STEM Teacher

• Aug 2022 - Present

Design and implement Project Based Learning STEM units for K-8 students Design and implement Project Based Learning STEM units for K-8 students

Lower School Science Teacher

• Aug 2019 - Aug 2022

Graduate Student

• Sep 2017 - Aug 2019

Researcher

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

My work is driven by a desire to find solutions that lie at the crossroads of agriculture and conservation. More specifically, I am interested in how the coupling of economic models with ecological understanding can make sustainable changes appealing to stakeholders and decision-makers around the globe. As a researcher with the Natural Capital Project team, I support a variety of projects that take such an interdisciplinary approach to protecting our planet and its resources. My work is driven by a desire to find solutions that lie at the crossroads of agriculture and conservation. More specifically, I am interested in how the coupling of economic models with ecological understanding can make sustainable changes appealing to stakeholders and decision-makers around the globe. As a researcher with the Natural Capital Project team, I support a variety of projects that take such an interdisciplinary approach to protecting our planet and its resources.

Program Officer, Agriculture and Food Security

• Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

-Help manage a 5-year, $8 million USAID-funded economic development program in Latin America focused on solving challenges in agricultural value chains by increasing smallholder farmer production and processor productivity and competitiveness in local, regional, and export markets -Assist in the planning and the provision of activities and short term technical assistance to solve challenges in agricultural value chains throughout Nicaragua, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala -Co-write semi-annual and annual progress reports to USAID -Contribute to Partners of the Americas’ agriculture development blog, writing technical posts about economic development themes and issues in developing countries -Represent Partners of the Americas at meetings and conferences in Washington, D.C. about current events and innovations in the field of international development -Correspond with a diverse array of experts, organizations, and institutions in English and Spanish Show less

Volunteer Translator

• Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

Translates written documents from Spanish to English and English to Spanish as needed to help the communications department at SHI Translates written documents from Spanish to English and English to Spanish as needed to help the communications department at SHI

Spanish Teacher and Associate Kindergarten Teacher

• Jul 2013 - Jun 2015

-Helped develop a 3-year Spanish language curriculum guide -Planned and taught Spanish language course based on 3-year Spanish-language curriculum guide -Designed didactic worksheets, games, and interactive activities to improve retention rates -Assisted lead teacher in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies -Helped develop a 3-year Spanish language curriculum guide -Planned and taught Spanish language course based on 3-year Spanish-language curriculum guide -Designed didactic worksheets, games, and interactive activities to improve retention rates -Assisted lead teacher in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies

Research Assistant

• Jan 2010 - May 2013

-Assisted two economics professors with research, data collection, data analysis for work in the fields of international economics and trade, economics of healthcare and economics of sports

Teachers Assistant

• Sep 2009 - May 2013

-Taught 3 to 5-year-olds in a standardized preschool setting -Assisted the teacher with running the classroom: worked with the children, ran activities, worked flexibly to meet specific needs of teachers and students—helped make the class go more smoothly and give the children extra attention, supervision, instruction, guidance -Encouraged literacy skills related to writing, reading, and counting; using crafts, song, play, dance, books