WORK HISTORY
Spanish Teacher, Writing Workshop Teacher, Holy Cross School, South Portland, Maine
2004 - Present
▸ Actively engaged all levels K - 8 (165+ students annually) using communicative activities such as theater, role-playing, stories, songs and art
▸ Most students exceeded expected outcomes by testing into Level II Honors Programs
▸ Taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade Writing Workshop

Spanish Teacher, Hyde School, Bath, Maine
2001 - 2003
▸ Taught all levels I-V
▸ Dorm parent
▸ Lead therapeutic groups
▸ Coached Cross-Country Running, Basketball, and Spring Track

Fourth Grade Classroom / ESL Teacher, Colegio Bennett, Colombia, South America
2000 - 2001
▸ Taught core subjects to 24 native Colombian students with an emphasis on English Language Learning
▸ Class won drama portion of the National Bilingual Schools’ Poetry Festival

Spanish Linguist / Intelligence Analyst / Parachutist, US Army, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1992 - 1996
▸ Top Secret Clearance
▸ Commended for outstanding Intelligence support, Operation Uphold Democracy (Haiti, 1994)

EDUCATION
2009 Literacy Education Graduate Certificate, 4.0 GPA, U.S.M., Portland, Maine

1999 BA, Media Studies / Writing Concentration / Education Minor, Magna Cum Laude, U.S.M., Portland, Maine

1993 Certificate, Spanish, Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California