Teaching

My teaching experience spans early childhood through graduate education, across public schools, universities, and community-based learning environments. I have worked as a teaching paraprofessional, arts educator, Spanish-bilingual classroom teacher, prison educator, literacy instructor, teacher educator, and university instructor. These experiences have shaped an approach to teaching grounded in relationships, responsiveness to learners' identities and experiences, and attention to the institutional conditions that shape educational opportunities.

Across these settings, I have approached teaching as both an intellectual and relational practice, one that requires careful attention to how students learn, how educators develop, and how classrooms can create opportunities for meaningful participation and growth. My teaching philosophy draws inspiration from educators, writers, and thinkers whose work has challenged injustice, expanded possibilities for learning, and understood education as a practice of freedom.

These influences have encouraged me to think about classrooms as spaces where knowledge is not simply transmitted, but questioned, constructed, and transformed through dialogue and collective inquiry. They remind me that teaching requires more than an understanding of curriculum and instruction; it also calls for an awareness of how power, language, race, and institutional structures shape whose knowledge is recognized and whose participation is made possible.

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University Teaching

My university teaching spans undergraduate, master's, and doctoral education, with experience in teacher preparation, adolescent development, critical approaches to education, and scholarly communication. At Stanford University and the University of San Francisco, I have worked with students preparing to enter classrooms, educators developing their practice, and emerging scholars examining questions of teaching, learning, and educational inequality.

University of San Francisco

Re(positioning) Disability

Spring 2025 · Teaching Assistant

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Introduction to Teaching and Learning

Stanford University · Fall 2023 · Teaching Assistant

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Proseminar 2: Teaching and Learning

Stanford University · Winter 2024 · Teaching Affiliate

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PK–12 and Community-Based Teaching

My teaching practice began in public schools and community-based educational settings, where I worked with young people across elementary and secondary grades. As a Spanish-bilingual classroom teacher, teaching paraprofessional, literacy educator, and arts educator, I developed an approach grounded in culturally responsive instruction, relationships with students and families, and attention to the conditions shaping young people's educational experiences. These experiences continue to inform my university teaching, research, and commitments to educational equity.

Bilingual Elementary Education

Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School
San Francisco Unified School District · 2016–2019
Accelerated Charter Elementary School
Los Angeles · 2015–2016
Broadway Elementary School
Los Angeles Unified School District · 2010–2012

Residential and Carceral Settings

Volunteer Literacy Teacher
Academic Peer Education Project · San Quentin State Prison · 2017–2020
Volunteer Arts Instructor
Aviva Family and Children's Services · Los Angeles · 2010–2012

Teacher Education and Mentorship

My work in teacher education extends beyond university coursework to preparing and mentoring emerging educators in classroom and school settings. Through teacher preparation seminars, classroom observations, instructional feedback, and reflective conversations, I have supported preservice teachers as they develop their pedagogical practice and professional identities.

Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP)

Adolescent Development and Learning
Stanford University · 2026 · Instructor
Secondary Teaching Seminar
Stanford University · 2024 · Teaching Assistant