “a witty and insightful guidebook for understanding that elusive phenomenon, America” by Robert A. Pastor, Professor of International Affairs at American University.- Track cultural trends around the world to keep my network abreast of current affairs in my Culture Buzz blog. - Analysis through QuickBooks software propels my business strategy to sell my diversity book to universities for course adoptions such as American Culture, intercultural communication and anthropology courses.

Lead one-on-one coaching to corporate executives and top leaders. Facilitator of mediation and conflict resolution through delivery of intercultural competency training. Raise awareness of the values underlying our behavior and the customs of people from other cultures.

Staff reporter for Mexico City News - Reported and investigated current and political events through writing 700+ stories published in The Mexico City News as a staff reporter and as a correspondent for UPI. Cover the Mexican presidential campaign and the corruption charges afterwards. One of the first reporters to cover AIDS in Mexico.