about me
I’m a devoted educator and lifelong learner. For over 15 years, I’ve served as a teacher trainer and instructor at home in Raleigh, North Carolina and abroad, including for groups from China, Azerbaijan, and Colombia.
I fell in love with teaching English learners while working as an elementary grades English teacher in Costa Rica after college. After earning my Master’s in English/Linguistics at NC State University, I started a business teaching international professionals in RTP and taught in the ESL program at Wake Technical Community College.
In 2017, I returned to NCSU as a Lecturer in ESL. In addition to courses in writing and speaking for international students, I teach Linguistics in NCSU’s MA-TESOL program and undergraduate TEFL minor program.
Over the years, I’ve presented papers and workshops at conferences and for various organizations, including TESOL International Association.
Topics I’ve presented on include
implementing Social and Emotional Learning in the higher education classroom;
meeting the needs of rural multilingual learners;
applying digital tools in an international teacher-training program.
I’ve received NCSU’s award for Outstanding Lecturer in the Humanities and Social Sciences, a DELTA grant, and QM certification. I’ve also conducted Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) studies based on my classroom teaching approaches and materials.
In 2022, I started work on a PhD in Teacher Education and Learning Sciences with a concentration in Learning, Design and Technology at NCSU.
MORE ABOUT ME
I am a mom to identical twin boys and two daughters, a wife, sister, daughter, and friend.
I am Piedmont-NC-born-and-bred, married to a second-generation Argentine/Cuban.
I am a teacher and a student; an educator and a researcher. I’m always looking to learn from mentors, teachers, and writers who transform my thinking and change the way I teach others.
When I’m not teaching, I enjoy eating my husband’s famous paella with our family and trying to reclaim my garden from the weeds.
