-Teacher of the Year (2014), Employee of the Week (multiple times)-Founded accelerated math class for freshmen to address problem of under-enrollment in AP Calculus: got district approval, designed curriculum, coordinated with 4 middle schools to recruit and enroll students, and taught the class so that over half of the students improved their performance on state tests-Selected for district committees on curriculum and textbook selection (2012 – 2015) -Led district colleagues in… Show more -Teacher of the Year (2014), Employee of the Week (multiple times)-Founded accelerated math class for freshmen to address problem of under-enrollment in AP Calculus: got district approval, designed curriculum, coordinated with 4 middle schools to recruit and enroll students, and taught the class so that over half of the students improved their performance on state tests-Selected for district committees on curriculum and textbook selection (2012 – 2015) -Led district colleagues in professional development: proposed sessions, designed slides and activities, and presented the PD (2012 – 2014)-Presented the accelerated math program's results at Destination Equity, College Board’s national conference for K-12 and college counselors (2014)-Appointed instruction/assessment leader of subject team: facilitated weekly meetings on lesson planning and assessment writing (2013 – 2015) Show less

We host benefit shows, silent raffles, and art sales to give scholarships to AIDS orphans in Tanzania.

With funding from University Scholars Program (UF) and a great deal of assistance from the NSF-funded Kibale Land Use Project, I conducted interviews with dozens of small-scale tea growers around Kibale National Park in southwestern Uganda about their production and business cycles, spending and saving patterns, their relationship to the park, and their dealings with local tea processors.-Won Best Qualitative Research Paper (UF Journal for Undergraduate Research)-Planned project, won… Show more With funding from University Scholars Program (UF) and a great deal of assistance from the NSF-funded Kibale Land Use Project, I conducted interviews with dozens of small-scale tea growers around Kibale National Park in southwestern Uganda about their production and business cycles, spending and saving patterns, their relationship to the park, and their dealings with local tea processors.-Won Best Qualitative Research Paper (UF Journal for Undergraduate Research)-Planned project, won grants and IRB approval, and designed the survey-Managed logistics of conducting research in a rural area overseas-Interviewed tea farmers around Kibale National Park about marketing practices and other aspects of farm business management (via translator)-Performed quantitative analysis on interview data via keyword analysis-Presented findings at international conferences and informal meetings Show less