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San Francisco Bay Area

Coordinate training for schools through webinars, tutorials, and professional development. Provide consulting, ongoing coaching, and mentoring to teachers and educational leaders. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to increase retention and student achievement. Develop and accelerate antiracist pedagogy to address and close opportunity gaps.

Provided vision, strategic leadership, and development of Burton Community School. Implemented $900,000 budget for academic enrichment programming, family partnership services, crisis intervention, and health and wellness coordination. Secured $300k donation. Improved communication and stabilized governance, staffing, and school support.

Co-organized institute for 350+ international educators committed to diverse integrated schools. Recruited, trained and hired 30+ facilitators; co-constructed equity-focused curriculum for workshops. Supported leadership with technology, social media, research, and communication with constituents.

Improved Louisiana DOE’s mission to use high-quality instructional materials. Conducted rigorous coursework, skills training, research, and consulting projects. Facilitated two-day professional development in Baton Rouge for leaders of several schools.

Implemented genealogy project at two Harlem schools to diverse student population. Engaged students with hands-on, inquiry-based projects aligned to CC Standards. Supported development of multi-faceted life skills including academic excellence.

Addressed summer melt among diverse seniors enrolling in Fall Semester. Mitigated potential lack of supportive relationships of school campuses, especially PWIs. Built social capital and networks, unmasked college processes, encouraged self-efficacy. Ensured students could identify MLA format, use appropriate citations, study college-level non-fiction.

Taught three levels of Mastering Cultural Identity courses to diverse student population. Taught AVID; led tutors, assisted college field trips, and helped develop budget for Site Plan. Elected member of Culture Club, which designed and facilitated equity PD for faculty and staff. Built a healthy school community, increased social capital, reduced impact.

Supported teachers by providing group and individualized instruction to students. Collaborated with the teaching team to design engaging humanities curriculum.

Implemented enrichment curriculum and art projects with an emphasis on social justice.

Master, Politics & Education

Magna Cum Laude, Kappa Delta Pi. Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis.

Ca Single Subject (Social Science) Teaching Credential

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Graduate with Honors. Academic minor in Interdisciplinary Studies.