Experience

The Art Students League of New York

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Monitor, Pat Lipsky's Abstraction in the 20th/ 21st Century course

  • Sep 2023 - Present



I Am Sara Artist NYC

• New York, New York, United States

• Emerging Artist/ Abstract Expressionist Painter

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  I am an emerging artist & painter, studying at the Art Students League in New York City. I am an emerging artist & painter, studying at the Art Students League in New York City.



Sara Is Styling

• New York City / Westchester / Long Island

• Freelance Stylist & Social Media Guru

  • Aug 2017 - Sep 2023

  IG: @themanhattan007 IG: @themanhattan007



Nordstrom

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Associate & Menswear Stylist

  • Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

  Sales Associate & Mens Tailored Clothing Stylist at Nordstrom Men’s, 57th street at Columbus Circle, 2nd floor. Brand new IG: @themanhattan007 Sales Associate & Mens Tailored Clothing Stylist at Nordstrom Men’s, 57th street at Columbus Circle, 2nd floor. Brand new IG: @themanhattan007



Nordstrom

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Independent Stylist & Personal Shopper

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  Work out of Nordstrom’s flagship Studio Services in NYC. Personal Shopper flying to executive clients in New York, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, SF and Miami and well as Los Angeles. Specializing in: 𓁹 Edgy, urban professional wardrobes for C-suite individuals. 𓁹 Ultra luxe feminine looks for women executives. 𓁹 Men’s custom suiting. 𓁹 Styling musicians. 𓁹 Creative direction, location scouting, on-set fashion styling for photo shoots. 𓁹 Using ethnography to inform personal brand & social media consulting. Show less



Vassar College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar, Anthropology

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2017

  Courses • The Politics of Language in Schools and Society • Adolescent Literacy • Senior Seminar: The Anthropology of Education • The Adolescent in American Society PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Edwards, Sara (2016). Youths' and schools' practices in hyper-diverse contexts. American Education Research Journal. Edwards, Sara & Appelgate, M. (2016). Working Downstream: A beginning ESL teacher negotiating practice and policy. Language Policy 15(1), 27-47. Hopkins, M., Edwards, Sara, & Morales, P. (2016). Responsive Federal Policy for Bi/Multilingual Students. Education Law and Policy Review. SELECT PRESENTATIONS (*select) International & National "Racism and ethnography at a time of political and policy upheaval." Paper presented for Stephen May's panel on Critical Ethnography, AAAL in Portland, OR, March 2017. "A day in the life of a multilingual young person." Paper presented at AAA, Minneapolis, November 2016. "Linguistic Landscapes in Queens, NY & Los Angeles, CA." Paper presented for the Language, Education and Diversity conference, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2015. SERVICE Academic Profession ¬ Reviewer, AERA Div. G: Social Contexts in Education, 2016 ¬ AAA-Council of Anthropology and Education, proposal reviewer, 2014 ¬ Co-chair, International Issues in Education, Council of Anthropology & Education, 2012- 2014 ¬ AERA Bilingual SIG, proposal reviewer, 2012 ¬ AAA-Council of Anthropology and Education, proposal reviewer, 2012 ¬ Internal Reviewer, Anthropology of Education Quarterly, 2014-2016 ¬ Manuscript Reviewer: Urban Education Department and University ¬ Freshman Writing Committee, Vassar College, 2015-2016 Show less



National Academy of Education/ Spencer Foundation

• Washington DC & National

• National Academy of Education/ Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  National postdoctoral fellow. After a rigorous process, I was invited to join a select group of national-level, premier scholars. We worked on contemporary social science issues (like race, poverty, immigration) and their impact on public education in the United States. My rich, ethnographic study used participant observation, video and audio “follows”, surveys, document analysis and interviews looked at the impact of localized, race-neutral policy shifts in New York City education on global, mostly racial minority, multilingual immigrant communities. My findings were that in the absence of national, state, and local education policy that was culturally-relevant for their students, “teachers became policy-makers.” This played out in a context were only 39% of young people who were immigrant and racial minorities graduated from high school. I examined 3 social phenomena/patterns in the data: how teachers “resisted,” “subverted,” and “made” policy decisions in their classrooms, particularly around high stakes tests that limited their students’ potential to graduate. I made new contributions to research by engaging youth as co-researchers. Youth created surveys for their fellows students, translated them into 5 languages and analyzed the data with me. I presented results of “Teachers As Policy Makers” (2016) study at the National Academy of Education’s Annual Meeting, and to groups of policymakers, educators and other public groups nationally and internationally. Show less



University of Hawaii at Manoa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor, Anthropologist with specialties in sociolinguistics & language policy

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2014

  CHAPTERS, REVIEWS, ESSAYS Edwards, Sara (2018). Invited chapter for Orellana, M. and Garcia, I. (eds.) Everyday Learning: Leveraging Non-Dominant Youth Language and Culture in Schools. Edwards, Sara (2018). Invited chapter for Pacheco, M. and Morales, L. (eds). Transforming Schooling for Second Language Learners: Policies, Pedagogies, Practices. Information Age Publishing. SERVICE State/Regional ¬ Co-director, Policy advisory group for immigrant and EL education in the state of Hawaii, 2012- 2014 ¬ Member, Hawaii Language Council on Policy and Planning, 2014-current University ¬ Curriculum Planning Committee, College of Education, University of Hawai'i, 2012-2014 ¬ Elementary Education ELL Hiring Committee, 2013 Show less



Free University, NYC & Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA

• LA & NYC

• Multiculturalism Advocate and Community Organizer

  • May 2005 - Aug 2012

  I did community organizing work in the South Pacific, Los Angeles and New York City. I also wrote a blog called Passionate People - blog on race, culture and education. https://cultureraceimmigration.wordpress.com/author/chmalsbary/ I did community organizing work in the South Pacific, Los Angeles and New York City. I also wrote a blog called Passionate People - blog on race, culture and education. https://cultureraceimmigration.wordpress.com/author/chmalsbary/



The Fulbright Program

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fulbright Scholar, Middle East

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Bilateral summer Fulbright scholar to the Middle East. Bilateral summer Fulbright scholar to the Middle East.



NYC Department of Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Middle & High School Educator, Humanities & Writing

  • Jul 2003 - Jul 2007



The Alkazi Galleries

• United States
• Artists and Writers

• Archival & Curatorial Assistant

  • Apr 2000 - Apr 2001