Experience

Readlee

• United States
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  • Co-designed software to personalize reading instruction for learners; software listens to students read any text out loud and immediately provides them with personalized feedback. • Award winner for Harvard Innovation Lab Social Impact Award and multi-award recipient for the Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching. • Co-designed software to personalize reading instruction for learners; software listens to students read any text out loud and immediately provides them with personalized feedback. • Award winner for Harvard Innovation Lab Social Impact Award and multi-award recipient for the Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RIDES Fellow

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  • Consulted with two national ed-based organizations to implement a Harvard-based racial equity improvement cycle. • Coordinated and co-led a 2-hour session at the Harvard Alumni of Color Conference on the power of storytelling and council in schools. • Reviewed over 40 proposals for the RIDES annual conference and organized efforts to facilitate the conference. • Consulted with two national ed-based organizations to implement a Harvard-based racial equity improvement cycle. • Coordinated and co-led a 2-hour session at the Harvard Alumni of Color Conference on the power of storytelling and council in schools. • Reviewed over 40 proposals for the RIDES annual conference and organized efforts to facilitate the conference.



The Boston Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Level Learning Specialist

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  • Collected and analyzed qualitative data from six regions throughout the Greater Boston Area focused on collective impact; synthesized the data set to create a policy brief. • Produced several company memos regarding policy and budgetary shifts on the regional and national level. • Collected and analyzed qualitative data from six regions throughout the Greater Boston Area focused on collective impact; synthesized the data set to create a policy brief. • Produced several company memos regarding policy and budgetary shifts on the regional and national level.



Citizen Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Race Equity And Leadership Coach

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Led efforts to analyze data and identify equity gaps within the organization and established pathways for strengthening student and staff culture. • Designed and led an after school initiative focused on connecting middle school students 1:1 with STEM mentors in the field. • Led efforts to analyze data and identify equity gaps within the organization and established pathways for strengthening student and staff culture. • Designed and led an after school initiative focused on connecting middle school students 1:1 with STEM mentors in the field.



Thrive Public Schools

• Dean Of Student Culture

  • May 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Generated a deeper learning series for enhancing aspects of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for nearly 1,000 students; award recipient for San Diego’s DEI Teach for Innovation Award and chosen to present on DEI at CCSA. • Led a diverse 24-person staff as they developed tenets of project based learning, blended learning, and social-emotional learning to meet the unique learning needs of nearly 300 elementary school students.

• Mentor Teacher

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • Acted as mentor for an intern teacher by supporting the teacher’s growth through purposeful acts of collaboration, modeling, and feedback cycles aimed to develop the teacher as a leader in the classroom.



RISE San Diego

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Leadership Fellow

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Joined 24 brilliant leaders dedicated to improving our urban community through acts of adaptive leadership and social change. • Co-developed and launched a community action project - called Bloom - to support teachers in developing their emotional identity and strengthening their emotional resiliency. • Joined 24 brilliant leaders dedicated to improving our urban community through acts of adaptive leadership and social change. • Co-developed and launched a community action project - called Bloom - to support teachers in developing their emotional identity and strengthening their emotional resiliency.



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corps Member Advisor

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Provided teacher consultation for incoming Teach For America teachers and received among the highest scores for corps member satisfaction index. • Provided teacher consultation for incoming Teach For America teachers and received among the highest scores for corps member satisfaction index.



Neighborhood House Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• TFA Corps Member / Preschool Teacher

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2017

  • Named San Diego County Early Childhood Educator of the year by the regional NAEYC committee. Chosen as national finalist for the Sue Lehmann Teaching and Learning Award – given annually to highest achieving teachers who exemplify TFA’s core values in the fight to end educational inequity. • Crafted a research paper, which acted as foundation for developing a 10-person Teacher Advisory Council for NHA. • Supported 3 and 4-year-old students as they achieved, on average, 1.76 years worth of growth in math and 2.12 years worth of growth in literacy over the span of a single academic year. Show less



BYU-Idaho Student Employment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2015

  • Interviewed, hired, and developed 82 tutors, who in turn, went on to assist over 1,000 other students in improving their class GPA, on average, by an entire grade point. • Taught an accredited university course for employees. • Managed a large-scale project that produced over 2,400 micro lectures for university students in high-need courses. • Interviewed, hired, and developed 82 tutors, who in turn, went on to assist over 1,000 other students in improving their class GPA, on average, by an entire grade point. • Taught an accredited university course for employees. • Managed a large-scale project that produced over 2,400 micro lectures for university students in high-need courses.