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Education

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Certifications

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Education Experience

4^th Grade Teacher, Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, August 2023-June 2025

• Taught math, science, and meta-cognition to 100 bilingual students
• Worked with team to modify curriculum and instruction to support diverse learning needs among students including providing academic support, providing academic extension opportunities, and supporting English language acquisition
• Planned lessons, managed classes, created assessments, collected and used data from formative and summative assessments to inform whole group and small group instruction

4^th Grade and 5^th Grade Teacher, Brookwood Elementary, Houston, TX, August 2019-June 2021

• Taught 70+ academically and linguistically diverse learners in person and online
• Planned, assessed, and managed classes, displayed sensitivity to nuance and verbal precision
• Identified and tested student reading comprehension level resulting in consistent noted improvement
• Spent one year teaching 4th grade core subjects and one teaching 5th grade ELA and social studies

Grade 9 Secondary Education English Teacher Specialist, Peace Corps, Tigray, Ethiopia, June 2017-March 2019

• Collaborated to create a baseline speaking, writing, and listening assessment for Peace Corps English students 
• Co-facilitated an English summer camp with Peace Corps volunteers and local counterparts, managed grants, consistently exceeded target goals
• Trained 15 Peace Corps pre-service teachers and served as a representative of the Program Action Council
• Taught 150+ students, planned, assessed, and managed classes, displayed sensitivity to nuance and verbal precision, demonstrated effective time management in teaching and other project responsibilities

English Teaching Assistant, Lycée Mathias, Chalon-sur-Saône, France, September 2014-May 2015

• Individually and collaboratively taught English language and culture to high school and post-BAC students

Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2021- May 2023

• Taught EN 121: English Composition for Non-Native Speakers, taught multilingual students how to go through the process of researching and writing a research paper including an annotated bibliography, the drafting process of a research paper, multi-modal presentation of their research, and reflections, conferenced with students individually to improve genre mastery, English usage, and overall writing skills
• Co-taught EN 101: First Year Writing, taught writing skills in multiple genres with a focus on improving critical thinking, rhetorical strategies, the writing process, and reflecting on writing, conferenced with students individually to improve genre mastery and overall writing skills
• Worked with advisor on longitudinal study on writing teacher development

Writing Center Assistant Director and Tutor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2021- May 2023

• Planned, led, and facilitated writing workshops across campus
• Supported tutors and clients
• Revised and edited writing in in multiple genres
• Gave clients carefully considered constructive feedback to improve aspects of clients’ writing such as theme, logical consistency, attention to detail, clarity, and adherence to English or French writing conventions
• Worked with 50+ clients and received consistent positive feedback

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Other Experience

Learning and Training Intern, TechSoup, June 2022- Present

• I collaborated with the People and Culture team to review, curate, and create training content. I worked on several development maps that provide curated resources for people managers to improve in development areas defined by TechSoup through education, experience, and exposure.

Underwriting Operations Technician, NORCAL Mutual, Austin, Texas, October 2015- December 2016

• Managed client application data, corresponded with clients and third-party providers, tested new application submission software, designed training flowcharts to visualize internal workflows and processes, converted policy data from company acquisition, tracked progress in Excel

Receptionist, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Webster, TX, Summer 2014

• Completed special project to reorganize records room and create a database of the filing system, completed routine administration duties, managed security and assisting guests

Volunteer/Intern, Ronald McDonald House, Galveston, Texas, Summer 2013

• Updated client and donor database system, created videos of the house for Ronald McDonald House Charities, taught lessons in the organization’s classroom

Tasting Representative, Palaterra Tastings, Houston and Austin, Texas, 2015-2017, 2021

• Conducting wine tastings around Texas, promoted various contracted brands, used product knowledge and interpersonal skills to successfully work with hundreds of customers and sell dozens of varieties of wine

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Conference Presentations

“ELF-Awareness Training: A Curriculum for an ELF Teacher Training,” University of Alabama Language Conference. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 2022

“Personal Statement Writing for Reluctant Writers,” International Writing Center Association Conference. Vancouver, BC, October 2022

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Honors and Awards

Honors College, Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in International Studies, Hoskins Philosophy Essay Award, Phi Beta Kappa

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Skills

Computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, Google G Suite, Adobe Creative Cloud, various Learning Management Systems

Language skills: French, Spanish, Tigrinya  

Other skills: Curriculum development, TELPAS, BAS testing, standards-based learning progressions, leading professional development trainings, e-Learning, proofreading, needs analysis, cross-cultural communication and collaboration

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