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Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Implements and manages high-impact programs that provide opportunities for Explorers to grow their impact through education outreach, for educators to learn directly from and alongside Explorers, and for young people to be inspired by and contribute to Explorer-led work. Co-designs and contributes to the strategic vision for Explorer-Education Connections programs at the National Geographic Society (NGS), with a focus on new program ideation to best engage the educator audience and build engagement through a learning journey across programs. Works collaboratively across the Society and with internal and external stakeholders to maximize educator, student, and young people’s roles in direct access to explorer-led opportunities. Supports the development of high-impact initiatives that align with the NG NEXT strategy, NGS’s diversity, equity and inclusion principles, and Explorer-led projects and programs.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Served as a Spanish Teacher for 2.5 years at Wellington Middle School (WMS) in Northern Colorado. Demonstrated an informed commitment as a leader of curriculum development by creating a blended learning model equipping students with synchronous and asynchronous opportunities for all activities. Connected peers with teacher leadership opportunities including: digital citizenship pilot with Facebook, PBL and design thinking support with national experts, construction of an internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM), colleague participation at a National Geographic conference in Washington DC.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Created strategy to optimize social media engagement that includes tracking metrics and providing data-driven analytics. Built a model for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that encompasses an in-depth keyword and website analysis. Utilized the Canva platform to develop LTA branding and generate comprehensive data presentations. Leveraged Google Ad Words to enhance website traffic and capture comparative analytics to advise strategy.

Convened with 39 teachers from around the United States to support the development of National Geographic’s education strategies and shared advisory insights on how to deepen and share National Geographic’s professional learning opportunities in schools and districts. Provided feedback and perspective on building the organization’s networks and communities with an intentional focus on engaging youth.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Supported the development and implementation of a Curio Learning marketing plan. Established a social media strategy to deepen online engagement. Designed an internal system of gathering quantitative and qualitative data to inform social media best practices and overall strategy. Created a tracking system to gather data from google analytics to inform marketing strategy. Optimized the Curio website by curating an in-depth and intentional SEO model. Developed and led professional learning for virtual and face-to-face events.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Leveraged expertise in social media methodology and network mobilization to co-create campaigns to increase collaboration between workforce and education networks. Created systems for analyzing social media metrics that informed partner engagement strategy and social media communications. Created and facilitated social media training for HSG Teacher Fellows across the country.

Collaborated with Hope Street Group's (HSG) leadership team to promote intentionality for online engagement methods, building the vision and strategy for the organization in how best to leverage online platforms, and enhancing connections and relationships between educators across multiple states and geographic barriers.

Louisville, Kentucky

Served as a district Teacherpreneur teacher hybrid and Spanish Teacher for 3 years. Demonstrated an informed commitment to the World Language Department as a leader of curriculum development by leading peer to peer collaboration to develop a proficiency track to support the needs of all learners. Led a train the trainer cohort of district teacher leaders focused on engaging peers through virtual professional learning models and strategies.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Helped Sevenzo develop a direct-to-teacher outreach strategy through strategic development support. Data mined user interaction data to understand trends and pivot strategy based on engagement. Collaborated with and supported the executive team in the organization’s decision making process on an ongoing basis.

Seattle, Washington

Convened with 49 teachers from around the United States to support the development of the foundation’s strategies, shared advisory insights on how to implement that vision in schools and districts, and provided feedback and perspective as the Foundation led work in the education field.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Collaborating and working with a steering committee of teacher leaders from Kentucky in order to plan and facilitate an ECET2 (Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers) conference. It is a conference “by teachers for teachers” and enables all attendees to receive professional learning through colleague circles, keynote speakers, breakout sessions and networking.

Buckner, Kentucky

Served as a district teacher leader, Spanish teacher and professional learning community lead teacher for 12 years. Demonstrated an informed commitment to the World Language Department as a leader of professional learning by coaching community members through problems of practice and facilitating positive outcomes for educators and their students. Collaborated with other district departments and worked towards best practices for all students and building the capacity of peers to implement change models across the district.

Co-created a playbook for virtual engagement models. Facilitated conversation in a virtual platform which created a safe space for educators to share experiences, exchange ideas and refine new solutions to existing educational problems of practice.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Developed data-driven, non-partisan, state-wide education policy and practice initiatives with national and state partners based on Kentucky teacher perception data.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Facilitated virtual conversation between teachers nationally and from around the globe to learn with one another about how to create and sustain high-quality teaching feedback and professional learning systems.

National Board Certified Teacher, World Languages, Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood

Rank 1, Counselor Education/School Counseling And Guidance Services, Secondary

Master Of Education (Med), Counselor Education/School Counseling And Guidance Services

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology And Spanish