Recent Michigan State University graduate from the Residential College in the Arts & Humanities with an additional Spanish major. Currently I am enrolled in International TEFL Academy courses in which I must complete student teaching, tutoring or observation within a TEFL setting. Domestically I have worked with Mt. Hope Elementary, CeLTA of MSU and the Office of Study Abroad at MSU as well. Abroad I have instructed English courses utilizing ESL activities and rural tourism courses at a high school in Palmichal, Costa Rica. This past summer I served as a Program Coordinator/Teacher Intern for Cambio Creativo in Coco Solo, Panama. My task was to instruct students with homework assignments while facilitating an after school program for the youth. Additionally I served as an English Teaching Volunteer for a high school in conversational classes and Panamanian-United States relations.

I have vast experience in the classrooms of the Lansing Area, but additionally throughout Central America. With my organizations I have encountered a lack of funding, technology and infrastructure necessary for instructing. This has led me to be an innovative, flexible and creative instructor no matter the circumstances that I will encounter. In the past I took part in a crash course ESL class, but currently I am enrolled in classes to receive certification.

Throughout high school I took four years of Spanish including Advanced Placement and an Excelled Spanish Course. In college I majored in Spanish and had the opportunity to study abroad. I have lived in Costa Rica and Panama which has exposed me to very different dialects compared to my instructors from Spain. Now I serve as a Volunteer Coordinator for Cambio Creativo in Panama in which I am constantly in communication with Spanish speakers.

My wide variety of course work has exposed me to a multitude of different periods, eras and regions that each offer a unique historical context. The topics of American History were definitely ingrained in me from my primary education