Experience

ILAS | Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• K-12 Outreach Program

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  The K-12 Outreach Program promotes and diffuses the history and culture of Latin American and the Caribbean among New York City's teachers and educators. The K-12 Outreach Program promotes and diffuses the history and culture of Latin American and the Caribbean among New York City's teachers and educators.



Teachers College, Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partnership with the Latinx and Latin American Faculty

  • Sep 2014 - Present



Red para la Lectoescritura Inicial en Centroamérica y el Caribe - RedLEI

• Guatemala
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collaboration with RedLEI: Early Literacy in Central America Curriculum Guide

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  The Central American and Caribbean Early Literacy Network (RedLEI) is a network of universities in Central America and the Dominican Republic and an international organization whose headquarters are at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG). RedLEI was created to build local capacity to conduct and apply the best Early Grade Literacy (EGL) evidence for the improvement of teaching and learning outcomes in the region. It is committed to building a community of academic actors (universities) and encouraging them to promote rigorous research to produce evidence to be used by decision makers, policymakers, and other actors that develop initiatives to improve the quality of education, particularly in EGL. We have been partnering with RedLEI to produce resources and professional development opportunities to teach early literacy to migrant children coming from Central America and the Dominican Republic Show less



GWATFL

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• Contribution to GWATFL Tips

  • Nov 2020 - Nov 2020

  GWATFL is a non-profit organization focused on advocacy and professional development for World Language teachers in North America. Through our media, Amanda Earl, a TC/Columbia University curriculum developer and educator, provides a virtual comprehensive walk-through the Latin American studies curriculum resources organized for US Educators affiliated with GWATFL. By this resource, all other local and global educators can facilitate their familiarity with an accessible and self-guided professional development media source. Show less



Catalyst | Catalizador

• Mexico
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Collaboration with Catalyst/Catalizador to produce curriculum guide

  • Jun 2017 - May 2018

  Catalizador is a Latin American initiative created with the primary purpose of educating on the controversial topic of drugs in the continent and their social effects. The K-12 Outreach Program partnered with Catalizador to produce its 2018 guide. The guide provides information on what drugs are and do, but also on the socioeconomic implications between drugs and their use. In-class activities are provided to encourage high school students -and teachers- to think about these topics. Catalizador is a Latin American initiative created with the primary purpose of educating on the controversial topic of drugs in the continent and their social effects. The K-12 Outreach Program partnered with Catalizador to produce its 2018 guide. The guide provides information on what drugs are and do, but also on the socioeconomic implications between drugs and their use. In-class activities are provided to encourage high school students -and teachers- to think about these topics.



ojos propios

• Peru
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collaboration with Ojos Propios: Curriculum Guide Workshop

  • Jun 2016 - May 2017

  Ojos Propios is a Peruvian initiative that encourages the youth to capture their surrounding images to create a collective memory that reinforces their identity. In 2015, the Ojos Propios crew traveled to ILAS, Columbia University, and conducted a workshop with New York City´s students. The K-12 Outreach Program also produced a curriculum guide based on the Ojos Propios experience. Ojos Propios is a Peruvian initiative that encourages the youth to capture their surrounding images to create a collective memory that reinforces their identity. In 2015, the Ojos Propios crew traveled to ILAS, Columbia University, and conducted a workshop with New York City´s students. The K-12 Outreach Program also produced a curriculum guide based on the Ojos Propios experience.



Urban Arts

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

• Urban Arts Partnership: Curriculum Guide

  • Jul 2011 - May 2014

  We partnered with Urban Arts Partnership to provide resources to advance the intellectual, social and artistic development of underserved public school students through an arts-integrated curriculum to close the achievement gap. We partnered with Urban Arts Partnership to provide resources to advance the intellectual, social and artistic development of underserved public school students through an arts-integrated curriculum to close the achievement gap.