Laura Eve Wallace
Nashville,TN
Summary
Experienced community organizer, teacher, and yoga instructor with over 15 years experience in community arts, advocacy, and community organizing. Dedicated theater director and educator with acute critical thinking skills and research abilities. Kind community advocate with deep emotional intelligence and natural communication skills. Warm and creative person ethically driven to provide safe, compassionate, and creative care for people from all walks of life to create greater health outcomes and community wellbeing.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Yoga and Meditation Teacher
YMCA/Vanderbilt University/East Community Center
10.2016 - Current
- Works with individuals and groups ranging in age from young children to seniors
- Creates class content and approaches to technique for students from diverse socio-economic, cultural and religious backgrounds
- Implements therapeutic approach for students living with chronic illness, pain, and disability
- Instructs students in breathing, meditation and Restorative and Vinyasa Yoga techniques to improve strength and flexibility in the body and resiliency and peace of mind and spirit
Program Director for Family Kitchen Manager
Sophia's Heart Home For Families In Transition
01.2012 - 11.2014
- Co-created and directed commercial kitchen and meals program with families experiencing homelessness
- Recruited and coordinated volunteers in cooking tasks and mentorship roles
- Conducted cooking classes and recipe sharing activities among residents
- Created and implemented meal plan for on-site mental health crisis unit
Teaching Artist
Frist Museum For Visual Art
10.2013 - 06.2014
- Worked with high school students at the Nashville Downtown Library over six months to create an interactive sculptural installation focused on mental health, peer support, and the stories we tell
- Modeled interpersonal relationships with staff members, students and administrators and strived to enhance student learning and well being
- Maintained daily student records and evaluated student progress
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work
Cooking and Nutrition Instructor
Center For Refugees And Immigrants Of Tennessee
01.2011 - 06.2014
- Developed and implemented creative lesson plans to reach diverse immigrant and refugee students, incorporating recipes from students' home countries made from scratch
- Collaborated with colleagues and improved teaching practices through professional learning and student retention meetings
- Taught culinary theory and practice in various environments, focusing on food production while fostering students to take the lead and mentor one another
Elementary and Middle School Teacher
Watsonville Public Schools
01.2009 - 08.2012
- Built learning and citizenship skills to help with personal growth in addition to increasing academic knowledge with students of migrant farm workers and new immigrants
- Identified signs of emotional or developmental problems in students.
- Administered assessments and standardized tests to evaluate student progress
- Worked with new language learners on acquisition and retention
- Assigned daily lesson plans designed to motivate students and allow for creativity
Education
Masters of Social Work - Trauma Certificate And School Liscensure
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Nashville Campus05.2026
200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher - Vinyasa Yoga, Restorative Yoga And Breathing Tech
Kali Yuga Yoga
Nashville, TN2011
Master of Arts - Teaching
Bennington College
Bennington, VT2005
Bachelor of Arts - Theater And Anthropology
Bennington College
Bennington, VT2004
Skills
- Creative thinker and natural organizer
- Good time management skills
- Experienced in research and program development
- Connects easily with individuals from diverse backgrounds
- Comfortable leading groups and public speaking
- Seasoned networker
- Flexible and adaptable
Timeline
Yoga and Meditation Teacher
YMCA/Vanderbilt University/East Community Center
10.2016 - Current
Teaching Artist
Frist Museum For Visual Art
10.2013 - 06.2014
Program Director for Family Kitchen Manager
Sophia's Heart Home For Families In Transition
01.2012 - 11.2014
Cooking and Nutrition Instructor
Center For Refugees And Immigrants Of Tennessee
01.2011 - 06.2014
Elementary and Middle School Teacher
Watsonville Public Schools
01.2009 - 08.2012
Masters of Social Work - Trauma Certificate And School Liscensure
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher - Vinyasa Yoga, Restorative Yoga And Breathing Tech
Kali Yuga Yoga
Master of Arts - Teaching
Bennington College
Bachelor of Arts - Theater And Anthropology
Bennington College
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