Experience

Creative Muse Inc.

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Creativity

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Developed and won a $1.7 million dollar Creatives Rebuild New York Artists Employment Grant, creating jobs for 10 teaching artists for 2 years to deliver arts programming to youth at University Settlement's Cornerstone Community Center on the Lower East Side. Developed and won a $1.7 million dollar Creatives Rebuild New York Artists Employment Grant, creating jobs for 10 teaching artists for 2 years to deliver arts programming to youth at University Settlement's Cornerstone Community Center on the Lower East Side.



Nearpod

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Curriculum Developer / Teaching Artist

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  - Developed K-12 curriculum for Nearpod Education - Musical Theater teaching artist for City Center Theater and Arts and Athletics for K-12 schools throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan - Member of Pod People freelance community - Developed K-12 curriculum for Nearpod Education - Musical Theater teaching artist for City Center Theater and Arts and Athletics for K-12 schools throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan - Member of Pod People freelance community



Move This World

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Content

  • Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

  Oversaw successful production of 177 new videos (13.5 hours) of interactive PreK-12 social-emotional learning content serving 2+ million students, increasing content library by ~40%. - Scripted 13.5 hours of new SEL video content, the equivalent of five feature films - Composed 10 original songs for Emotion Motion podcast - Managed external script review consultants and interns - Addressed inequality, identity, and anti-racism in new scripts - Monitored content analytics and engagement - Co-organized quasi-experimental research study involving ~600+ middle schoolers with xSEL Labs for 2021-22 school year Show less



New York City Guitar School

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher / Teaching Artist

  • Sep 2019 - Jan 2021

  As a freelance teacher and teaching artist, I - Taught beginner guitar and ukelele classes, private lessons, and small group classes to dozens of students per week (New York City Guitar School) - Created curriculum for and facilitated virtual online workshops in songwriting and fingerpicking - Designed and taught afterschool classes at PS340, PS334, and PS281, including "Songwriting" and "Pop Choir" (Wingspan Arts) - Delivered pre- and post-show workshops for City Center Encore! Shows (City Center Theater Company) - Led interactive early childhood music classes for children aged 18 months - 6 years at NYC Preschool of the Arts, Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy in the Bronx, Habonim Preschool, Monica and Andy guideshops, and Gymtime (Jam with Jamie) Show less



New York City Center

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Artist

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Delivered pre- and post-show workshops for City Center Encores! program at PS / IS 206. Delivered pre- and post-show workshops for City Center Encores! program at PS / IS 206.



Aula

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Learning Designer

  • Aug 2020 - Sep 2020

  Helping adapt courses at 2 UK universities to a hyflex model for online and in-person delivery using the Aula Education LMS. Helping adapt courses at 2 UK universities to a hyflex model for online and in-person delivery using the Aula Education LMS.



LeapFrog

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Learning Designer

  • Nov 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Design and test a programmable toy that exposes preschoolers to algorithms, loops, and de-bugging • Create 50+ digital activities for Leapfrog Academy, including first-ever set of cohesive Earth Science lessons • Spearhead and implement tinkering activities at Leapfrog Makerspace • Design and test science apps, toys, and books for kids aged 2-6 • Design and test a programmable toy that exposes preschoolers to algorithms, loops, and de-bugging • Create 50+ digital activities for Leapfrog Academy, including first-ever set of cohesive Earth Science lessons • Spearhead and implement tinkering activities at Leapfrog Makerspace • Design and test science apps, toys, and books for kids aged 2-6



Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley

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

• Curriculum Developer

  • Oct 2015 - Oct 2016

  At the Learning Design Group at Lawrence Hall of Science, I developed NGSS-aligned curriculum for 2nd-5th grade in earth science, life science, and space science. This wonderful opportunity was a one-year contract. Accomplishments include: • Create hands-on, technology-rich constructivist curriculum to support elementary school science and literacy instruction • Write two science reference books, Restoration Case Studies and Gravity is Everywhere • Write video scripts for Thermal Energy and Earth Science middle school units • Communicate with a professional scientist and act as a liaison between them and the writing team • Engage students in practices like investigation, modeling, and design that support students in becoming "student scientists" • Develop four published units spanning life, physical, and earth science • Compose an educational science song about Charles Francis Beaufort, the inventor of the Beaufort Wind Speed scale Show less



Self-Employed

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Curriculum Design Consultant

