Experience

Oliver Scholars

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

• Chief Enrollment and Academic Officer

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Oliver Scholars

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

• VP | Director of Admissions & Placement

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2023

  • Lead admissions strategy designed to attract high-potential Black and Latinx public school students, supervising, coaching, and evaluating staff of 15, including directors, teachers and administrative staff. • Direct marketing and recruitment, including initiating and cultivating partnerships with public schools, non-profits, independent schools, and community-based organizations to identify ideal candidates and provide them with resources, and ensuring that students accept offers to join the program. • Devise and manage all aspects of the students’ selection process. • Develop the placement strategy for each student and family, from promotions, admissions, communications, and programming, to final success evaluations. • Supervise management of the financial aid application process to ensure the quality and integrity of each application and to secure adequate financial support for all students. • Manage relationships with key staff at students’ public schools and prospective independent schools. • Oversee financial aid application process for applicants, including advising families, reviewing applications, and communicating with schools’ financial aid officers. Key Achievements: • Reoriented curriculum to achieve remediation, enrichment, social emotional fortification, and skill development to facilitate intellectual and social transition to independent school as well as competence navigating uncertainty. • Earned accelerated promotion to VP-level based on achievement in quickly stabilizing underperforming functions, initiatives program redesign, and reaching goal numbers in admissions. • Achieved a 98% placement rate (15% increase over the historical rate) in first year and graduated over 130 students to matriculate at the nation’s leading independent schools. Show less



Ascend Learning

• 205 Rockaway Parkway Brooklyn, NY

• Director of the Ascend Teaching Fellows Program

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Strategized, launched, and led all aspects of teaching fellows program designed to attract hundreds of highly ambitious, aspiring teachers to join Ascend in building new generation of outstanding urban schools. • Doubled size of graduate fellowship cohort in first six months and launched the inaugural summer teaching fellowship cohort. • Engaged board of trustees and senior leadership in the creation of a five-year strategic plan to guide fellowship’s exponential growth and impact on Ascend’s schools. • Oversaw financial aspects of program, including developing and managing the budget and partnering with Ascend’s Director of Development to secure private funding for needs beyond existing resources. • Led all recruitment and marketing for fellowship, including initiating and cultivating partnerships with colleges, universities, non-profits, and independent schools. • Spearheaded outreach on college and university campuses and identified innovative cultivation strategies to ensure that fellows accepted roles as full-time teachers at the conclusion of the program. • Devised and managed fellows’ selection and hiring process, and coordinated placements in Ascend schools. • Developed a strategic plan for fellows’ integration into Ascend schools and the network. Show less



Prep for Prep

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of the PREP 9 Preparatory Component

  • Jul 2014 - Mar 2017

  • Oversaw the nation’s most recognized leadership development program aimed at preparing low-income public-school students of color to achieve outstanding success at top boarding schools. • Graduated over 500 students to matriculate at the nation’s leading independent schools. • Designed and tracked academic and social-emotional components of program to ensure that students entered boarding school prepared to thrive academically within their challenging new environments. • Directed the boarding school placement process by devising the placement strategy for each student and family, from promotions, admissions, communications, and programming, to final success evaluations. • Hired, managed, coached, and evaluated staff of 30, including teachers, deans, psychologists and administrators. • Supervised deans’ management of the financial aid application process to ensure the quality and integrity of each application and to secure adequate financial support for all students. • Championed deans’, advisors’, and faculty members’ efforts to foster strong relationships with families and support them throughout their students’ transition to boarding school. • Managed relationships with key staff at students’ public schools and prospective boarding schools. Show less



Prep for Prep

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Dean of Students

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2013

  • Built and maintained culture characterized by high expectations for academic achievement and behavior. • Managed boarding school financial aid application process for applicants, including advising families, reviewing applications, and communicating with schools’ financial aid officers. • Oversaw communication with families regarding students’ academic progress, behavioral issues, and social-emotional development. • Supported school placement process by facilitating school visits for families and students and writing evaluations. • Planned and directed social and recreational programs for students to introduce them to the extracurricular aspects of boarding schools. • Maintained comprehensive records documenting student academic achievement, student behavior, interventions, consequences, and outcomes. Show less



Thayer Academy

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Teacher/Coach

  • Sep 2003 - May 2008

  • Designed curricula and taught high school Spanish and AP Spanish to over 300 students. • Served as the advisor for 50 students on academic and personal issues. • Delivered targeted support to those students whose racial, ethnic, cultural, and/or socioeconomic backgrounds were underrepresented and served on the Diversity Committee. • Designed curricula and taught high school Spanish and AP Spanish to over 300 students. • Served as the advisor for 50 students on academic and personal issues. • Delivered targeted support to those students whose racial, ethnic, cultural, and/or socioeconomic backgrounds were underrepresented and served on the Diversity Committee.



Project Rise

• Greater Boston Area

• HIstory Teacher

  • 2004 - 2007

  • Designed curricula for and taught summer-long multicultural history course for over 30 students. • Improved the self-awareness and self-esteem of underprivileged middle-school students of color transitioning from public schools to independent schools. • Designed curricula for and taught summer-long multicultural history course for over 30 students. • Improved the self-awareness and self-esteem of underprivileged middle-school students of color transitioning from public schools to independent schools.



Westminster School

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Teacher/Coach

  • Sep 1997 - Jun 2003

  • Collaborated in design of curricula to prepare students for AP Spanish Language Exam. • Served as advisor to students of color on academic and personal issues - leading to higher retention and improved outcomes - and as faculty advisor to the Multicultural Student Union, encompassing 120+ students. • Co-authored the school’s Diversity Plan and assisted in the development of recruitment and retention strategies for faculty and students of color. • Collaborated in design of curricula to prepare students for AP Spanish Language Exam. • Served as advisor to students of color on academic and personal issues - leading to higher retention and improved outcomes - and as faculty advisor to the Multicultural Student Union, encompassing 120+ students. • Co-authored the school’s Diversity Plan and assisted in the development of recruitment and retention strategies for faculty and students of color.