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Designed standards-aligned lesson plans for use in social studies and ELA classrooms in districts across the nation. Reviewed and edited other contributors' lesson designs to ensure they are rigorous, scaffolded, and meet editing and formatting guidelines. Incorporated ELL strategies and extension activities to support and engage all learners.

San Jose, California

Designed and implemented medieval world history curriculum for 100 students from primarily low-income and immigrant populations in southeast San Jose.Led restorative circles, small group reteach sessions, after-school clubs and tutorials, and parent-teacher conferences in English and Spanish.Developed a new role as our school’s first ‘Illuminator’ to support staff members with implementation of data-driven instruction by leading professional development and individual coaching sessions.

Buda, Tx

Designed and implemented student-centered curriculum for 6th-8th grade social studies and language arts, with 3 social studies classes and 2 language arts classes each year.Collaborated with university faculty to plan lessons based on current historical research, historical archives, and use of historians’ methods.Led book donation drive that culminated in donations of over 1,800 books to school library in 4 months.Contributed to school community through sponsorship of new student council program, tutoring, and coaching.

Notre Dame, Indiana

Work with university students on improving arguments, structure, and style of essays and papers. Lead workshops on improving specific elements of student writing and for completing tasks such as writing an effective personal statement.Presented "Changing the Subject: How Can Writing Centers Meet The Writing Needs Of Individual Disciplines?” at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Tampa, FL on November 1, 2013.

Notre Dame, In

Selected to participate in the Kellogg Institute's International Scholars program.Researched link between Islam and democratization. Compiled database of elected Latin American heads of state.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote profiles of democracy activists for the celebration of NED's 30th AnniversaryAnswered Freedom of Information Act RequestsCompiled media lists for NED eventsHelped set up for events hosted by the NED in our office

Costa Rica

Worked as a volunteer English teacher in a rural town of about 200 people. Taught 4 classes of 2-16 students for 40 minutes a day.

Wrote for UND.com as well as Notre Dame Football game-day programsInterviewed various Notre Dame athletesUtilized 'live blogging' technology to provide live coverage of Notre Dame soccer games

Compiled database of member companies and employment informationAttended Congressional hearings and meetings with staffersSummarized new policy initiatives and their importance to the organization

Analyzed current bills before Congress and provided co-sponsorship recommendationsSummarized key points from policy briefings into short briefs for senior staff members

Master Of Education (M.Ed.) Through The Alliance For Catholic Education Program

Awarded the Beyond All Disciplines ACE Social Studies Community Service Award - 2015-2016 Presented "Unpacking the Nitty Gritty of Student.

Bachelor, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, Resident Assistant, WVFI DJ