Award-winning educator passionate about fostering collaborative relationships supporting youth and families to flourish. Champion of innovative initiatives integrating health, social and education services. Builder of safe, compassionate and responsive learning environments nurturing curiosity, mutual understanding, and agency. Areas of Expertise:PROGRAM LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT: Solid experience strategizing, creating learning objectives, designing curriculum, leading, facilitating, evaluating, making recommendations, and introducing new ways of thinking. Global vision, able to see big picture and implement the small details. High degree of initiative, tenacity, intellectual curiosity, and flexibility. RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Liaison and partnership builder. Natural networker. Outstanding interpersonal skills, able to manage relationships with range of stakeholders with distinctive values, ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, and language capabilities. Connects well with diverse groups including: parents, school principals, teachers, volunteers, public health officials, case managers, gang leaders, county policy makers, and immigrants. TEAM-BUILDING: Leader, coach, mentor, supervisor, and inspirer. Non-judgmental. High regard for cultural humility and inclusivity. Proponent of staff development and assessment to bring out the best in employees. Clear communicator, respects and honor opinions and feelings. Collaborative, compassionate, and active listener.CHANGE AGENT: Passionate and tenacious pursuer of social justice. Advocate for organization and system-wide change and transformation. Results-oriented champion for public education, committed to cause and purpose. Excellent at navigating school systems to access support and services despite obstacles. Kind, compassionate, courageous, and resilient.