Professional

Experience

• August 2022 - Lead English Teacher at North Seattle French School
  Now working as a resource specialist and curriculum guide for alignment with CCSS and state standards. We are creating a custom scope and sequence across grades. I teach fourth grade social studies, English, and math, while I also teach first grade English, science, and social studies. Bilingualism is not required, but as a francophone I am able to translanguage.

• August 2021 - English Teacher at North Seattle French School
  Building a hands-on, project-based learning and interactive teaching model in 4th grade, while developing an intensive English language development program for first grade. 

• Summer Staircase First-Second Grade ELA
  Seattle Public Schools
  Jul 2021 (1 mo)

• Creator
  Anglais En Fleurs English school for Francophone Students
  Anglais En Fleurs is my attempted English/French business model for a private hands-on, PBL English school. As this business never came to fruition, nor did the website ever receive proper professional translation, I share it here as an example of my capabilities.

• Summer Staircase ELA teacher grades 3/4
  Seattle Public Schools
  Jul 2019 

• Middle school ELL teacher
  Seattle Public Schools
  Jan 2019 – Jun 2019 

• TESOL Attendendee
  Chicago
  2018

• Presenter
  ICCSD Teacher Conference
  2018

• Presenter
  ICCSD Teacher Conference
  2017

• Lead ELL Teacher
  ICCSD
  Jul 2015 – Dec 2018 

• Validity Research Contractor
  ELPA21
  2017 – 2018

• Adult ELL Instructor
  Kirkwood Community College
  2014 – 2015

• ELL paraeducator
  WILLIAMSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
  Aug 2014 – Dec 2014

Education

• University of Iowa
  MAT, Language Acquistion research and pedagogy, French doctoral studies, teaching certification
  My comps focused on dynamic assessment for diverse learners and culturally relevant classroom environments.

Licenses & certifications

• Washington Residency Teacher K-12 ELL/French - OSPI

• Iowa Standard Teacher Certification K-12 ELL/French - BOEE

Experience

• Special Education Focus IA
  Seattle Public Schools
  Apr 2021 – May 2021

• Long Term Special Education Teacher
  Seattle Public Schools
  Mar 2021 – Apr 2021 

• Spanish English Dual Language K/1 Long Term
  Yo hablo un poquìtito de su magnífica idioma
  Bellevue School District
  Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 

• Long Term Instructional Assistant - Family/Tech Support
  Seattle Public Schools
  Sep 2020 – Dec 2020 

• Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant, Diversities and Exceptionalities in Literary Instruction
  University of Iowa
  May 2018 – Aug 2018 

• Art Instructor
  Theatre Instructor
  Iowa City Recreation Division
  2013-2018

• Paraeducator - 21st Century CCLC Grant Wood Elementary Summer Program
  2015

• Substitute Teacher
  Iowa City Community School District
  Clear Creek Community School District
  2011-2015

Education

• Colorado State University-Pueblo
  Education
  I have taken 21 hours of graduate coursework on diversity, behavior, disability, racism, and differentiation with the Siedow Teacher Education program.

Licenses & certifications

• 2018 CPI Training (with holds)

• 2016 Action Based Learning Training

Just for fun, find me on Duolingo!

Experience

• French Teaching Assistant
  University of Iowa
  Aug 2013 – May 2014 (10 mos)

• Stagiare
  Le Cordon Bleu Paris
  Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 (3 mos)
  I worked primarlily as a an assistant to the chef and sous chef of preparations, Chefs Saturnin and LeBuc. We created mise en place for all classes. Because I was the "most bilingual" of the basement I often worked as a casual translator for students from both backgrounds with the other assistants in the basement kitchen where we worked in the original Le Cordon Bleu historical buildling. I was placed in this position through EUSA, an internship program, that connected with students via The University of Iowa Study Abroad, and Céline Guerrero was the person who brought me in for an entretien and official stage.

Education

• The University of Southern Mississippi
  Applied Linguistics
  2013
  Study Abroad research project for introduction to Qualitative Research. Under Joanne Burnett (now at Penn State) I worked with beginner French students studying abroad negotiating with host families for language, and interviewed host families on their impressions on French L2 learners, and their accommodation to English in the home environment paired with ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) in the nearby zone of commerce that was Nice, France. Through this I determined that the French classroom, because of the use of ZPD and comprehensible input, was the most reliable and coherent access to the language. This required bilingual transcription, translation, and the completion of a thesis in French. During this period of time I tested as a C1 in France for language proficiency.

