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Resume

Education, Work, and Professional Experience

Education

Learning Design and Technology, M.S.

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

Computer Science Teacher Authorization

SF State University, San Francisco, CA

 

Single-Subject Science Credential - Chemistry

Holy Names University, Oakland, CA

 

Nutritional Sciences,  B.S

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

Work Experience

CEO | Course Designer | Teacher

Hak Learning,  San Francisco, CA  /  January 2024 - Present

  • Provide STEAM learning opportunities to children that cultivates creativity and joy of learning

  • Design multi-disciplinary STEAM courses that builds applicable skills and intrinsic motivation in students to create something new

  • Manage business accounts and day-to-day business logistics

  • Builds partnerships with schools and communities to provide exciting STEAM learning for all students

Teacher Professional Development Consultant for STEAM

Stanford Graduate School of Education,  Stanford, CA  /  September 2023 - May 2024​

  • Works on the Digital Pedagogy Team at Center to Support Excellence in Teaching in Stanford Graduate School of Education

  • Designs and consults projects that support K-12 teacher learning in digital pedagogy

  • Supports maker, career technical, science, and engineering into teacher learning

  • Focus on developing learning that is inclusive and supportive of all learners

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STARTX STUDENT ADVOCATE

StartX,  Palo Alto, CA  /  April 2023 - June 2023

  • Support Director of Programs and Program Manager of Students & Events with execution of StartX Community, Neighborhood, and Start-up cohort events

  • Develop plans for Early Stage Founder Forum for about 50 people

  • Develop plans for StartX Campus Expo Day for Fall 2023 for about 700 Stanford affiliated attendees

  • Create professional and seamless experience for StartX event attendees

  • Work collaboratively across StartX departments to support various events and planning when needed

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEAD

San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA  /  August 2021 - June 2023

  • Provide expertise in utilizing and troubleshooting technology within classrooms and school-wide spaces

  • Develop protocols for printer access, audio/projector systems, and commonly used edtech tools Advise, recommend, organize, and manage technology purchases and budget

  • Collaborate with district technology office to plan school device management, distribution, student and staff technology access

  • Develop plans for new technology rolled out by the school district and support the implementation within classroom and school spaces for staff and students

SCIENCE / COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER

San Francisco Unified School District,  San Francisco, CA  /  August 2019 - June 2022

  • Teach chemistry, energy & sustainability, and AP computer science with laboratory to grades 11-12

  • Develop real-world applicable lessons for diverse learners using NGSS

  • Utilize Kahoot!, Quizizz, Nearpod, Padlet, Jamboard, Desmos, and other various online tools to engage students

  • Collaborate closely English and design teachers to integrate lessons for a pathway of 60 students

  • Develop AP Computer Science Principles course offering using BJC curriculum

CHEMISTRY TEACHER

Oakland Unified School District,  Oakland, CA  / January 2017 - June 2019

  • Teach chemistry and AP Chemistry (2018-2019) to classes ranging from 20-32 students

  • Create real-world applicable lessons and experiments for diverse learners using commonly found household items aligned lessons with NGSS standards

  • Collaborate closely with 10  teachers in the computer science pathway to support 400 students from 10th-12th grade

Leadership

COOPERATING MENTOR TEACHER

USF, San Francisco, CA  /  August 2020 - June 2021

  • Guide and support science student teacher's preparation for their future classrooms

  • Provide constructive feedback on teaching, lesson planning, student support, and teacher professional development at least 3xs per week

  • Provide instruction on classroom management, organization skills in the classroom, and integration online technologies like Google Classroom, Google Suites, and various other edtech tools

INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING TEAM (ILT)

San Francisco Unified School District,  San Francisco, CA  /  August 2019 - June 2021

  • Work with a team of 10-15 teachers to improve school-wide instructional practices

  • Meet bi-weekly to present integration of instructional practices in classrooms and plan for next steps

  • Present instructional skills and content for application in the classroom to co-teaching teams

  • Develop protocols for better student engagement in the school

WITsi TEAM

San Francisco Unified School District,  San Francisco, CA  /  August 2019 - June 2020

  • Training to integrate better writing practices into student lessons

  • Attend meeting throughout the school year and summer workshops

  • Bring learned practices back to co-teaching team to integrate and build alignment throughout co-taught courses

Professional Development

CELLULAR CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP

UC San Francisco,  San Francisco, CA  /  June 2021- June 2021

  • LEGO Robotics workshop with UCSF to learn how to integrate traditional sciences with computer science

  • Work with UCSF mentors, educators, and students to learn how to program robots to model cell functions

  • Training on Open Roberta block coding to program robots

PROJECT INVENT

Pathfinders Summer Institute,  Virtual / July 2020

  • Making and Coding for the Social Good Workshop

  • Designing accessibility focused projects and products to help make individual lives easier

  • Develop methods to teach product design and development to students

  • Training on utilizing an arduino and code to design products

IGNITED FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Genentech,  South San Francisco, CA  /  June 2018 - August 2018

  • Summer fellowship for teachers to experience working in real-world STEM fields in the Bay Area

  • Work in an analytics laboratory for 8 weeks working on developing a new assay

  • Learn how to perform laboratory assays testing for impurities in samples utilizing automated robots

  • Develop chemistry lessons for high school students based on experiences working in a real-world scientific laboratory

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