Experience

Highlights & Publications

Featured Cover in The Education View Magazine

The Education View - September Edition  (2025)

Fulbright - Teacher Global Classroom Participant

Teacher Global Classroom (2025 - 2026)

TUMI USA - Award

Professional Award (2025)

Monmouth County Board of Commissioners

Acknowledgement by the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners (2025)

NJEA Review Magazine Feature

NJEA Review October Edition (2025)

American Consortium on Equity in Education

National Champion of Equity - General Education Teacher K-12 (2024) 

IGI Global - Publications

Evergreen Award - “Best International Educational Books for Diverse Communities in the USA” 

Book: “Hispanic Scholar Perspectives on Education and Wellbeing” DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7688-1

Book: “Hispanic Perspectives on Student Support & Community Empowerment” DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-1340-5

Chapter Book: “Fostering Inclusive and Resilient Classroom Environments in the Post-COVID19-Era: Strategies for Underserved and Underrepresented Students”. DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-8125-0.ch002 

Chapter Book: “Understanding and Creating a Sense of Belonging in Immigrant-Hispanic Students” DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9904-7.ch022

Chapter Book: “Innovations in Addressing Inequity: How Teacher Leadership Positively Impacted DEI Practices” DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9904-7.ch013

New Jersey Congressman,  Dr. Herb Conaway, Jr.

Acknowledgement by the New Jersey Congressman, Dr. Herb Conaway, for TUMI USA National Award representing the Peruvian community in New Jersey.

The United States Latino Affairs

Top 5 Latinos in New Jersey in 2024

New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy

Acknowledgment by New Jersey Governor for National Awards in Education.

New Jersey State House - Resolution

Acknowledgement and recognition by the Senate State of New Jersey for accomplishments on education.

Senator of the 11th District - Vin Gopal

Acknowledgement by New Jersey State Senator, Vin Gopal of the 11th District, for the work towards education, and nationally awards.

New Jersey Congressman,  Andy Kim

Acknowledgement by the New Jersey Congressman, Andy Kim,  for National Awards in Education.

Representative of the 4th District - Chris Smith

Acknowledgement by the Member of Congress, Chris Smith of the 4th District for the work towards education.

Kappa Delta Pi International - Kean University

Induction as an Honorary Member of the International Honor Society

PDK International (Phi Delta Kappa)

National Emerging Leader  (Class of 2023)

Princeton Public Schools - Parent Community Night

Keynote Speaker (January - 2023)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Champion on Education (Class of 2024)

ASCD Mini Grant Awardee (2023 - 2024)

International Emerging Leader (Class of 2023)

JerseyCAN - New Jersey Teacher Leader Policy Fellowship

Teacher Leader Fellow (2022 - 2023)

“Critical Understandings of LatinX & Global Education” 

Chapter Book: “Student Ambassadors” (April - 2022)

Writers: Angello Villarreal, Walter Greason, Ph.D.

American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese

Spanish & Portuguese Review - Graduate Student Journal. Peer - Reviewer (2022 & 2023)

Monmouth University Social Justice Academy

Advisory Board (2023 - 2025)

Coach -  Social Justice Academy (2022 - 2023)

Mini-Grant Award: “Hidden Treasures” (August - 2021)

Provided support to underrepresented communities to take more rigorous classes.

School of Education Magazine “The Educator”

Featured Article - (2023 Edition)

School of Education/Leadership Academy

Presenter: “Understanding of Special Ed. & ELL students in our schools” (April 2021)

Monmouth University - School Leaders Panel Discussion

“COVID-19 and Systemic Racism in Education” (April - 2021)

National Association of Professional Development Schools

NASUP Board of Directors (2022 - 2025)

National Emerging PDS Leader Award Winner (2022)

Co-Presenter with Prof. Danielle Frith (Feb - 2022)

“SPED & ELL - Collaboration for Students’ Success”

Co-Presenter (March - 2021)

“Fostering the Emotional Development of Teacher Candidates in Clinical Settings”

Peer-Reviewed Article (August - 2020)

“From Teacher Resident to Full-Time Teacher -  An Insight Into a PDS Partnership”

Keynote co-Speaker (February - 2020)

Presenter about partnerships between Universities and K-12 schools representing Monmouth University and Long Branch Public Schools.

