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CURRICULUM VITAE

INTERESTS AND SPECIALIZATION

Project-based learning, place-based learning (educational travel), critical thought,
social justice, California history and culture, poetry, Charles Dickens.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Philosophy (senior honors) — 2003-2009
University of California, Santa Cruz

Master of Arts Degree, Education — 2009-2012
University of Phoenix

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential — 2012-PRESENT
California Department of Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

5th Grade Humanities Teacher, Charter School of Morgan Hill — 2012-2017
Morgan Hill, California

7th Grade Humanities Teacher, Charter School of Morgan Hill — 2017-2023
Morgan Hill, California

4th Grade Teacher, Charter School of Morgan Hill — 2023-PRESENT
Morgan Hill, California

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Summer Seminar — 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

San Jose Area Writing Project — 2013
San Jose State University, California

PBL WORLD 201 — 2016
Napa, California

PBL WORLD Coaching Seminar — 2018
Napa, California

WorldStrides Teaching Convention — 2019
Paris, France

Dickens Universe (Faculty/Presenter) — 2021
University of California Santa Cruz, California

WorldStrides Teaching Convention — 2023
Playa del Carmen, Mexico

EF Global Educator Convention — 2023
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Return to Gold Mountain — 2023
Summit Tunnel and China Camp

EF Educator Convention — 2024
San Francisco, California

Return to Gold Mountain — 2024
Summit Tunnel and China Camp

EF Global Educator Convention — 2025
Phuket and Krabi, Thailand

EDUCATION TOURS

Charter School of Morgan Hill — March 2017
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Gettysburg

Brownell Middle School — March 2018
Washington D.C., New York City

Charter School of Morgan Hill — March 2019
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Gettysburg

Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2019
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Charter School of Morgan Hill — April 2023
Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City

Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2023
Riviera Maya, Mexico

Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2024
Pacific Coast, Costa Rica

Charter School of Morgan Hill — June 2025
Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Mount Fuji & Tokyo

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

How to Use a Play for Project-Based Learning
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-use-play-project-based-learning

Exploring Social Justice Issues Through PBL
https://www.edutopia.org/article/exploring-social-justice-issues-through-pbl

How Project-Based Learning Can Teach Empathy
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-project-based-learning-can-teach-empathy

Students at Charter School serve their unhoused neighbors (co-author with student)
https://morganhilltimes.com/students-at-charter-school-serve-their-unhoused-neighbors/

Using PBL to Teach About Homelessness
https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-pbl-teach-about-homelessness

Capitalizing on the Pedagogy of Place
https://www.edutopia.org/article/capitalizing-pedagogy-place

A PBL Unit on Life as a Young Teen
https://www.edutopia.org/article/student-designed-pbl

CURRICULUM VITAE

INTERESTS AND SPECIALIZATION