As the Site Director at School Connect Washington I oversee the daily operations and programming of the after-school program, ensuring a safe, enriching, and supportive environment for students. This position requires a dynamic leader with strong organizational, interpersonal, and management skills, dedicated to promoting academic success, personal growth, and community engagement among program participants.

As a Youth Mentor at African Community Housing & Development, I shared a pivotal role in providing guidance, support, and mentorship to young individuals within the African community. Being a Youth Mentor requires a compassionate, culturally sensitive individual who is committed to empowering youth and helping them navigate various challenges they may face. As a mentor I established trusting relationships with youth participants, serving as a positive role model and mentor. I facilitated workshops and activities aimed at developing essential professional development skills such as resume building, career navigating, higher education opportunities, and scholarship searching.

• Demonstrated the ability to serve as an effective advocate for student success. • Established partnerships with Childhaven and Cooper House to provide a wide range of family resources; including wrap around behavioral therapy services, and trauma-informed child counseling.• Facilitated conferences with families and support specialists to design actionable plans with an emphasis to ease the transition for students who are entering kindergarten. Utilized informed judgment and maintained a high level of confidentiality.• Collaborated with a mentor who specializes in outdoor education and holistic learning to improve classroom management strategies for on-site staff. • Led tours for prospective families who showed an interest in outdoor education.• Continuously improved our operational outdoor space to accommodate our classroom's needs.• Developed lessons centered on play-based experiential learning and environmental education. • Provided ongoing communication and support to families via Storypark.• Worked in conjunction with AM community based organizations such as Little Wildlings, Tiny Trees, Columbia City Preschool to provide full day programming to families.

• Supported students' interests in reading with the use of multimodal art, and texts.• Identified students' literacy development through evaluations and assessments.• Encouraged students' listening, speaking, reading, writing and critical thinking skills using media.

• Collaborated with colleagues to develop connected learning experiences for students.• Designed accessible hybrid activities that aligned with Seattle Public Schools Amplify curriculum and Seesaw platform.• Demonstrated an awareness and understanding of concerns and issues experienced by underrepresented and marginalized populations. Partnered with local organizations to provide resources to families mitigating the impacts of Covid-19.

• Developed placed based learning experiences through activities focused on human impact on the environment, stewardship and living in a community.• Intentionally designed opportunities for 4th - 6th grade students to engage across boundaries, navigate their own learning and explore science.• Integrated, experiential curriculum combining science, technology and the arts allows individuals with different learning styles and aptitudes to succeed.

• Developed provocations based on the Reggio Emilia Philosophy and Creative Curriculum.• Recorded and collected documentation on children's developmental progress.• Strengthened community and family partnerships through ongoing parent engagement.

• Generated and implemented multifaceted lessons designed to target individual student's needs.• Led field trips on Sasebo's Navy base as well as within the Nagasaki region.• Formed a sense of community among school age children and Navy CYP staff.

• Cultivated a sense of community among peers while overseas to get on-site learning experience focusing on the region with the largest populations of Chinese in the global diaspora.• Investigated cultural roots and learned how immigration accelerated expansion in China.• Made cross-cultural examinations with local students from the Guangdong province.

• Developed and successfully completed an independent study model centered on community engagement and youth advocacy with mentorship from Riverways Education Partnerships founder Christine Stickler.• Created activities for a independent research project with a focus group of kindergarten through 5th grader students with emergent literacy skills• Collected observational samples and conducted informal assessments of students’ learning.

• Direct experience working with students in an educational setting. Taught primarily elementary students from June - August each summer.• Assisted lead teachers with curriculum design, event planning, and parent liaison. • Developed activities that prepared students to transition into the upcoming school year.

• Maintained excellent communication skills and ability to prioritize and reprioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.• Developed literacy through photography lesson plans for large groups of 3rd graders• Facilitated in-class art projects and directed a spring studio showcase