Summary of Professional Experience

 Professional Roles: 

• Director of Learning Support, New England Innovation Academy

• Director of Tutorials, Hillside School

• Teaching Roles:

  • Grades 6-9 Wellbeing, New England Innovation Academy

  • Grades 6-8 Writing, New England Innovation Academy

  • Grades 6-9 Executive Functioning, New England Innovation Academy

  • Grade 8 English as a Second Language, Hillside School

  • Grade 8 English, Hillside School

  • Grades 6-9 Foundations of Language, Hillside School

  • Grades 6-9 Executive Functioning, Hillside School

  • Reading Intervention Specialist, Manhattan College 

  • Grade 4 General Curriculum, Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls

  • Grades 9-12 French Teaching Practicum, Amherst-Pelham Regional High School

• Educational Consultant and Tutor, Private Practice

• High School Outreach Manager, The Princeton Review

• Training Specialist, Kumon Education Inc. 

• Curriculum Consultant and Designer, LitLife

Certifications:

• Certified Dyslexia Specialist, Dyslexia Training Institute (Pending, expected Oct, 2024)

• Orton-Gillingham Subscriber Level Certification, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators

• Grades 6-12 English as a Second Language, Massachusetts Department of Education (Pending upon completion of MTEL)

• Grades 6-12 French, Massachusetts Department of Education

• Certified Academic Coach, National Tutoring Association

• Certified Academic Tutor, National Tutoring Association

Professional Development and Training:

• Annual Privilege Walk workshop, The Diversity Movement

• Body Positive Fundamentals workshop, The Body Positive

• Human Centered Design workshop, New England Innovation Academy

• Integrative Curriculum Design workshop, New England Innovation Academy

• Just Words workshop, Wilson Language

• Introductory Wilson Reading System workshop, Wilson Language

Education:

• Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics: UMass Boston

• Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in French and Francophone Studies and Education and Child Studies: Smith College

Non-Certified Courses:

• Elementary Arabic, Manhattan College

• Elementary Spanish, Manhattan College

• French Translation, Manhattan College

• Vietnamese Language and Culture, Thai Nguyen University of Education

• Vietnamese Language, Vietnam National University

• Theater of the Oppressed, Theater of the Oppressed NYC

Awards and Recognitions:

• Headmaster’s Award, Hillside School

• Drinkwater Sisters Award for Excellence in Education, Hillside School

• Golden Key International Honor Society, UMass Boston

• Fulbright-Hays Grant Recipient, Fulbright Program

Conferences:

• Panelist Speaker: Neuroscience of Learning and Classroom Implications, OESIS Conference

• The Scholar and Feminist: Action on Education, Barnard College

• Educators’ Interfaith Conference at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Manhattan College

• Women’s Leadership Conference, University of Maryland

• LEAP Sophomore Leadership Challenge Conference, Smith College

Professional Memberships:

• International Dyslexia Association, Member

• Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners, Member

• SMARTS-EF, Member

Professional Committees:

• Chair, Program Standard Committee for New England Innovation Academy, New England Association for Schools and Colleges

• Staff Committee, New England Innovation Academy

• Academic Curriculum Team, New England Innovation Academy

• Student Support Team, New England Innovation Academy