I am proud to say I have been an educator with the Moreno Valley School District (M.V.U.S.D.) since 1996, teaching science at Moreno Valley High School until I transferred to Canyon Springs High School (CSHS) four years later to work with the Health Careers Academy (HCA). In 2007, I became the HCA director and for the next 10 years, I worked with a talented group of academy teachers to implement STEAM strategies including cross-curricular, thematic lessons. I also served as the Solar Cup advisor for five years. Currently, I am the Canyon Springs Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) co-advisor, the Charter Hospice advisor, and I teach Biology and HCA Anatomy and Physiology.

After stepping down as the HCA director in 2017, I became very interested in designing and implementing STEAM strategies to benefit students in my science classes. I regularly infuse coding (Scratch, Dance Party, and Sphero bots) into the curriculum and last year I attended a course with Parallax using Python programming. I enjoy learning new educational technologies which I pass on to students to prepare them for 21st century college and career opportunities. Two years ago, I completed a SAMR course and currently I am finishing the last in a series of four STEAM courses to earn a UCR STEAM credential through the MVUSD. My goal is to work with the CSHS iSTEAM team to earn an iSTEAM designation for our school.