Experience

Council of Chief State School Officers
• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Project Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present


Texas Education Agency

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

  -Spearheads change management strategy for driving adoption of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) across Texas through building relationships and providing consultative support to district leaders-Manages team of 5 dynamic individuals to meet larger team and Agency goals-Creates data infrastructure to track program progress and adoption of instructional materials across Texas-Devised and executed an adoption strategy that led to 75 school districts adopting HQIM last school year-Developed program and executed $20M grant opportunity for school districts to engage in tailored foundational planning supports for instruction-Formalized trainings, roll-out plan, and deployed high-impact trainer of trainers sessions across all 20 Regional Service Centers and network of 20+ vendors in Texas on the science of how students learn in math and literacy Show less

• • May 2020 - Aug 2021

  -Created and implemented performance management and financial management data dashboards used by senior leadership across the office to improve decision making-Developed and led office-wide professional learning on Excel, PowerPoint, project management, data analysis, and data visualization-Operated as sole project manager for development of grades K-5 math and science high-quality curriculum used by over 350 school districts in Texas-Conducted market research, led procurement, negotiations, and contracting for $70M+ in contracts needed for COVID-19 response to provide free instructional materials and technology platforms to Texas educators-Built a case for a summer internship program to improve the Agency talent pipeline to senior leadership, created program, and managed 6 graduate interns Show less



Austin Independent School District

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

• Secondary Educator and Coach

  • Aug 2018 - May 2020

  -Provided continuous coaching and leadership counseling to girls’ soccer players and planned daily practices to strengthen the teams tactical and technical skills -Mentored 2 student teachers working towards their teacher certification -Blended knowledge and experience working in a biochemistry lab with education to develop project-based learning experience for students -Provided continuous coaching and leadership counseling to girls’ soccer players and planned daily practices to strengthen the teams tactical and technical skills -Mentored 2 student teachers working towards their teacher certification -Blended knowledge and experience working in a biochemistry lab with education to develop project-based learning experience for students


American Diabetes Association
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee
• Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019


Katy ISD

• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Secondary Educator

  • Jun 2017 - May 2018

  -Awarded "First Year Teacher of the Year" -Developed digital lessons and resources used by the team throughout the school year -Awarded "First Year Teacher of the Year" -Developed digital lessons and resources used by the team throughout the school year



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - May 2017

  -Used variety of biophysical methodologies to test protein kinase C interactions -Quickly learned Linux operating systems, new methodology like NMR spectroscopy, and biophysical techniques -Used variety of biophysical methodologies to test protein kinase C interactions -Quickly learned Linux operating systems, new methodology like NMR spectroscopy, and biophysical techniques