Work Experience

Employee and Community Education Program Manager, Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette  July 2023- present Portland, Oregon

Promoted to Program Manager position to lead team of twelve curriculum designers and instructors

• Oversee the quarterly development of internal and external curricula offerings about job readiness, financial literacy, leadership development, and soft skills topics

• Coordinate and assign instructors’ training delivery to retail  staff members in 54 locations

• Ensure delivery of yearly mandatory safety trainings for all staff members - CPR/First Aid/AED, Bloodborne Pathogens, Safety In Motion

Employee and Community Education Instructor,  Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette   January 2023 - June 2023 Portland, Oregon

• Developed curriculum to meet stakeholders’ and managers’ goals

• Customized curriculum to meet formatting and technological standards of Goodwill’s  LMS and other virtual platforms

• Ensured consistency of program offerings, curriculum quality, processes, and instructional tools throughout all store locations

ESOL Facilitator and Teacher,  Salem Keizer School District                                              August 2020 - December 2022 Salem, Oregon

• Monitored language development of language learners, conducted initial diagnostics resulting in student placement

• Provided explicit instruction in English foundational and functional language to enable full engagement in real-life and academic situations to advance learner’s proficiency level in all four domains of language acquisition

Teacher, The American School of Switzerland, Dorado     August 2019 - July 2020 Dorado, Puerto Rico

• Incorporated Lucy Calkins and Orton Gilligham literacy instruction 

• Maintained an inclusive and energized classroom culture using Responsive Classroom practices

Adjunct Graduate Instructor, Temple University May 2017 - August 2019 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Taught online graduate courses within the College of Education

• Classes taught:  Curriculum & Assessment;   Contexts for Teaching & Learning Languages;  Foundations of Language Teaching- Meeting the Instructional Needs of English Learners     

Curriculum Designer, LIFE Program, Temple University           January  2018 - January 2019 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Designed English curriculum and instructional materials for parents of students in the School District of Philadelphia, implemented across six different sites

• Collaborated with SMEs  in curriculum development using ADDIE framework

Education

Leadership Principles Certificate Harvard Business School Online July 2024

Master of Science in Learning Design and Technology, University of Maryland                                                 April 2024 Global Campus

Master of Science in Education,  Temple University                                                   May 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Bachelor of Science in Education, Temple University                                                                           January 2013 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Skills

• Articulate Rise 360, Articulate Storyline, Articulate Captivate

• Canva, Adobe Photoshop

• Veed, Camtasia, DaVinci Resolve

• Microsoft Office Suite

• LMS: Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle