Experience

Nativity Jesuit Academy

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

• President

  • Jul 2021 - Present

• Principal

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Lead faculty and staff, set goals for students and teachers, and develop and evaluate achievement goals • Oversee the day-to-day operations such as, disciplinary matters, managing school budget, hiring teachers, parent meetings, managing community partnerships, and student recruitment strategy• Collaborate with school president, teachers, and parents, to ensure our school mission and vision are present in all we do• Attend Jesuit USA Midwest sponsored meetings and workshops to develop professionally

• Elementary School Director and Teacher

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2018

  • Work in collaboration with the Director of Curriculum and Instruction by assisting in curriculum research and development of materials to create Nativity Jesuit Academy’s new elementary school• Taught the inaugural four-year-old kindergarten class in Nativity’s first elementary classroom (2014-15), as well as its second class (2015-16)



Teach For America

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

• Teacher

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2014

  • First-year Teach for America corps member and teacher in a Milwaukee Public Schools-authorized non-instrumentality charter school• Implemented and taught bilingual curriculum in a classroom of 15 second-graders • First-year Teach for America corps member and teacher in a Milwaukee Public Schools-authorized non-instrumentality charter school• Implemented and taught bilingual curriculum in a classroom of 15 second-graders



Rocketship Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Regional Manager of Community Development/Teacher

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Recruited more than 300 students to attend the first Rocketship school outside of California• Created and executed a local student recruitment strategy and parent leadership program while establishing strong relationships with local schools, organizations, churches, business, community leaders and elected officials to help create a favorable environment for Rocketship’s regional growth• Second-year Teach for America corps member and founding teacher at a City of Milwaukee-authorized independent charter school in its inaugural school year in Milwaukee• Taught a class of 22 low-income students in Rocketship’s first year of four-year-old kindergarten and achieved highest growth and highest overall math benchmark scores compared to peer K4 classes in California



WI State Capitol, State Representative Pedro Colon

• Legislative Assistant

  • Feb 2007 - Jan 2011

  •Corresponded with constituents, and met with lobbyists and members of the press regarding budgetary and policy issues•Staffed Vice Co-Chair of Joint Finance Committee, which managed the $65.8 billion biennial state budget, and researched issues on education, immigration, and health services•Acted as liaison to various community groups and government agencies on legislator’s behalf•Wrote speeches, articles and press releases—both in Spanish and English—for local and statewide media•Researched, analyzed, and drafted legislation



Obama for America

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Field Organizer

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2008

  •Recruited, trained, mobilized, and managed 20-100 volunteers a day on Milwaukee’s south side•Built coalitions with the Latino community and a wide range of organizations while developing an aggressive strategy including: get out the vote planning; event planning for surrogates; bilingual trainings; and media outreach•Gained the skills to build a grassroots campaign from the bottom up while managing field staff•Contributed to a voter turnout increase of 6.6% over the previous presidential election year•Featured on the Milwaukee Public Television show, Adelante, to speak about various election issues as they pertain to Milwaukee’s Latino community