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• Developed and maintained expertise on key concepts for Amplify’s English and Spanish Language Arts Literacy programs and its related professional development offerings• Delivered remote and onsite professional development for 30-40 educators during the Ready for School summer season• Understood customer’s unique contexts and delivered professional development to meet their needs• Engaged in internal professional development (being observed, receiving feedback, and being coached) to consistently deliver excellent professional development• Tracked and completed deliverables related to session logistics in a timely manner

Mission Viejo, California, United States

• Planned and delivered lessons that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards,and Dual Language Immersion curriculum.• Assisted in planning and development of curriculum through a Professional LearningCommunity model.• Provided thematic and interdisciplinary units of study.• Provided research based instructional strategies that facilitate the learning of asecond language through cooperative learning, visuals, manipulatives, contextclues and any other student-center strategy to facilitate comprehension withoutthe use of direct translation.• Use differentiation for both content and language outcomes.• Provide on-going monitoring, both formative and summative assessments inEnglish and the target language (Spanish).

Costa Mesa, California, United States

• Planned and delivered lessons that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards,and Dual Language Immersion curriculum.• Assisted in planning and development of curriculum through a Professional LearningCommunity model.• Provided thematic and interdisciplinary units of study.• Provided research based instructional strategies that facilitate the learning of asecond language through cooperative learning, visuals, manipulatives, contextclues and any other student-center strategy to facilitate comprehension withoutthe use of direct translation.• Use differentiation for both content and language outcomes.• Provide on-going monitoring, both formative and summative assessments inEnglish and the target language (Spanish).

Riverside, California, United States

• Planned and delivered lessons that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards,and Dual Language Immersion curriculum.• Assisted in planning and development of curriculum through a Professional LearningCommunity model.• Provided thematic and interdisciplinary units of study.• Provided research based instructional strategies that facilitate the learning of asecond language through cooperative learning, visuals, manipulatives, contextclues and any other student-center strategy to facilitate comprehension withoutthe use of direct translation.• Use differentiation for both content and language outcomes.• Provide on-going monitoring, both formative and summative assessments inEnglish and the target language (Spanish).

San Jose, California, United States

•Coached and trained AmeriCorps members around literacy tutoring and general work in schools •Managed school’s intervention program, after-school homework center, and enrichment program which served two hundred first-grade through fifth-grade students who progressed one and one-half grade levels in one year.•Coordinated state testing, scoring, and reporting program and trained twenty-three teachers and ten paraprofessionals in best practices.•Supported teachers through peer coaching cycles•Instructed students in grades 2-4 and 6 in reading, writing, and math using thematic units and English language development embedded strategies•Facilitated 2nd grade’s grade-level collaboration meetings as the grade level lead

Menlo Park, Ca

• Define platform feature request requirements curated from analytics• Triage Zendesk support queries (600+ weekly) submitted by over 2,500 end users across 40 states to appropriate engineering and customer support teams for resolution• Identify feature requests and user trends• Categorize engineering tasks using Asana, Zendesk, and Slack within usability design, feature improvements, and future product opportunities• Rotational captain of a 9 person team in charge of delegating work and triaging tasks• Participate in brainstorms for the Summit Platform

San Jose, Ca

-Instructed students in the 90/10 bilingual model using a broad range of differentiated techniques including Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) strategies -80% of students met or exceeded learning targets and progress in language acquisition-Facilitated the site's discipline committee and represented our site at the district level literacy committee

San Francisco, Ca

•Identified and interviewed district leaders about their district’s human resource needs•Saved the organization $10,000 by creating a risenetwork.org User Guide for school principals •Developed and maintained program budget of $150,000 that supported the strategic plan•Lead and managed regional fundraising efforts, built philanthropic support through cultivation of local foundations, corporate donors, and private individuals.•Lead all program quality improvement efforts and participated in quarterly and annual planning activities in order to continually assess and enhance RISE’s value to Partner Schools.

San Jose, Ca

•Increased level of cultural understanding among twenty teacher-education graduate students as evidenced by pre and post survey data.•Organized, prepared, and regularly updated all course materials which led to above average satisfaction ratings on course evaluations.

Santa Monica, Ca

•Trained one hundred clients to develop career plans and obtain their career goals.•Increased job placements by 50% within 6 months and expanded client base from 80 to 300 in 10 months which led to a savings of thousands of dollars in government benefit payments.

Master Of Science - Ms, Instructional Design And Technology

Furthering my skills and knowledge in the direct application of technology in teaching, training, education and curriculum development.

Ba, American Studies

Activities and Societies: Ravenswood Stanford Tutoring Program Barrio Assistance Mujeres at Stanford Co-Chair Dormitory Theme Assistant.

Ma, Educational Leadership