Leadership & Service

Fall 2021

• Member of the Teacher Feedback group for BrainPOP                                                                

• New Jersey City University's Council on Hispanic Affairs Scholarship Recipient                                              

• Daniel F. Ryan School 19 Teacher of the Year Nominee        

• Joined the National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE) organization                                                                         

Spring 2022

• Presented: Bridging the Digital Divide: Parent Workshop on Google Classroom in Spanish for the Passaic District      

• Attended the National Association of Bilingual Educators (NABE) 51st conference in NYC      

• Attended New Jersey Educational Computing (NJECC) 35th conference in Montclair University

• Participated in the World-Class Instructional Design & Assessment (WIDA) Sensitivity & Bias Panel -NJ representative

Summer 2022

• Attended BrainPOP Connect: Beat the Heat "Maximizing EdTech integration & School Culture"

• Attended the Northeast Digital Learning Association (NEDLA): Student Empowerment Through Digital Storytelling 

• Joined the NJ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Passaic County Chapter 

Fall 2022     

• Established Alianza Bilingue After School Club at Daniel F. Ryan School 19 in Passaic, NJ

• Presented on Gamification and Game-based Learning with a Special Focus on Identity & Language Learning at Montgomery County Community College, Technology and Learning Conference with Manuel Algarin 

• Presented on Culturally Inclusive Classroom for the NJ TESOL county chapter of Passaic 

• Daniel F. Ryan School 19 Teacher of the Year nominee

Spring 2023

• Attended NJCU's Educational Technology Leadership Winter Webinar Series with Manny Algarin & Lamont Harris

• Attended Chat GPT: AI & the Future of Education at NJCU's Educational Technology Leadership department 

• Attended New Jersey Educational Computing (NJECC) 36th conference in Montclair University 

• Joined Passaic Public School District book club: "Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain" by Zaretta Hammond 

• Presented "Creating a Culturally Responsive Community for Learning" for Passaic district book club 

• Volunteered at 2023 NJTESOL/NJBE Spring Conference: Strengthening Collaboration in New Brunswick 

• Attended "She Understood the Assignment" from the Circle Learning Group, Incorporated

• Attended Passaic District 1st EdTech Camp 

Summer 2023

• Attended WeVideo Digital Storytelling Workshop Series

• Attended Center for Applied Linguistics: Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model "Addressing the Academic Needs of English Language learners"

• Create digital storytelling personal narrative curriculum for middle school newcomer English language learners 

Upcoming Events

Fall 2023

• Present Parent Informational on Alianza Bilingue After School program for middle school 5th-8th newcomer MLs

• Create personal narrative using WeVideo Software on my personal immigrant trajectory and present to middle school newcomer MLs

• Conduct weekly after school meetings for Alianza Bilingue to support middle school 5th-8th newcomer MLs

• Organize Daniel F. Ryan School 19 Hispanic Heritage Month luncheon                                                                                

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