Work Experience
Contributor // Voces Digital // Auburn Hills, MI // 2020 - present
World Language Faculty // Thayer Academy // Braintree, MA // 2007 - present; on leave 2023 - 2024
Item Writer // Enrollment Management Association // Philadelphia, PA // 2015 - 2016
- Create original stories, activities, and assessments for the Spanish "Our Story" curriculum (Nuestra Historia)
- Lead frequent webinars and trainings for world language educators
World Language Faculty // Thayer Academy // Braintree, MA // 2007 - present; on leave 2023 - 2024
- Teach Spanish III, III Honors, and IV in the upper division
- Coordinate international exchange program
- Taught Spanish I and Introduction to Romance Languages in the middle division for 10 years
Item Writer // Enrollment Management Association // Philadelphia, PA // 2015 - 2016
- Wrote reading passages and comprehension questions for the verbal section of the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT)
- Edited and vetted other writers’ passages and questions for the SSAT
Education
M.Ed. in Arts in Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education // Cambridge, MA // 2007
A.B. in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Magna Cum Laude
Princeton University // Princeton, NJ // 2004
Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid // Madrid, Spain // 2004 - 2005
Harvard Graduate School of Education // Cambridge, MA // 2007
A.B. in Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Magna Cum Laude
Princeton University // Princeton, NJ // 2004
Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid // Madrid, Spain // 2004 - 2005
Honors & Achievements
Best of RIFLA Conference // Rhode Island For Languages Association
"Drawing and Doodling in the World Language Classroom" selected as best session // 2023
Author // Voces Digital
Published "A Teacher's Guide to Our Story," a 300 page teacher's manual for world language educators // 2022
Teacher of the Future // National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
One of 35 educators selected nationally for creativity and innovation in the classroom // 2014 - 2015
Fulbright Fellowship // U.S. Department of State
Open Study Research Award to Madrid, Spain // 2004 - 2005
Helen & Isidore Sachs Memorial Prize // Princeton University
Prize for the Best Senior Thesis in Spanish or Spanish American Studies // 2004
"Drawing and Doodling in the World Language Classroom" selected as best session // 2023
Author // Voces Digital
Published "A Teacher's Guide to Our Story," a 300 page teacher's manual for world language educators // 2022
Teacher of the Future // National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
One of 35 educators selected nationally for creativity and innovation in the classroom // 2014 - 2015
Fulbright Fellowship // U.S. Department of State
Open Study Research Award to Madrid, Spain // 2004 - 2005
Helen & Isidore Sachs Memorial Prize // Princeton University
Prize for the Best Senior Thesis in Spanish or Spanish American Studies // 2004
Conferences & Presentations
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)
Rhode Island Foreign Language Association (RIFLA)
CI Summit
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Voces Digital
- Lead presenter for "Best of Rhode Island: Drawing and Doodling" (New York, NY, upcoming 2/22/24 - 2/24/24)
Rhode Island Foreign Language Association (RIFLA)
- Lead presenter for "Know What Drives You" and "Drawing & Doodling in the World Language Classroom" (Providence, RI, 2023)
CI Summit
- Lead presenter for "There's a Guide for That!" (Savannah, GA, 2023)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Meet the Author (Chicago, IL, 2023)
- Accepted presenter for "Drawing & Doodling in the World Language Classroom" (Boston, MA, 2022)
Voces Digital
- Lead presenter for multiple workshops available to view at vocesdigital.com's Conference Library (2020 - present)