Senior Research Associate

• Nov 2022 - Present

Graduate Teaching Fellow Research Assistant

• Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

Harvard Kennedy SchoolResearch & Teaching Assistant to Professor Cornell William Brooks, Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice and Renowned ActivistAssist with HKS course: Race and Racism in Public Policies, Practices, and PerspectivesDuties:- Instructional design, Canvas platform manipulation, contribution to content inclusion, & general in- and out-of-class responsibilities for graduate level courses- Graduate student advising- Project/work assessments and feedback- Weekly planning meeting with instructional team Show less

Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement

• Jul 2022 - Present

Podcast Host, Producer

• Mar 2020 - Present

Racial Dialogue Facilitator, Antiracism Workshop Leader

• Aug 2017 - Present

Develop and lead curricula, workshops, and series on race, antiracism, and identity for educators and for adults outside the education world. Particularly beneficial for white adults. Provide training for educators (teachers and administrators) on how to incorporate race in the classroom. Design tailored programs/curricula for race work at the administrative and colleague level for a more collegial atmosphere. This is done in a well structured, professional manner where bias and privilege — conscious and unconscious — are discovered while setting remains a welcoming space. Show less

Director of Inclusivity and Innovation

• Nov 2021 - Aug 2022

Teaching Fellow

• Sep 2021 - Dec 2021

Support EdTech enthusiast Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies with courses: * Effectively Implementing Learning Technologies to Address Global and Local Challenges * Transforming Education through Emerging Technologies Duties: - Provide support with instructional design including multimedia video teaching productions, Canvas platform manipulation, Zoom, contributions to syllabus, & general in- and out-of-class responsibilities for graduate level courses - Graduate student advising and project/work assessments and feedback Show less

Visiting Expert

• Sep 2021 - Nov 2021

Seminar Instructor for Equity & Tech course Equity & Tech - a high school course focusing on equity/DEI & technology (foundational, current and future) where teens explore various components of each, look at their intersections and how they impact and influence each other, and consider their personal roles in this. Then, utilizing various forms of technology (from a series of Tweets to artwork to audio/video recordings), they design weekly constructions demonstrative of their personal understandings of their learnings. Assess students on skills and approach (i.e., agency, documentation, etc.) rather than grades. Show less

Dean’s Education Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Participated in weekly senior leadership team meetings in the Division of Equity, Strategy, & Opportunity Gaps Gathered research & designed survey to create professional development for district-mandated race and equity initiative Designed year-long, synchronous and asynchronous, technology-inclusive, multimodal, interactive PD for leaders of 125 schools serving 54,000+ students Curated list of professor & peer reviewed list of the most current + most relevant literature on education while considering the pandemic and equity Show less

Harvard Fellowship

• Mar 2021 - Jun 2021

DEIB Research and Project Manager, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

• Feb 2021 - May 2021

- Independent research on various DEIB projects, primarily on race and gender - Created/produced written and multimedia projects - Designed professional development - Independent research on various DEIB projects, primarily on race and gender - Created/produced written and multimedia projects - Designed professional development

Research Assistant - Poetic Justice Lab

• Feb 2021 - Mar 2021

The Poetic Justice group (PJ), founded by artist Ekene Ijeoma in Spring 2019, is a group of critical thinkers and makers who are exploring new forms of justice through art. The Poetic Justice group (PJ), founded by artist Ekene Ijeoma in Spring 2019, is a group of critical thinkers and makers who are exploring new forms of justice through art.

Teacher (PK, K, Middle School) / Equity Practitioner

• Sep 2009 - Aug 2020

PK3 - 8 independent day school in Washington, DC. PK3 - 8 independent day school in Washington, DC.

Journalist (Freelance, Written, Digital, & Audio-Visual)

• 2008 - 2013

Writing, Editing. Audio/Video editing, producing. Blogs. Graphic Design. Professional newsletters, products. Writing, Editing. Audio/Video editing, producing. Blogs. Graphic Design. Professional newsletters, products.

Producer (Morning Show); Asst. Production Director (cluster of 7 stations)

• Jan 2004 - Jul 2008

Reporter / Staff Writer

• Oct 2002 - Feb 2008

Editor

• Jan 2005 - Jan 2006