Diana Florez

• Taught Business Administration classes in vocational school settings, delivering instruction and supporting student engagement in business-related coursework.
• Led a classroom of nine students with autism, coordinating nine one-to-one aides and a classroom assistant while managing daily routines and practical money-skills instruction.
• Christopher Columbus School 15, Elizabeth: Delivered bilingual instruction in fourth-grade Math and Science during a six-month long-term assignment and taught first grade for two months across Literacy, Math, Science, Social Studies, and ESL.
• Sojourner Truth Middle School, East Orange: Served as a building-based substitute supporting sixth-grade English language learners and adapting activities with visuals, manipulatives, interactive tasks, and guided practice to meet varied learning needs.

Conducted market research and contributed to feasibility studies for proposed academic programs, gathering and organizing data from students, employers, educational institutions, practicum partners, and faculty.

Supported research that informed the university’s development of an undergraduate Occupational Therapy program in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Contributed to the feasibility study for an Early Childhood Care specialization, helping organize research findings and structure the final program document; the work supported the development of a continuing education program.