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Professional Summary

Through my teaching I focus on helping learners to understand how their educational identities impacts their success and how they will engage with those around them. Working as a teacher educator, these combined teaching opportunities allow me to model critical curriculum supported through culturally centered pedagogical practices. Humanizing learning allows for both me as the teacher and my students to bring our understandings, experiences and histories into the learning process. This vulnerability of both teacher and student builds community to foster learning​.

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Using my platforms to leverage opportunities and access to underserved and underprivileged groups drives my commitment to service. With the skills and knowledge, I have acquired, I work in relevant fields to provide support to promote overall success for communities in need. Service areas of interest include education, mentorship, and diversity, inclusion and equity.

Skills

Curriculum Development  Branding 

   Instructional Strategist    Social Media 

  Community Organizing  

2016-2019

University of Texas at San Antonio

Ph. D. Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Curriculum & Instruction

Dissertation: "Exploring Black Women Educators use of Pop Culture as Curriculum: Narrative Case Study"

2011-2012

University of Houston- Clear Lake

M.S. Educational Management 

2004-2004

Oakwood University

B.S. Elementary Education

Work Experience

2019- Present

Auburn University

Assistant Clinical Professor

Elementary Education

2016-2019

University of Texas at San Antonio

Doctoral Teaching Fellow

Interdisciplinary Studies & African American Studies

2015-2016

Pasadena ISD

5th Grade Science Teacher

2009-2015

Houston ISD

1st, 2nd & 5th Grade Teacher

Education

Interests

Critical Curriculum   Pop Culture   Black Feminism 

Critical Race Feminism   Intersectionality

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

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