Don't just learn, experience.
Background
From teaching Art at elementary schools in some of the most culturally diverse neighborhoods in the city to teaching at some of the most prestigious colleges in the Chicago area. Much as I hope students learned from me, I am equally appreciative and grateful for the learning I took from my students. I continually learn as I teach and strive to experiment with new innovative ways of engaging in the learning process.
Education
DePaul University Master of Elementary Education K - 9 Endorsements: Art, Social Studies
University of Chicago - Master of Liberal Arts
Experience
Brookdale Elementary School - Art Teacher
Longwood Elementary School - Art Teacher
Reavis Elementary Math & Science Special School: Art Teacher
Triton College - Faculty Instructor: Popular Art, Latin American Experience
John Hay Community Academy - Art Teacher
East-West University - Faculty Instructor: Introduction to Journalism, Style and Rhetoric, Writing for Multimedia, Technical Writing, Introduction to Poetry, Digital Photography, Photoshop II, Writing from Sources, Speech
DeVry University - Faculty Instructor: Advanced Composition, Literature and Film
International Academy of Design and Technology - Faculty Instructor: Film Animation Design and Theory, Digital Video
The Illinois Institute of Art - Faculty Instructor: Conceptual Thinking, Location Photography, Fundamentals of Design, Fundamentals of 3D Design, Digital Production, Fundamentals of Drawing,
ESL
Institute for Gifted - Faculty Instructor: International Relations, Theories of Time Travel, Web Game Design, Creative Writing.
Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization - Worked as a interpreter assisting in the evaluation of children of non English background and in need of special educational services.
Projects
Let the sun Shine In - In addition to being exposed to daily discrimination and abuse, homeless Roma children are forced into child labor from an early age As a result of such prejudices, chances to expand their natural potential are shattered. These disturbing facts launched my project to document and counter social injustice these children face daily. The objectives of project are to promote the values of gender equality as well as the integration of Roma into civil society.
Lectures
How Technology Enhances Teaching and Learning - Lecture to Chicago Public School Teachers
Certifications
Elementary Education - Kindergarten through Grade 9 Endorsements in Art & Social Science