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