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Highlights

• 8 years experience as a human rights organizer working with the poor people's movement to end poverty
• 3 years experience as a tutor, focusing on literacy with students of all ages
• 3 years experience as a preschool and kindergarten teacher
• Other experience includes educational television production, early childhood education policy, and development of literacy and human rights education materials

Summary of Experience

Teaching Young Learners

• Lead Teacher, The Garden Preschool and Kindergarten (1998-2001) - Silverdale, WA
• Director, Education Programs, Puget Sound Learning (1998-2001) - Silverdale, WA

Teaching Adult Learners

• Professor, Early Childhood Education, Seneca College (2008) - Toronto, ON
• Leadership Organizer, United Workers (2001-current) - Baltimore, MD
• Reading Consultant, Spitzer-Smith Consulting (Seattle Pacific University) (1999-2004) - Seattle, WA

Policy and Research

• Policy and Communciations Advisor, College of Early Childhood Educators (2008-2009) - Toronto, ON
• Graduate Assistant, Balanced Literacy Diet Project (2007-2009) - Toronto, ON
• Zesbaugh Scholar, Los Primeros Años (2002-2003) - Seattle, WA

Education

• BA, Psychology, University of Washington (2003) - Seattle, WA
• Spanish, Universidad de Guadalajara (2002) - Guadalajara, Jalisco
• AAS, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Olympic College (2001) - Bremerton, WA

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