Elementary educator with 10 years in Title I classrooms, specializing in reading intervention and dual-language instruction. Bilingual Spanish/English.
3rd Grade Teacher2018-08 – Present
Playa Vista Elementary
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- Lead teacher for a 24-student dual-language cohort; 92% of students met or exceeded grade-level reading benchmarks on the 2024 iReady diagnostic.
- Designed and ran the school's after-school reading intervention program for 18 students below grade level; 14 of 18 closed the gap by mid-year.
2nd Grade Teacher2014-08 – 2018-06
Boyle Heights STEM Academy
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- Built the 2nd-grade writing curriculum adopted across 4 LAUSD elementary sites.
M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction2016
UCLA