TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language)  & TEFL (Teaching English As a Foreign Language) Experiences:

 2018 International Conference on Urban Education in   Nassau, Bahamas

Supervising Experience: Student Teacher Licensure Supervisor 

• TESL & FLED Student Teaching Licensure Supervisor, UNC Charlotte (2016-2020)
• Teachstone Certified Secondary CLASS Observer

University Level Courses Taught: UNC Charlotte 

• TESL 6204: Multicultural Education (graduate)
• TESL 4204 Immigrant Inclusive Classrooms (undergraduate)
• TESL 4469- Advanced Seminar/Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language (undergraduate)
• FLED 4469: Student Teaching Seminar: K-12 Foreign Language (undergraduate)

American Educational Research Association(AERA) Convention, San Antonio, TX.  Paper Title: “Undocumented Teacher Allies in North Carolina Through Critical Multicultural Coursework.” Session: Raising Critical Consciousness: Disruptive Teaching through Engagement

Paper Session (Division K) Teaching and Teacher Education Section 5:                                                                     Paper Title: “Preservice Teacher Education Coursework: Curriculum and Teaching to Improve Teacher Knowledge, Understanding, and Pedagogical Practices”

“Rising Readers” Facilitator, International House (Charlotte, N.C.): I facilitated a professional development workshop for ELL Tutors for the “Rising Readers” program at the International House

Community Engagement:

South East Asian Coalition (SEAC), Charlotte, N. C.
-I served as an ELL tutor for Middle and High School Students from 2015-2017 and now I am currently a Board Member (since 2018).

Charlotte Mecklenburg School (CMS) North Star Reading Partner
-I served as a reading tutor to third grade ELL students.

Latin American Women’s Association (LAWA) & Johnson C. Smith
University(JCSU) Metropolitan College.
-I taught a basic adult ESL SEP Course for parents of High School Latino students.

West Charlotte High School
-I organized and coordinated a Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) freshmen service-learning project for the after-school program where JCSU students served as tutors for one semester.

East Mecklenburg High School
-I served as an ESL Volunteer Student & Family Liaison where I advised and tutored Spanish-Speaking students.

Merry Oaks Elementary School
-I taught a second grade summer school class that prepared ELL students for the the third grade.

Colegio Dominico Americano, Santiago, Dominican Republic.
-I obtained a TEFL Certificate after completing a semester clinical as an ELL tutor during my academic exchange at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.