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2015

  As a freelance curriculum design consultant, I developed K-6 STEAM curriculum, adult e-learning, and experiential learning projects that encourage learners to explore their world, enhance their creativity, and have fun. Clients included two childrens' media start-ups, a library training organization, and a digital storytelling non-profit. Projects included: - Propose, develop, and facilitate a 3-month project for 5th-graders in California and Ohio to exchange animated science stories using the iPad app Toontastic. Write article for Sesame Street’s Cooney Center – Launchpad Toys, 2013-14 - Propose, develop, and facilitate multimedia Sound and Storytelling workshops in Nov 2014, March 2015, Oct 2015, and Dec 2015 – Center for Digital Storytelling, 2014-15 - Develop 110 K-6 Common Core-aligned lesson plans and 50 formative assessments for Drawp for School, an iPad collaboration app. Conduct outreach to 2747 teachers with up to 63% open rate, more than 3x industry average – Moondrop Entertainment, 2015 - Develop mini-projects on federalism, magnetism, erosion, grammar and usage, fossils, and materials science for a curriculum bank, and write guides for popular high school literature texts – NextLesson and Gradesaver, 2015 - Develop e-learning courses for International County Management Association – Kixal, 2015 Show less



Center for Digital Storytelling

• Berkeley, CA

• Co-Facilitator

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Developed and facilitated Sound and Storytelling workshop. Facilitated first workshop 11/2014 and will facilitate four more in 2015. Developed and facilitated Sound and Storytelling workshop. Facilitated first workshop 11/2014 and will facilitate four more in 2015.



BrandwidthRX

• Westport, CT

• Consumer Insight Researcher

  • May 2009 - Jun 2014

  Applied cognitive science research to better understand users’ experience of sunscreen, vitamins, and heartburn. Created marketing platform for major line of sunscreen. Hired and managed a Harvard statistics Ph.D. candidate. Analyzed consumers' Twitter networks using NodeXL. Applied cognitive science research to better understand users’ experience of sunscreen, vitamins, and heartburn. Created marketing platform for major line of sunscreen. Hired and managed a Harvard statistics Ph.D. candidate. Analyzed consumers' Twitter networks using NodeXL.



Launchpad Toys

• Software Development

• Project PenPal

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2014

  Connected 5th-grade classrooms in California and Ohio using iPad app Toontastic. Designed curriculum for students to create animated science cartoons and do peer review. Published article on Sesame Street's Cooney Center blog. Connected 5th-grade classrooms in California and Ohio using iPad app Toontastic. Designed curriculum for students to create animated science cartoons and do peer review. Published article on Sesame Street's Cooney Center blog.



Gradesaver

• Remote

• Freelance Writer

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2013

  Writing teaching guides for high school English curriculum. Writing teaching guides for high school English curriculum.



Harvard Law School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • 2010 - May 2013

• • Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Provided editing, research, and fact-­‐checking for Professor Mnookin's manuscript Bargaining with the Devil, published in February 2010. Served as Teaching Assistant for seminar Bargaining with the Devil. Also worked here summer 2010.



Online Dispute Resolution Powered By Modria

• United States
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer intern (Product Marketing)

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Created email marketing and social media strategy that helped increase users 180% over 3 months. Created email marketing and social media strategy that helped increase users 180% over 3 months.



Consensus Building Institute

• United States
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Assisted facilitators at environmental consensus-­‐building projects, including EPA Green Chemistry Conference; Regional Climate Change Adaptation Workshop; and Hudson River Citizens' Action Group. Helped design role-plays and wrote white paper for wind developers. Assisted facilitators at environmental consensus-­‐building projects, including EPA Green Chemistry Conference; Regional Climate Change Adaptation Workshop; and Hudson River Citizens' Action Group. Helped design role-plays and wrote white paper for wind developers.



Harvard Negotiation Institute

• Cambridge, MA

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2011

  Co-­‐taught negotiation skills to a group of international executives, lawyers, and judges. Helped participants prepare and debrief negotiations. Designed lessons and role-­plays. Co-­‐taught negotiation skills to a group of international executives, lawyers, and judges. Helped participants prepare and debrief negotiations. Designed lessons and role-­plays.



Roosevelt Institute

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant - Elizabeth Warren

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

  Analyzed financial data to generate compelling statistics for Professor Warren's forthcoming book on how abusive banking practices threaten the middle class. Analyzed financial data to generate compelling statistics for Professor Warren's forthcoming book on how abusive banking practices threaten the middle class.



Levant and Partners law firm

• Russian Federation
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Drafted contracts in English and Russian, translated legal memoranda, and authored guide to intellectual property due diligence. Drafted contracts in English and Russian, translated legal memoranda, and authored guide to intellectual property due diligence.