Standing Out

Effective agent of change

• I measure implementation using a variety of assessments in my Programming

• I designed a Skills Day for staff and leadership in a hospital clinic: promoting healthy dialog for improving care, increasing peer support, and maintaining a safe and productive, yet joyful environment. As a result, I influenced management to adjust their approach to a Culture of Wellness and Psychological Safety.

• As a STEM instructor, I advocated for a student with Reactive Attachment Disorder by leveraging a more compassionate approach from administration. I disseminated my research, by collaborating with each audience: Special Education, my colleagues, administrative staff, and my students. 

•  I addressed a contingency of BIPOC students feeling behind in a summer program by (1) encouraging them to participate and self-advocate, and (2) providing curriculum suggestions for my instructor colleagues such that students could more easily follow along, such as Clozed Notes.

Compassionate and Professional 

• I guided a Homeroom class from identifying as "Discombobulated,” to “functional, empathetic, and responsible,” at the end of the year, including one student being accepted into a Pre-Med program

• I took complaints of a staff member’s work ethic, and successfully adjusted the workflow to discreetly address his dyslexia.

• I advocated for a student with Reactive Attachment Disorder as a STEM instructor by leveraging a more compassionate approach from administration. I disseminated my research by collaborating with each audience: Special Education, my colleagues, administrative staff, and my students.

• I can address sensitive issues such as stress, accessibility, and Pain Bias. 

• I can effectively and appropriately utilize AI and chat functions

Champion of Wellness

• I was appointed as Wellness Champion for my efforts in promoting wellness programs and a healthy culture. 

• I designed Wellness 101 based on evidence-based, self-awareness tools.

Having overcome significant adversities, in addition to well-developed survival skills, I have the means to thrive, which I pass along by way of my enthusiasm for helping others. See Diverse Life Experiences Photo Blog