Experience

Future Urban Leaders

• United States
• Philanthropy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Milwaukee Public Schools

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

• District Mentor Teacher

  • Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

  - Implemented various coaching cycles for 25 new educators (K5 thru 12th grade) at seven schools in the district.- Pulled focus of mentorship towards offering equitable instruction for all students.- Administered coaching cycles focused on professional growth in areas such as creating culturally responsive classroom culture, relationship building with different communities, collaboration with colleagues, developing creative and engaging lessons, and unpacking learned biases embedded in years of practice.- Collaborated with school leadership (administrators, school support teachers, department leads) on developing coaching models tailored specifically for individual teachers.- Conducted a monthly book club for 12 district educators, where we analyzed and proactively discussed Gloria Ladson-Billings’s “The Dreamkeepers”.- Coordinated seasonal team gatherings for my team of colleagues, where they were highlighted for various successes.

• Special Education Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2021

  •Founder of the Culturally Competent Collective which consists of eleven Golda Meir School educators who met monthly to develop professional development activities designed to unpack the explicit and implicit biases held by members of our school community (staff, students, and parents).•Curator of the inaugural Black Lives Matter Hallway Exhibition that used the Black History Month platform to inform the school community (staff, students, and parents) about activism through the lens of history, film, music, and math.•Architect behind Golda Meir's annual Historical Black College University tour conducted during the spring semester:  Tour includes 40-45 high school students (freshmen through juniors).  Tour is a 6-day 5-night excursion through the southern United States.  Tour includes visits to Historical Black Colleges and Universities such as Morehouse College, Spelman College, North Carolina A&T, Xavier University-Louisiana, Hampton University, Tuskegee University, and Howard University. We also visit historical sites such as city of Selma, the 16th Street Baptist Church, Boone Plantation, Evergreen Plantation, the Dexter Parsonage Museum in Montgomery, AL, and The National Museum of African American History and Culture.•Collaborative instructor for in-person high school math courses with enrollments of 30+ students for 50-minute periods using a combination of co-teaching strategies to best accommodate varied learning abilities of students: parallel teaching, small group instruction, and team-teaching models.•Counseled a caseload of 15-20 Special Education students through academic and social development during the academic year.



NewRoot Learning Institute

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Upward Bound Academic Advisor

  • Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

  •Contributed Upward Bound program reports to weekly meetings of the Sophomore Small Learning Community teachers, where discussions included student academic progress, discipline referrals, and school-wide initiatives to push forth high academic achievement. •Developed and facilitated math workshops for Upward Bound Saturday Institutes held at Northeastern Illinois University during the 2011-2012 school year. •Co-coordinated a 6 day and 5 night Upward Bound Spring Break College Tour for 30 high school students. •Advised a sophomore cohort of 8 students through monthly assessments of academic progress, health and wellness, and possible postsecondary planning for the 2011-2012 school year. •Developed and facilitated a six-week curriculum for 2011 Upward Bound Summer Institute which served as a pre-college bridge program for 20 graduating seniors. Curriculum focused on academic soft skills and review of Algebraic equations and formulas. •Counseled a cohort of students (17 seniors) through monthly assessments of their academic progress, health and wellness, and post-secondary process of applying for colleges, scholarships, and financial aid during the 2010-2011 school year. •Managed an after-school academic tutoring program that provided students with ACT Preparation in mathematics and English during the 2010-2011 school year. •Developed and facilitated a six-week curriculum for 2010 Upward Bound Summer Institute which served as a post-secondary advisory bridge program for 20 juniors. Curriculum focused on educating students about the skills and tools needed to have a successful senior year of high school. •Managed a daily academic lunch time program for 94 students which resulted in 70% of the participants making academic gains over the course of the 2008 - 2009 school year.



Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund

• Chicago, Illinois

• Special Programs Coordinator

  • May 2007 - Oct 2008

  •Managed an eight week summer caddie program for two summers, whose participants included 92 high school-aged students, 19 country clubs, six part-time counselors, and two college campuses: Dominican University in River Forest, IL and Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL. •Oversaw the various facets of the summer program which included hiring of counselors, student recruitment, stakeholder relationship management, transportation needs, and summer lodging & meals. •Coordinated many of the components for the 2008 DMSF Golf Classic that raised over $850,000, with 325 guests in attendance at three golf courses in Chicago’s affluent North Shore. •Served as lead alumni liaison for the organization and its 800 alumni by disseminating pertinent information and acting as a representative at meetings and events.