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Delano, CA, US

Hidalgo Elementary School

Delano, California, United States

• Together with families and communities, KIPP Endeavor College Prep creates a joyful, academically excellent school that prepares students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose -- college.
• Oversee a $10.25MM school operating budget
• Manage a staff of 70 to deliver results on a TK-8 learning program centered on college for all
• Provide weekly professional development to all instructional staff
• Managing a complete in-person return of 600+ students amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Ensured the successful migration of staff, data, curriculum, and compliance reporting from ECP

Los Angeles, California, United States

• ECP's mission is to prepare TK-8 students with the academic skills, character traits, and intellectual discipline to excel as leaders in high school, college, and their communities.
• Lead, executed, and implemented the school-site merger project in collaboration with KIPP SoCal special project team members during the planning and migration phases.
• Served as liaison between KIPP SoCal Leadership, ECP Board members, and key stakeholders to ensure that organizational goals were met during merger.
• Managed and maintained a $9.7MM school budget and related financial needs
• Provided executive leadership and manage a team of 66 toward achieving school’s vision and academic goals
• Reported monthly to governing board of directors to ensure all organizational, financial, and operational goals are met

Los Angeles, CA

• Through rigorous curriculum, high-quality instruction, and positive character development, Excelencia Charter Academy prepares students in TK-8 for academic and personal excellence, leading to success in high school.
• Provided executive leadership and manage a team of 12 toward achieving school’s vision and academic goals
• Reported monthly to governing board of directors to ensure all organizational, financial, and operational goals are met
• Served as key representative to all school stakeholders
• Led school to achieve 67% proficiency in ELA and 81% in math in its first year of operation

Building Excellent Schools (BES) trains high-capacity individuals to take on the demanding and urgent work of leading high-achieving, college preparatory urban charter schools. The Fellowship - a rigorous, yearlong, comprehensive training program in urban charter school creation and leadership - has resulted in the establishment of more than 100 schools in.

Pharr, Texas

• Coach and develop seven math teachers, two ELA teachers, and five elective teachers through weekly observation and feedback cycles
• Manage teachers toward academic goals (23 on math section of ACT and 90% | 30% performance on STAAR)
• Monitor the daily performance of students to ensure 100% are on track for college
• Conduct weekly professional development for staff, which includes 38 teachers and five administrators

Rio Grande Valley, Texas

• Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding top college graduates, graduate students, and professionals who commit two years to teach in low-income urban and rural public schools.
• Taught 120 eighth grade students in Algebra I, using self-created curriculum, resulting in a 98% passing rate on the STAAR Algebra I EOC
• Wrote key content for the Re-imagined Intervention and Acceleration Model Pilot grant, resulting in an educational award of $166,000 for technology and software funding
• Developed and implemented IDEA Pharr College Preparatory’s first ever ACT Prep program
• Trained and coached new Algebra I hire on best practices, ensuring immediate and effective instructional outcomes
• Designed a rigorous Geometry curriculum and critically analyzed data after all formative and summative assessments

54 Essex Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

• Collaborated with the Director of College Counseling to address college access and equity issues among 125 high school seniors and juniors, particularly relating to first generation high school students seeking entry.
• Designed and implemented a series of college access sessions in a class setting
• Created detailed reports on PHA alumni using data amassed from previous years

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Facilitated sessions and provided support for the inaugural White House Hispanic Policy Conference and the Administration’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for Hispanics

Bachelor Of Science, Economics

Masters In Education, School Leadership

Masters In Education, Prevention Science And Practice