Current Projects
Co-Author, Making Connections in Mathematics (MCM), Math III/Algebra II curriculum, Riverside County Office of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Facilitator, Advisor, Noyce Math & Science Teacher Scholar Program, CSUSB & San Bernardino City Unified School District, NSF-Noyce
Co-Director and Advisor, Early Teaching Experiences in Mathematics and Science (ETEMS), CSUSB, CSU Mathematics and Science Teacher Initiative (MSTI)
Assistant Editor, Journal of the California Mathematics Project (JCMP)
Past Projects
Facilitator, Lesson Study, CSUSB Center for Enhancement of Mathematics Education (CEME)
Team Member, Accelerate Latinx Representation in STEM Education (ALRISE) with Institutional Intentionality and Capacity Building for Experiential Learning, NSF INCLUDES Alliance
Facilitator, Dinner and a Math Problem, Inland Empire Math Teachers’ Circle, Inland Counties Mathematics Project, and CSUSB Center for Enhancement of Mathematics Education (CEME)
Mathematics Education Consultant, Building College-Level Number Sense, CSUSB & Riverside City College, California Education Learning Lab
Teacher Professional Learning Presentations
Engaging Students in Mathematical Inquiry through Investigate Conjecture Justify Activities (with S. Cramer). Teacher workshop session for Modernizing Mathematics Summit, Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, CA, March 2025.
Learning the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Class Discussion Through a Modeling Lesson (with E. Osuna & L. Tapia). Teacher workshop session presented at the 2024 Noyce Summit, Washington DC, July 2024.
Engaging in Authentic Problem Solving Through Model-Eliciting Activities (with E. Osuna & L. Tapia). Teacher workshop session presented at the 2024 Western Regional Noyce Conference, Portland, OR, February 2024.
Authentic Problem Solving Through Model-Eliciting Activities (with S. Balady). Teacher workshop session to be presented at the 2023 California Mathematics Council-South (CMC-South) Conference, Palm Springs, CA, November 2023.
Getting Meta about Questioning: Going Beyond Closed- verses Open-Ended. Poster presented at the 2022 International Learning Assistant Conference (ILAC), Boulder, CO, November 2022.
Flop or not? Exploring and modeling with movie data. CMC-South 63rd Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA, November 2022.
Exploring and Modeling with Movie and Crime Data. Teacher workshop session presented for Dinner and a Math Problem, Inland Empire Math Teacher’s Circle at CSUSB, October 2022.
Leveraging Technology to Give Every Student a Voice in Class Discussions. Poster presented for CSU-FEST at CSUSB, April 2022.
Mathematical Modeling: The Emphasis is on the Process. Invited speaker session for OSU Math Education Seminar, held virtually at Oregon State University
What size shoe would Lady Liberty wear? Mathematical modeling through inquiry (with J. Aikin). Dinner and a Math Problem, Inland Empire Math Teacher’s Circle, March 2022.
Building a classroom culture of openness to ask questions, share ideas, and make mistakes. CSUSB Pedagogy Forum, May 2021.
Professional Memberships
California Mathematics Council - Southern Section (CMC-South)
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Community for Mathematics Inquiry in Teaching - California/Nevada Region (COMMIT-CaN)