I enjoy working to provide a program that is supportive and challenging to facilitate the growth of educators and students. I work with high school students that have various exceptionalities (autism, learning disabilities, etc).Numerous experiences led me to work at Spectrum Academy. I have facilitated youth groups in after-school and summer programs, and tutored individuals and groups in remedial math and reading. I spent a year working with the Disability Resource Center at Salt Lake Community College and a few months in a kindergarten classroom at the Carmen B. Pingree School for Children with Autism. Then I worked at American Prepatory Academy as a paraprofessional supporting students with special education services.My post-secondary education started at Salt Lake Community college where I studied psychology and math concluding with a general studies associates degree. My interest in acting led me to the University of Utah where I finished a bachelor of arts in film studies. This whet my appetite for animation so I pursued an animation and illustration degree at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I completed the special education teacher training program at Weber State University in May 2014.My previous work experience includes quality control for real estate valuation software, customer service for companies including Comcast and ARUP Laboratories, forklift operator, portrait photographer, tax preparer, and office clerk.Specialties: Personnel Management, Secondary Program Administration, Instructional Coaching, Crucial Conversations, Teaching, Direct Instruction, Lesson Planning, Group Facilitation, Story Development, Storyboarding, 2D Animation