Graduated from Macalester College with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Hispanic Studies. Postgrad, I spent 6 months as an editorial assistant at Seattle magazine where I assisted the head editor on the October anniversary edition "The Coffee Issue" and then spent 3 months writing for Foodista, a wiki-style recipe site, where I was responsible for generating blog content and pitching ideas weekly. In February 2011 I became TEFL certified and moved to Santiago, Chile where I taught English to adults and children. I also did part time work translating (Spanish-English) and writing a weekly column for The Santiago Times.After Chile, I moved to Seoul, Korea where I was an English teacher at LCI Suji Academy. At LCI, I taught kindergarten in the mornings, and elementary age classes in the afternoon. After finishing my contract, I moved back to Seattle where I completed the Master´s in Teaching program at Seattle University with a focus on Secondary Language Arts. Post masters program, I taught English Literature, Creative Writing, and Advanced Writing/TOEFL prep at a high school in Burien, WA for two years. Currently, I am the extended essay coordinator and an English Language and Literature A IB teacher in the senior section (high school) at Craighouse School in Santiago, ChileSpecialties: Metacoginition, Inquiry Based Learning, and Assessment in EducationTranslation (Spanish-English)Teaching/Tutoring