Partner with all levels of leadership across departments to identify, plan and implement L&D strategy that supports business objectives. • Partner with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to design and deliver customized leadership training (ILT, virtual and eLearning), including coaching, communication, delegation and performance management, to all levels of leadership. • Partner with Subject Matter Experts to design monthly bilingual training modules focused on safety and OSHA compliance, HR policies, product knowledge, sales, and professional development. Facilitate monthly Train-the-trainer webinars for managers and team leaders. • Sales Training Needs Analysis Project Manager: Partner with Talent Management Team to create and implement project plan to determine sales training needs of diverse sales teams company-wide.• Zero Tolerance Project Manager: Collaborated with Human Capitol and Legal to create Zero Tolerance: Anti-harassment and Discrimination bilingual training class for all employees. Responsible for communication plan, Train-the-Trainer courses and coaching for Human Capital managers.• LMS implementation team member and administrator

My responsibilities included designing curriculum and teaching courses to international students, including international educators, and foreign degree-seeking students. • Academic Lead Teacher for COMEXUS, a 7 week program for 160 Mexican teachers of English. Organized final capstone Teaching Expo. Designed blended online/ILT “Technology in the Classroom” course and trained and mentored 4 instructors to teach it. • Academic Lead Teacher and co-creator of 6-week CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) course for PRONABEC, a group of 243 Peruvian teachers of English. Organized final capstone CLIL Teaching Expo. • Academic Lead Teacher for Mexico West Program, a group of 150 Mexican college students and professors. Created 4-week syllabus for Intermediate level English courses, and provided mentoring and training to instructors.• Academic Lead Teacher for 4-week programs of 2 large groups of Brazilian high school and university students. Member of Curriculum Project team responsible for the design and delivery of curriculum focused on entrepreneurial and leadership development. • Instructor for English as a second language and American culture courses for foreign college students of all proficiency levels. Utilized Blackboard LMS.

• Partnered with Operations, HR, Training, and Marketing to achieve local, regional and national business objectives by designing and delivering training to front-line employees and managers, such as new restaurant onboarding, customer service, product knowledge and Performance Management.• Lead consultant for Rocky Mountain Language Dev. Team (2008-2011): Oversaw the implementation of the English Immersion Restaurant program in AZ and identified, coached and mentored Immersion Restaurant Managers and participants. • Conducted HR investigations and environment checks. Interpreted communication between management and staff to bridge language barriers.

- Taught S.E.I. (Structured English Immersion), self-contained classrooms- Earned highest level of compensation in the Career Ladder program

- Provided pull-out and push-in supplemental instruction to migrant students grades K-6 in language arts and E.L.D- Taught the after-school Emergency Immigrant English Tutoring class for grades 1-6- Looped-up with students in a self-contained bilingual classroom with full-inclusion and other special needs students

- Taught self-contained, bilingual class- Piloted Spanish as a Second Language program - Founded lunchtime Art Club