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Writer for No. 1 source for professional women's soccer news. Cover NWSL and international soccer, including features about players and trends.

School counselor overseeing approximately 200 students at Claremont's public high school.

Currently write a weekly high school sports column (www.gametimect.com) and serve as Yale basketball beat writer.Previously covered various high school and college sports and served as sports editor for several weekly newspapers owned by the New Haven Register.

Worked primarily in International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences with counselors, teachers, and administrators to perform duties such as college preparation (including Naviance, Common App, and FAFSA), individual and group counseling (mindfulness and executive functioning groups), comprehensive classroom guidance lessons, standardized test preparation, class scheduling, scheduling and overseeing Section 504 meetings, and PPTs.Also helped with College and Career Center and with school… Show more Worked primarily in International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences with counselors, teachers, and administrators to perform duties such as college preparation (including Naviance, Common App, and FAFSA), individual and group counseling (mindfulness and executive functioning groups), comprehensive classroom guidance lessons, standardized test preparation, class scheduling, scheduling and overseeing Section 504 meetings, and PPTs.Also helped with College and Career Center and with school counseling team in PSAT and SAT preparation and with athletic teams such as softball. Show less

School counseling practicum student for local middle school (grades 6-8).Worked primarily with eighth grade, doing comprehensive guidance classroom lessons, individual, and group counseling. Also did ninth grade scheduling for the following school year (2016-17), helped with Section 504 meetings and PPTs, and worked with administrators and other faculty on strategies for ease transition to high school and improve school climate.

Assisted teachers in modifying and implementing curriculum for special education students in inclusion classes.Staff Member of the Year 2012-13, District Paraeducator of Year and Nominee for state award, 2013-14 Worked one-on-one with severely disabled student from 2010-2014. Student was valedictorian for Class of 2014.Assisted with Unified Sports program, both in coaching and with directing and refereeing home events.Girls varsity soccer coach at school from 2012-2016… Show more Assisted teachers in modifying and implementing curriculum for special education students in inclusion classes.Staff Member of the Year 2012-13, District Paraeducator of Year and Nominee for state award, 2013-14 Worked one-on-one with severely disabled student from 2010-2014. Student was valedictorian for Class of 2014.Assisted with Unified Sports program, both in coaching and with directing and refereeing home events.Girls varsity soccer coach at school from 2012-2016, previously coached tennis and basketball Show less

Lead columnist for national college basketball website www.midmajority.com, primarily writing features by traveling around the country and reporting on mid-major Division I basketballAttended 540 games in four seasons from 2012-2016When The Mid-Majority became defunct, wrote for NYC Buckets (www.nycbuckets.com) the last two seasonsHave written statistical and tactical columns for websites about styles and manners of play, as well as strengths and weaknesses of various methods and… Show more Lead columnist for national college basketball website www.midmajority.com, primarily writing features by traveling around the country and reporting on mid-major Division I basketballAttended 540 games in four seasons from 2012-2016When The Mid-Majority became defunct, wrote for NYC Buckets (www.nycbuckets.com) the last two seasonsHave written statistical and tactical columns for websites about styles and manners of play, as well as strengths and weaknesses of various methods and players Show less

Wrote about MLS and international soccer for now defunct website.

In charge of soccer program with 45 girls on both varsity and junior varsityAll-time wins leader at school, team won conference regular season title in 2011, sportsmanship award from area officials in 2007.Also coached at East Haven from 2012-2016, winning school's first ever division title in 2012, set program record for wins in both 2014 and 2015New Haven Register Coach of the Year 2015Coached middle school aged basketball, soccer, and baseball in West Haven from 1992-2002

Taught world history and geography to sixth and seventh graders at middle school of approximately 1,000 students .Also coordinated National Geographic geography bee and ran chess clubWorked with administrators on School Climate Committee to reduce disciplinary referrals and suspensionsCoached girls basketball team and was in charge of intramural sports

Began working for 8-week summer camp at age of 15, and was director of camp nine years later.For five years, worked at and ran baseball camp at Painter ParkAdvanced to be Junior Counselor in Training director, training young counselors who would begin work the following yearWas director of baseball camp from 1997-98Also helped run summer basketball league and various events, officiated several sports in adult town leagues