
Strategic and collaborative educational leader with more than 20 years of experience supporting multilingual education initiatives, coordinating cross-departmental programs, and leading instructional teams within large urban school districts. Skilled in project coordination, stakeholder communication, data analysis, and program implementation. Proven ability to facilitate collaboration across departments, manage complex initiatives, and support leadership in advancing services and outcomes for multilingual learners.
Dissertation Research Focus: "Language Acquisition Instructional Best Practices Among Award Winning High School Teachers"
Presentations
Region IV Bilingual ESL Conference - "Empower Talk"
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference - "Express Yourself: Embedding Leveled Speaking and Writing Activities in Secondary Content Classrooms
Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference - "Student Ownership: Strategies at your FingerTIPS"
Literacy Matters Conference - Writing Instructional Approaches for EB Learner