Presentations & Workshops

Global Citizenship Education

• • “Film Pals: Raising Cultural Ambassadors and Peacebuilders through a Five-Continent Film Festival”

 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii (Jan. 2025)

• • “Challenging Stereotypes and Celebrating America's Diversity Abroad”
    TESOL International Convention, Tampa, Florida (Mar. 2024)

  • “Being a Cultural Ambassador and DEIA”
    ELP Fellow Pre-Departure Orientation, Washington, D.C. (Jul. 2024)

  • “Stories from the Field 2023 – Enchanting Cultural Exchange”
    ELP, Virtual (Dec. 2023)

  • “More than ‘Just’ Language Teachers: Building an Interconnected Global Classroom”

Hawaii TESOL Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii (Feb. 2016)

Socio-Emotional & Language Learning

• “Speech Festival: How to Write and Deliver a Speech”

     Peace Boat, GET Speech Festival Program, (Japan, 2019 – 2024)

• “Lift Workshop (A Campaign on Joy)”

     Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Chiang Rai, Thailand (Jun. 2023)

• “Welcome to the World of Poetry”

         Proverbs Ville Academy, Lapu Lapu City, Philippines (Jan. 2018)

• “Conflict Management” & “Self Awareness”

        Padayon Mindanao USAID Youth Leadership Program, Bohol, Philippines, Jul. 2017)

Service Learning

• “‘I'm Possible Stories’ from a U.S. Peace Corps, Peace Boat, and English Language Programs Teacher”

     Capitol Hill with Hawaii Representatives, Washington, D.C, (Jul. 2024)

• “Stories of Service from a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer & Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar”

    Peace Boat (2019 – 2024) and 9 Earlyact, Rotaract, and Rotary Clubs (Hawaii, 2019 – 2021)

EdTech

• “Multimodal Teaching Methods for Multiple Intelligences” (EPE Program)

 Phuket Rajabhat University, Thailand (Feb. 2023)

• “Beyond Realia: Cultivating Conversation and Cultural Curiosity”

 Thailand TESOL (2023), Ukraine Leadership Development Program & ELP Virtual Fellows Forum (2022)

• “Facilitating Dynamic Conversation Clubs”
  Ukraine Leadership Development Program, Virtual (Aug. 2022)

• “Creating Cultural Connections in the Virtual Classroom: Utilizing Edtech Tools for Cultural Exchange”
  TESOL International Convention, Tampa, Florida (Mar. 2024)

Teacher Training & Program Development

• “From Lesson Planning to Workshop Design: Developing Engaging PD Workshops”

    TESOL International Convention, Longbeach, California (Mar. 2025)

• “Shaping Global Impact: Insights from English Language Programs Alumni” 

Hawaii TESOL (Feb. 2025), Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii (Jan. 2025)

• “Teach Abroad with the English Language Fellow Program”

ELP, Webinar (Nov. 2024)

• “Outreach Session: Sharing Your Story and Staying Connected”

ELP Fellow Pre-Departure Orientation, Washington, D.C. (Jul. 2024)

• “Advance Your Career with the English Language Fellow Program”

TESOL International Convention, Tampa, Florida (Mar. 2024)

• “Enhancing Effective Reading Strategies” (English Proficiency Enhancement (EPE) Program)

Surat Thani Rajabhat University, Thailand (May 2023), Khon Kaen University, Thailand (Apr. 2023)

• “Activating Critical Thinking in the Pre-Reading Process”

Lower Southern Thailand Mini ELF Conference, Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand (Feb. 2023)

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