Experience

NAACP Newark NJ

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

• Education Committee Chair

  • May 2019 - Present

  Newark, New Jersey, United States



Just Writing, LLC

• Founder & Owner

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Newark, NJ Just Writing, LLC--"Emphasis on the Just"--is an educational research and consulting company. As the tagline suggests, we provide services to individuals and organizations who seek to further their missions of bringing equitable educational opportunities to all students. Cultural relevance and social justice are our core principles. We use them to frame our work which includes, but is not limited to, curriculum production, policy development, grant writing, and workshop presentations.



Drew University

• Coordinator of Candidate Assessment, Clinical Partnerships, and Inservice Teacher Education

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2020



Rutgers-Newark, Urban Systems PhD Program

• Doctoral Candidate

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2020

  Dissertation Title: Becoming BlackWomanTeacher: An Autoethnographic Illumination of Teacher Leadership Development for Critical Democratic Public Education in Newark, New Jersey



Essex County College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adjunct Professor Of English

  • Jan 2017 - May 2019

  Newark, NJ



Newark Public Schools

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

• Board Member

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2019

  Newark, NJ



NJ Communities United

• Community Organizer

  • Mar 2014 - Sep 2016



Newark Public Schools

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

• High School English Teacher

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

  Central High School



Rutgers-Newark, Urban Education Department

• Part Time Lecturer

  • Jan 2011 - May 2012



Teachers as Leaders in Newark

• Non-profit Organizations

• Founder & Board of Directors Chair

  • Jun 2008 - Apr 2012

  Vision TaLiN's vision is for Newark educators to be catalysts in the creation of social and educational alliances that empower teachers, students, and parents to cultivate a collaborative culture within the community. To accomplish this, we must build relationships, develop common understandings, and take action. We affirm that the purpose of education for public schools in the Newark community must be to eliminate injustice and inequality; to accomplish this, the public schools must… Show more Vision TaLiN's vision is for Newark educators to be catalysts in the creation of social and educational alliances that empower teachers, students, and parents to cultivate a collaborative culture within the community. To accomplish this, we must build relationships, develop common understandings, and take action. We affirm that the purpose of education for public schools in the Newark community must be to eliminate injustice and inequality; to accomplish this, the public schools must actively challenge race, gender, culture, and class biases. In addition to teaching the fundamentals of literacy and mathematical computation, educators in the public schools are responsible for ensuring that the students attain critical thinking skills which will allow them to be active citizens in a democratic public sphere. Mission •to organize and build the capacity of Newark's educators to deliver a conscious, social justice-based education; •to collaborate with individuals and organizations in the community to support the education our students receive in schools; •to work toward bringing about an equitable, just—and therefore equal—education for Newark's students. Show less



Newark Schools Research Collaborative

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2010

  Newark Schools Research Collaborative is located on Rutgers-Newark's campus in the Center for Urban and Public Service.



The New Teacher Project

• Assistant Institute Director

  • 2009 - 2009



Teach for America-Newark

• Learning Team Leader

  • 2006 - 2009



Newark Public Schools

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

• High School English Teacher

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2008

  Barringer High School



Teach for America

• Alum

  • 2004 - 2006