Summary

With a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, experience in the classroom and with clubs, and extensive extracurricular involvement including grants, research, workshops, professional development, athletics, and clubs, I bring a wide variety of experience and knowledge to my roles as a teacher, researcher, and advocate.

Education
Ph.D. Educational Leadership, May 2019
  • Research focused on inclusive and equitable learning environments
  • Northwest Nazarene University (Nampa, ID)

Ed.S. Educational Leadership, May 2016
  • Northwest Nazarene University (Nampa, ID)
  • Building Administration
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M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction, May 2015
  • Northwest Nazarene University (Nampa, ID)
  • Action Research Paper: Comprehensible Input: Which activities do students find most helpful?
  • Teaching Certification (December 2012)
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​B.A. Spanish and Psychology, August 2011
  • Boise State University (Boise, ID)
  • Cum Laude

licenses & Certifications
National Boards Certification: World Language - Spanish
  • Expected December 2019
Building Administrator
  • Licensed (WA)
Secondary Spanish
  • Licensed (WA, OR, NV)
Middle-Level Mathematics
  • Licensed (WA)
Social Studies, Advanced Mathematics
  • Expected August, 2019 (WA)

Professional Experience
Spanish Teacher                                      August 2018 - Present
Kelso High School, Kelso School District, Kelso, WA
  • Piloted standards-based grading
  • Researched and piloted proficiency-based curricula
  • Advisor for Genders and Sexualities Alliance (GSA)

Spanish Teacher                                      August 2016 - June 2018
Liberty Middle School, Skyridge Middle School, & Hayes-Freedom High School, Camas School District, Camas, WA
  • Developed proficiency-based programs at three schools
  • Co-advisor for Alliance (Student activism club)
  • Attended Coaching Pathway for leadership development
  • Designed and taught after-school elementary Spanish course

Spanish and Psychology Teacher         August 2013 – June 2016
Somerset Academy Sky Pointe, Somerset Academy, Las Vegas, NV
  • Administrative internship with varying leadership roles and responsibilities, including professional development, coordination of programs, management, discipline, etc.
  • Designed and taught TPRS-based Spanish courses at all levels (sixth grade through AP), as well as AP Psychology
  • Extensive extracurricular involvement (i.e. organization and coaching of the cross country and soccer teams, yearbook adviser, and leading an international trip to Costa Rica)

Latino Culture Teacher                                             Summer 2013
TRiO Upward Bound, Boise State University, Boise, ID 
  • Developed and taught student-driven Latino Culture course
  • Collaborated and attended enrichment activities such as visiting college and community-building workshops
  • Worked with students traditionally labeled as “at-risk”, including students of color, those from low-income families, and whose parents did not attend college
  • Partnered with local Spanish-speaking community, including dance class and visiting Latino-owned businesses
  • Paraprofessional and after-school tutor for mathematics

Scholarship, Presentations, & Workshops
Research
  • Ignore the Textbook: A Phenomenological Investigation of the Experiences of Transgender Including Nonbinary Student Experiences in Spanish Language Courses (2019; Doctoral Dissertation)
  • Comprehensible Input: Which activities do students find most helpful? (2015; Master’s Action Research Thesis)
Presentations and Workshops
  • One By One (2017); Evergreen Public Schools; Comprehensible Input presentation and workshop; full-day
  • Comprehensible Cascadia Collaboration (2016); Comprehensible Cascadia; hosted monthly collaboration workshops for world language teachers in the Cascadia region
  • Spanish Teacher Consortium (2015); Somerset Academy Professional Development; two 2hr workshops to set Spanish standards for K-12 in all of the Somerset Las Vegas schools
  • Comprehensible Input – Curriculum and Strategies (2014); Somerset Academy Professional Development; 2hr workshop
  • Foreign Languages – Staying in the Target Language (2013); Somerset Academy Professional Development; 1hr workshop

Awards & Distinctions
Grant - DonorsChoose.org (2019, $573). Button maker and supplies for Genders and Sexualities Alliance.

Grant - Kelso Public Schools Foundation (2018; $495). Spanish novels for the school library.

Grant - Camas Educational Foundation (2018; $1984). Spanish novels for three school libraries.

Grant - Friends of Red Rock Bus Grant (2014; $475).  Transportation costs for educational field trips to the Red Rock National Conservation Area.

​Grant - DonorsChoose.org (2014; $850). Readers for Spanish class library.

Professional Development
Trauma-Informed Practices (2019)

​ACTFL Writing Familiarization Training (2019)

Comprehensible Cascadia (2018)

Camas School District Coaching Pathway (2016-2017)

WAFLT/COFLT Fall Conference (2016)

Comprehensible Cascadia Day of Sharing (2016)

Kagan Structures for Engagement (2015-2016)

Reflective Practice Studio Residency (2015-2016)

AP Summer Institute: AP Spanish Language & Culture (2015)

AP Summer Institute: AP Psychology (2015)

Love and Logic (2014)

​TPRS three-day workshop and semester-long student teaching practicum (2012)

COMMITTEES and Activities
Vice President of Clark County Executive Horse Council (2019-Present), Chair of Daybreak Park Committee and park adoption (2018-Present), Clark County, WA

Advisor of Genders and Sexualities Alliance (GSA; Student activism club) (2018-Present), Kelso High School

Co-Advisor of Alliance (Gay-Straight Alliance; Student activism club) (2016-2018), Liberty Middle School

Co-Chair of the Reflective Practice Professional Development Committee (2015-2016), Somerset Academy Sky Pointe

​Athletic Director/Coach for MS/HS Cross Country and Soccer Programs (2013-2016), Somerset Academy Sky Pointe

Professional Memberships
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)