NJEA - New Jersey Education Association  

NJEA Magazine (October - 2025)

Featured in A+ Effort Section

NJEA Magazine (May - 2024)

Featured article “The Power of Representation - Welcoming Male Teachers of Color into Education”

2023 NJEA Annual Convention Presenter

(Nov - 2022) w/ Ms. Leana Malinowski

“Teacher Leader in You”

2022 NJEA Annual Convention Presenter

(Nov - 2022) w/ Dr. Danielle Frith

“Special Ed. + ESL = Critical Collaboration”

NJEA Magazine (February - 2022)

Featured article about “Culturally Responsive Teaching in Education”

Uceda International

Distinguished Alumni (2024)

Professional Presentations

2024 NJEA Annual Convention Presenter

(Nov - 2024) w/ Mr. Rodney Taylor

“Empowering Education - Men of Color in Learning”

South River Public Schools - K-12

South River, New Jersey. (January - 2024) 

Professional Development Presenter - Implementation of the Student Ambassador Program

AASA - The School Superintendent Association

NCE - National Conference in Education, San Antonio, TX. (February - 2023) 

Co-Presenter: “Teacher Residency Program - Reflections of a P12-University Partners & Students”

Princeton Public School K-12

Princeton, New Jersey. (January - 2023) 

Keynote Speaker - Parent Community Night

West Jersey Reading Council (WJRC)

Fall Conference (October - 2022) 

Co-Presenter: “Representation Matters - Why Diverse Literature Should be in Your Classroom”

The Central to Jersey Program for the Recruitment of Diverse Educators (CJPRIDE)

Annual Consortium (June - 2022) 

Presenter: “Title: Journey as an Educator”.

Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ)

Annual Conference (April - 2022) with Dra. Marisol Perez

Co-Presenter - Title: "Maximizing a Cultural Experience Across Proficiency Levels: 

Teacher Collaboration Across Language Levels”.

Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ)

Annual Conference (April - 2022) with Tatiana Meza

Co-Presenter: “The Intersections of the WL & ESL Classrooms ”.

Association for Supervision & Curriculum (ASCD/NJASCD)

Whole Child Annual Conference (February - 2021)

Co-Presenter: “Special Education & Emergent Multilingual (ESL/ELL) Students - 

Critical Collaboration to promote Students’ Success & Access”.

NAPDS - National Association for Professional Development Schools

National Annual Conference with: Danielle Frith (February - 2022)

Co-Presenter: "Special Education & ELLs: Critical Collaboration to Promote Student Success"

NAPDS - National Association for Professional Development Schools

Panelist (February - 2022)

First “Anti Racism Summit” panelist.

Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ)

Virtual Annual Conference (August - 2021)

Presenter: “Fostering Social-Emotional Well-Being and Empathy Building in Students”.

Monmouth University - Student Scholarship Week

Virtual Annual Conference (May - 2021)

Presenter: Diversity “From Teacher Resident to Doctoral Candidate & Educator”.

Monmouth University - School of Education/Leadership Academy

Co-Presenter: “Understanding of Special Ed. & ELL students in our schools” (April 2021)

Monmouth University - School Leaders Panel Discussion

“COVID-19 and Systemic Racism in Education” (April - 2021)

NAPDS - National Association for Professional Development Schools

Co-Presenter (March - 2021)

“Fostering the Emotional Development of Teacher Candidates in Clinical Settings”

Global Seal of Biliteracy 

2020 CAMEO Presenter - International Virtual Event for Language Learners (Nov - 2020)

NJEA - New Jersey Education Association  

2020 NJEA Annual Virtual Conference Presenter  (November - 2020) 

Co-Presenter with Dr. Samantha Kozar

“Understanding LatinX, Hispanic, and XicanX Students with CRT”

NJDOE - New Jersey Department Of Education  

2020 NJDOE Statewide UnConference Presenter  (August - 2020)

NAPDS - National Association for Professional Development Schools

Keynote co-Speaker (February - 2020)

Presenter about partnerships between Universities and K-12 schools representing Monmouth University and Long Branch Public Schools.

AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education)  

Atlanta - Georgia (February - 2020)

Spokesperson for Monmouth University about the Teacher Residency Program.

Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ)

Rutgers University Summer Conference (August - 2019)

Presenter: “Embracing our Differences to Build an Inclusive Future”.

Legislative Staff for New Jersey Congressman and Senator  

Washington D.C. - Kentucky (June - 2019)

Spokesperson for Monmouth University about the Teacher Residency Program.

AACTE (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education)  

Louisville - Kentucky (February - 2019)

Spokesperson for Monmouth University about the Teacher Residency Program.