My Contributions:

2018-2019 Jump Rope for Hearts Association Liaison,San Francisco California

Getting in shape is not meant to be a torturous endeavor. There may be a sore muscle or two along the way, but I believe getting fit should be enjoyed, not dreaded. Jump Rope for hearts creates a healthy competitive environment to enroll students in the joy of jumping. .I’ve been helping students from the Bay area with their abilities to improve cardiovascular health through jump rope progression and all sports. As a fully qualified and accredited Physical Education Teacher, I firmly believe in the positive benefits jump rope & all sports brings to all areas of our lives.

2017 Donors Choose project using Kinesthetic learning with integrated (California) 

I applied for donors to help donate to students in rural underfunded schools in East Oakland. I applied for a Kinesthetic and Technology project. I created a dance unit with my 9th grade students at Oakland Unity Charter school. I received a speaker and camera to film the students and allow music for motivation. I raised 1K from donor's in order to make this project possible. This was a part of my Task Analysis Project to decrease mile times for the fitness gram test which is a highly valued data based fitness exam in California. Some student's scores decreased by 50 percent. I continued to use the speaker for other field lessons throughout the year. 

2016 LGBTQ Liaison Oakland Unity High School Oakland (California)

Supporting students, making safe spaces, learning how to communicate and create a learning environment for all students.

2019 John Muir Occupational/Physical Therapy Department (California)

I often feel like I am a physical/occupational therapist, part-time parent to some students, trainer, and teacher as a physical education specialist. Working in depth with special needs students opened my eyes up to the role the occupational therapist has on students with SN.I volunteered at John Muir Occupational Therapy department because I wanted to learn more about the OT role outside of education and about the hands/body recovery that can then apply to my students.

2017 Probigua School: Spanish Immersion School (Guatemala):

Spanish Immersion 1-on-1 tutoring, home stay program for educators. Probigua inspires applicants to go beyond just learning Spanish but we are required to bring English/Spanish books for children to read and include into their “biblioteca”. This is a children’s library created from a bus. There are not many libraries and books are no as readily available so this is one way students have access to books. 

2013 W.A.T Opot Children’s Community Hospice Volunteer for AIDS/HIV (Cambodia)     

 I finished my last semester in Hong Kong at City University of HK and continued my experience to a Children’s Hospice orphanage in South East Asia. I volunteered here for 2 months. This is where I fell in love with the children and love for teaching. I studied criminal justice/communication studies as my major  from San Francisco State University in California  with the intention to go to law school. I quickly changed my career path once I came back to the United States because I felt I would have more effect on the world as an educator.

Building My work:

2018-2019 SFUSD (San Francisco Unified School District) Physical Education Specialist K-5th grade

I worked with SFUSD as a Physical Education Specialist for one year teaching K-5th grade, split between 2 schools with 400 students. As first year PES for SFUSD all PES are required to observe veteran PES off campus.As a physical education specialist position I strengthened my  curriculum this year by attending SFUSD PE professional development workshops and observations of other teachers. I observed 2X. Once for in class stacking cup games, class management, gymnastics, TABATA and anatomy lessons. Both teachers were thorough and required notes. I was able to integrate what I learned for rainy days and gym use for both ELANS and Glen Park school. In addition we got together with other 1-2 year PES to learn new warm up games, cooperative games and discuss solutions to similar class room management problems that only PES experienced outside the classroom. Lastly, the APE/special needs support on and off campus was tremendous. SFUSD provided sports events 5k, soccer, track/field/ & golf for students to partake in.

2014-2018 OUSD ( Oakland Unified School District) :

Urban Promise Academy, La Escuelita, Melrose Leadership Academy 5th-8th Grade

Beginning my formative years in a rigorous teaching credential program, REACH INSTITUTE for Leadership. Required to be teaching full time & enrolled into a teaching credential program. Typically OUSD PE teachers are split between multiple schools with over 600 students. Taught ESL Spanish immersion students at both sites. At UPA separated PE class by gender & I taught primarily female PE. I organized physical education programs, activities, and games to strengthen and improved students’ physical  fitness and stamina as appropriate for each age group. By instructing students across a range of ages and backgrounds-including students with special needs and disabilities-I am constantly improving my communication, creativity, and motivational skills. 

Oakland Unity Charter High School 9th-12th Grade

PE teacher and Advisor in two schools for grades 9-12th with over 300 students. Designed and put into practice a wide variety of sports, fitness gram testing, racket sports, volleyball, badminton, dance, football, & basketball lessons, exposing students to a range of media and techniques, using google classroom. Including a particular focus on on health, nutrition and anatomy.As the 9th/10th grade advisor we chaperoned college field trips all over California and designed fundraising. Attended IEP meetings for special needs students and attended parent teacher conferences 3X a year.

2017-2019 California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

The mission of the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (C.A.H.P.E.R.D) is to promote healthful lifestyles through quality education for all populations and provide leadership to school, community and statewide programs in the areas of health, physical education, recreation, dance and other movement-related programs. C.A.H.P.E.R.D is an educational organization which will achieve its mission by supporting, encouraging, and providing assistance to members statewide, as they initiate, develop, conduct and promote programs of health, physical education, recreation, dance and other movement-related programs. 

2015-2017 Cal State East Bay Physical Education Summer Program

Workshop for cutting edge physical education specialists to strengthen social emotional, self-defense, technology, dance, nutrition, networking, administration, justice, education policy. Allow physical educators the opportunity to explore effective instruction in physical education and health using research based content that focuses on motor behavior and the connection to the developmental stages of learning of California students.  The Institute provides a variety of professional learning activities designed to support teachers in learning foundational information related to standards-based education, the CCSS, and methodologies to link the evidence of learning in physical education/health education and the literacy standards.

Growing My skills:

2016-2018 Cross-Country Assistant Coach Oakland Unity High School 

I get to change lives for a living, which is not only a privilege but incredibly fulfilling and rewarding. Coaching is an honor to help students who truly want to better their physical and mental practice outside of daily PE class or academics.                  

Placed  2nd in North Bay Sectional Championships. Coached long distance, short distance, sprinting, resistance training 5X a week plus Saturday meets primarily at Mills College campus. 

2014-2016   Volleyball Head Coach 6th-8th Grade: Created Volleyball program  

Coach B and I created a program from scratch. Working in an urban school district that had no female sports we were urged by the students to create a girl’s volleyball team. These two years changed the lives of these girl’s simply by being involved in something progressive, healthy, and stimulating. We fundraised for equipment, uniforms, transportation and food for the teams. The girls’ came in 1st and 2nd both years.

2016-2018 9th grade Advisor, Oakland Unity Charter High School, California            

2014-2016 8th & 6th grade adviser, Urban Promise Academy Middle School, California

Guiding students in extracurricular academic activities such as parent conferences 3 X a year, chaperone college field trips to all University California Colleges. Exercising relationship building, and being a person with cross-functional and multidisciplinary expertises. Providing kinesthetic movement icebreakers daily to build communication skills. Guided students on 3 day backpacking trips 6th/8th grade.