Resume

Qualifications/ Achievements

• Co-lead school-wide efforts to develop effective teaching strategies in order to improve school’s Academic Performance Index

• Created English Language Learner Master plan for Mount Diablo Unified School District

• Facilitated writing and reading workshops focusing on SDAIE methodologies and Kate Kinsella practices

• Modeled effective strategies and peer coached for staff developments

• Participated in various ELA content development and Common Core professional developments for grades K-12

• Created curriculum and taught intervention classes for CAHSEE and focused on BEST Practice

  Education and Certifications

• Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing: August 2015- present, Mills College, Oakland, CA
• Single Subject Clear Credential: August 2005-2009, Project Pipeline, Sacramento, CA

• Bachelor of Arts Degree English: August 2000-May 2003, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

• MFA Post Baccalaureate Creative Writing Program: August 2013- Present, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Employment/ Experience

• Contributing Writer, The Culture Trip SF,  Present
• Contributing Writer, The Campanil, Present
• Writing Consultant, February 2016- Present, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
• Research Assistant, August 2015-2016, Mills College, Oakland, CA
• Middle School Language Arts Teacher, August 2014- June 2015, American Canyon Middle School, American Canyon, CA
• High School English Teacher, August 2010-June 2013, Olympic High School, Concord, CA 94519
• Literacy Coach, August 2010-June 2013, Olympic High School, Concord, CA 94519
• English Teacher Equity Release October 2009-June 2010, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, Ca
• Middle School Language Arts Teacher June 2005-June 2009, Central Junior High School, Pittsburg, Unified School District

• Department Chair ELD August 2007-June 2009, Central Junior High School, Pittsburg, Unified School District
• 9th grade English Teacher June 2006-August 2006, Pittsburg High School, Pittsburg, Unified School District
• Teacher Adult ESL October 2006- May 2007, Pittsburg Adult Education Center, Pittsburg, Ca
• Teacher 8th grade Language Arts June 2004-May 2005, College Road Preparatory School, Vallejo, Ca
• Tutor Private English December 2004-June 2005, Vallejo, Ca
• Teacher Substitute June 2003-June 2004, Fairfield Suisun Unified School District, Fairfield, Ca, 94533
• Tutor AVID June 2000-May 2003, San Diego State University, San Diego, Ca

Volunteer Events

• Prospective Graduate Students Event 2016

• Off the Richer Scale: Writing from Life, Litquake, 2013

• Creative Writing and Medicine, California Institute of Integral Studies, Litquake, 2013

Topics Presented at Professional Trainings and Developments

• Strategies for Reading for English Language Learners, Mt. Diablo Unified, 2012

• Learning Strategies for Special Education Students, Mt. Diablo Unified, 2012

• Common Core Instruction, Mt. Diablo Unified, 2012

• Shakespeare in the Classroom, Mt. Diablo Unified, 2011

• Teaching Academic Vocabulary, San Francisco Unified, 2010

• Explicit Direct Instruction, San Francisco Unified, 2010

• Step Up to Writing: Five Paragraph Essay, Pittsburg Unified, 2008

Affiliations/ Memberships

• Association of Writers and Writers Programs 2016

• Litquake, San Francisco, 2012

• National Council of English Education, 2014

• California Teachers Association, 2005

• National Educators Association, 2005