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work experience.

2014 - Present

2015 - 2017; 2019-2022

2023

2022

2007-2014

2010-2011

2011-2014

2008-2010

2006-2007

Department of Defense Education Activity. Virtual Teacher (Germany)​

  • School Improvement Leadership Team (SILT) – World Languages Department Chair

  • Utilize various Learning Management Systems (Schoology, Middlebury FuelEd, Aventa, Edgenuity), Google Workspace, iWork, Microsoft Office Suite/Microsoft 365, and numerous other technology applications to create, develop, manipulate, and share learning content in French and English, dependent on organizational needs.

  • Utilize asynchronous tools (emails, discussion boards, collaboration tools, etc.) and synchronous tools (instant messaging, web conferencing, etc.) to support online education.

  • Collaborate with instructional designers to design and revamp new and existing courses, update and modernize course content, ensure course alignment with brick-and-mortar schools, and implement various learning techniques to accommodate individual student needs.

  • Courses taught: French 1-4, U.S. History, U.S. Government, Sociology.

Holy Cross Catholic Church. Graphic Designer (Remote)

  • Presented design decisions and thoughts to stakeholders and created promotional materials from ideation to execution for a Black History Month music series.

U.S. Peace Corps, Sri Lanka. Virtual Service Pilot (VSP) Participant (Remote)

  • Collaborated with the Sri Lankan counterpart to decide focus areas and projects scope.

  • Co-designed and developed online syllabus for English club.

  • Designed multimedia instructional resources for Sri Lankan counterpart.

U.S. Peace Corps, Togo. Virtual Service Pilot (VSP) Participant (Remote)

  • Engaged remotely to co-mentor and co-teach an English club at a university in Lomé focusing on cross-cultural understanding and English-speaking skills.

Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School. Teacher (Dallas, Texas)

  • Campus Instructional Leadership Team (CILT): Social Studies.

  • Response to Intervention (RtI) Coordinator.

  • French/Social Studies Teacher. 

    • Created and delivered courses, including advanced reading and writing in French, listening and speaking skills practice.

    • Incorporated an online textbook and digital curriculum via Pearson Education Online, and used multimedia resources to highlight Francophone culture.

    • Designed and maintained websites (Edmodo, Weebly) to highlight French courses, enrichment events, and custom educational trips abroad.

Peacemakers, Inc. (Dallas, Texas)

  • Board of Directors / Communications Coordinator.

    • ​Authored and designed digital organizational newsletter to promote dialogue and share programmatic initiatives with similar organizations.

  • Assistant Conference Administrator.

    • ​Maintained 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference website, donor, and registrant information using Macromedia Contribute 3.11.

    • Completed virtual training in Database Reporting Fundamentals to maximize job performance.

U.S. Peace Corps. Youth Development Volunteer (Morocco)

  • Worked with local associations and community leaders to determine educational needs and create custom courses in English, French, and Arabic; developed curriculum, assessments, and special projects.

  • Trained Peace Corps Trainees on class organization and lesson plan development.

  • Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly Peace Corps magazine "Peaceworks".

  • Instituted the first “English Language Summer Camp" in Morocco with 15 other Peace Corps volunteers.

  • Created a journalism club and culminated summer program with a student video and newsletter.

NOVA School. English as a Second Language Specialist (Japan)

  • Created and delivered custom English language conversation courses to Japanese students. Increased enrollment through demo lessons, new student recruitment, and expanded course options.

2003-2005

2002-2003

2022

education.

Google UX Design Professional Certificate

  • Completed 3 projects as a part of the program. Learned about the UX Design process from User Research to Wireframing and Prototyping to Usability testing.

  • Courses Completed:

    • Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

    • Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate

    • Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes

    • Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts

    • Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma

    • Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD

    • Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

 

​​Build a mobile app with Google Sheets on Glide and no coding

  • Used Glide to create a data structure in Google Sheets with formulas and dynamic content to support the design of a mobile app.

Career Foundry

  • UX Design for Beginners

Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

  • Bachelor of Arts: Francophone Studies

  • Specialization on North Africa

Université de Paris III (Sorbonne-Nouvelle) - Paris, France

Institut Touraine - Tours, France

skills.

Design Problem-solving; Brainstorming; Information Architecture; Gap Analysis; Writing; Research; Paper & Digital Wireframes; Low-/High-Fidelity Prototypes; Competitive Audits; Usability Studies; Figma; Adobe XD; Responsive Design; Visual Design; Empathy.

Learning & Development Leadership & Project Management; Instructional Leadership; Learning Management Systems; Collaboration and Development; Cross-Cultural Competency; Curriculum Writing & Instructional Design; Synchronous / Asynchronous Trainings; Assessment Development; Public Speaking & Presenting.

Other Foreign Languages Fluency: English (Mother Tongue) & French (Professional Working); Google Workspace; iWork; Microsoft Office Suite/Microsoft 365.

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