• University of Iowa
  Baccalauréat, French / Italian
  2009 – 2011
  Professors and coursework of note:
  Dr. Anny Dominique-Curtius
  -Postcolonial Female Lit
  -Postcolonial Francophone Lit
  -Film of the Francophone World
  Dr. Michel Laronde
  -Literature of Quebec and La Revolution Tranquille
  Dr. Rosemarie Scullion
  -French Film
  Dr. Miriam Belli
  -The Modern Middle East
  Other
  -Advanced Italian II

• 36 Hours of Spanish Language Learning through Kirkwood Community College, supported by three months of work in a bilingual Spanish classroom. I am intermediate Spanish spearker.

Licenses & certifications

• Washington Residency Teacher K-12 ELL/French - OSPI

• Iowa Standard Teacher Certification K-12 ELL/French - BOEE

Proficiency
ACTFL Speaking Advanced Mid
ACTFL Writing Advanced Low

I boast a GRE analytical writing score of 5/6, within 98th percentile, and have presented my research papers from 2014-2018 at lowa-based conferences. I am currently taking courses on Coursera to further develop the breadth of my abilities.

Writing Samples
Sample - A Brief Survey of Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Relevant Graduate Coursework
Language Structure for Teaching ELLs
Approaches to Teaching Writing
Qualitative Research in Language: French in France (Research Project)

Undergraduate Coursework
Techniques Of Translation
Forms of Literature: Fiction
Forms of Literature: Non-Fiction
Studies in Francophone Literatures
Quebecois Literatures

Coursera Coursework / Audits
Academic Information Seeking  -  Certificate - University of Copenhagen / Technical University of Denmark
Writing and Editing: Revising - Certificate - University of Michigan

Published Writing - Upon Request
Upon request, I have two personally written, published works of experimental non-fiction, and my self-published a limited zine which I distributed across the south in Dec. 2017/Jan. 2018, entitled Waste of Space. 

Experience

• Chef Commis
  Leaf Kitchen
  Feb 2010 – Mar 2018
  Full time 2010-2012, on call after

• Chef de Cuisine
  Full Moon Café - Dinner Pop Up
  August 2016

• Line Cook
  Heartland burrito
  Mar 2011 – Oct 2016
  Summer Farmer's Market

• Manager - Yellow Velo
  Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County
  May 2014 – Aug 2014
  Yellow Velo was a summer project for NCJC, a nonprofit group with two hubs that offer free mountain bike training to kids with high stress lives. I managed a pop-up cafe and bike rental outside of the local pool during the summer. We did not have a lot of foot traffic that year, unfortunately.

• Stagiare
  Le Cordon Bleu Paris
  Jun 2010 – Aug 2010
  I worked primarlily as a an assistant to the chef and sous chef of preparations, Chefs Saturnin and LeBuc. We created mise en place for all classes. Because I was the "most bilingual" of the basement I often worked as a casual translator for students from both backgrounds with the other assistants in the basement kitchen where we worked in the original Le Cordon Bleu historical buildling. I was placed in this position through EUSA, an internship program, that connected with students via The University of Iowa Study Abroad, and Céline Guerrero was the person who brought me in for an entretien and official stage.

• Chef Commis / Line Cook
  The Wedge Downtown
  2009 

• Lead Prep, Lead Garde Manger, Bread and Pastry Cook
  Toucan Cafe
  Apr 2007 – Aug 2008 

• Garde manger, baker, barista
  Soho South Cafe
  2005

Please see my digital photography and commercial/culinary page photography page for my personal creations, and performance for my other work.

Experience

• Craftperson and Sustainability Nerd
  Custom resin art and recycled costume jewelry
  Objets Obscurs Du Desir
  July 2018 - Current

• Assembly line worker (full and part time)
  Smart Plug LLC, Seattle
  August 2020 - March 2021

• Art Instructor
  Event Planner
  Flyer Designer
  Recreation Division, City of Iowa City
  Feb 2012 – Aug 2018
  My first grant writing, research, copywriting and graphic design opportunities.
  This was also a theatrical outlet, wherein I used my costuming and prop-making skills to create characters like our Halloween Fortune Teller, or Lady Winter for our winter solstice festival.
  During the summers I taught full-time as an art teacher for the city programs, and would often teach a few courses throughout the year in performing or visual arts.

• CHiBipoo.com
  Webmaster
  2000-2004
  I maintained my own web domain featuring numerous sub-sites written largely in HTML with some beginner Java. I included pesonal portfolios and fan sites for my favorite subjects like popular culture, comics, manga, anime, and bands. 

Education

• Code Fellows
  Code 101
  Basic CSS  web design
  March 2019

• Savannah Arts Academy
  Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
  Visual Arts
  2000 – 2003
  Best Leading Actress 2002, Division 4 One Act Play Competition