I started in K–5 classrooms as a multilingual specialist and academic 

interventionist at Tacoma Public Schools, designing tiered interventions 

across all core content areas and leading district-level professional 

development on multilingual learner pedagogy. In 2020, I moved into higher 

ed at Highline College, where I designed and taught asynchronous Canvas 

courses for the BAS in Elementary Education program — including one 

redesigned around UDL after learner intake data showed that the majority 

of the cohort had unmet learning needs. In 2025, I served as the 

instructional designer and instructor for the University of Puget Sound 

MAT program, designing and teaching the institution's first fully 

asynchronous course on multilingual learners and students with 

disabilities. Alongside this work, I'm building Legacy Lang — a heritage 

language learning company helping diaspora communities reconnect with 

the languages they grew up hearing at home.

Tacoma Public Schools · Highline College · University of Puget Sound · Legacy Lang (founder)

Education

2011 M.Ed. University of Washington Tacoma

2005 B.A., Latin American Studies & Asian Studies University of Washington Seattle