•Build and mobilize a diverse grassroots base of parents and community members.•Develop the leadership skills of parents and community members through on-going one-on-one development, DSST parent leadership groups and formal training programs to build their capacity to be effective advocates and leaders in their communities.•Seek out opportunities for partnerships and build relationships with schools, community-based organizations, advocacy groups, community/government/education leaders and elected officials.•Build a culture of advocacy within DSST by partnering with School Directors and school leaders on specific projects and campaigns, incorporating advocacy into parent on-boarding and staff professional development and engagement, etc.•Monitor policy impacting K-12 education in Metro Denver, Colorado and nationally.•Lead the alignment of DSST organizing projects and campaigns with policy advocacy.•Identify opportunities to engage DSST staff and students in DSST’s advocacy work and build their capacity to do so effectively.•Be a thought-partner, adviser and resource to school leaders on broader school-based parent engagement opportunities and challenges.

•Conducted research and wrote literature review on food purchasing behavior and parental involvement in education•Designed and organized qualitative interview protocols and materials•Recruited participants and executed over 100 interviews with Spanish-speaking parents•Analyzed qualitative interview data and presented findings to project committee in memo format

• Concentration in Social Policy• Coursework in economics, statistics, politics, ethics, behavioral economics, housing, transportation, education policy• Master's Project: Best Practices and Barriers in Spanish-Speaking Parental Involvement• Teaching Assistant: Economics of the Public Sector, Professor Helen Ladd, Fall 2016• Bilingual Research Assistant: Behavioral Economics & Food Choice Research Project• Spring Consulting Project on Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce Federal Governmental Energy Consumption, Client - Booz, Allen, Hamilton• Student Board Leadership Initiative: Student Board Member at Crayons2Calculators• President: Bridging Communities Student Organization

•Designed programming for schools across the district to enhance academic partnership •Led group project to assess current family engagement efforts and determine opportunities for synthesis and streamlining•Conducted data analysis of parent surveys and compiled findings in presentation to be delivered to district leadership

•Managed team of 9 teachers and 115 7th grade students•Led efforts to address high-level student issues, including analyzing root causes, designing and coordinating action plans, and monitoring progress toward goals •Utilized public speaking skills to deliver daily Morning Meetings to grade level•Observed and formally evaluated teachers through weekly feedback meetings to improve student-centered outcomes teachers three times throughout school year •Analyzed grade-wide behavior data, identified trends, and implemented action steps•Initiated new teacher mentorship program to provide support structures for new teachers, as well as led regular team building events for 7th grade team•Coordinated ELL support program for the STRIVE Prep network as English Language Learner specialist for 2013-2014

•Taught literacy to sixth grade students with lower reading skills.•Accepted as Instructional Coach, working with 4 peer teachers to support with feedback on instruction and lesson planning

•Coordinated fundraising efforts that surpassed goals for non-profit with mission to increase educational opportunities for under-resourced students

•Taught literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies to a bilingual class of third grade students transitioning from Spanish to English.•Achieved ‘significant gains’ with students as determined by Teach for America.• Nominated and elected to serve on School Leadership Team in 2010-2011• Elected to serve as chair of Student Intervention Team supporting students with severe academicand behavioral concerns in 2011-2012

• Committed two years to teach in Denver Public Schools as a member of the highly selective national service corps of recent college graduates of all academic majors• One of 5,000 selected to be a member of the 2008 program that received more than 25,000 applicants for the 2008 corps• Chosen to be co-chair of the Corps Culture Committee charged with planning social events andculture building activities with budget of $5,000 for 350 current corps members in 2010-2011• Accepted as an Onboarding Coordinator working with new Corps Members to provide hiringpreparation and support, feedback on progress, and connection to unique Colorado educationreform landscape in 2011-2012

• Co-managed the day-to-day responsibilities of the Email Loyalty Program that reaches 250,000 subscribers weekly and is an important source for retention • Executed long-term projects involving extensive research for both an individual Email Loyalty Competitive Analysis presentation and a group Intern Team presentation• Conducted in-depth analysis and made recommendations for direct marketing testing using Excel• Applied creative skills to update mail pieces and email blasts to increase response rates