Professional
Experience
Resume
2024- Present
Teacher, School and District Level Leader
As a First-Grade Inclusion and General Education Teacher at Richmond City Public Schools, I served as the school's History Lead (2024-25), Sunshine Committee Founder and Leader (2025-present), Pep Club Founder and Faculty Sponsor, PBIS piloting member/intern leader for L. Brown Middle School (2025-26), Richmond City Public Schools Science Grade 1 Academic Architech (2026-27)
2013 - 2024
During my time as a First Grade Teacher in Manassas City, I served as a Before- and After-School SOL Teacher for third- and fourth-grade students from 2017 to 2019. From 2014 to 2017, I was the Summer School Teacher for rising second-, third-, and fourth-grade students. I filled the First-Grade Social Studies Curriculum Writer position for schools in Manassas City, Virginia, during the summers of 2015 and 2016.
1998 - 2012
Starting my career in public education, I worked as a teacher and leader in the Head Start Program, now part of Henrico County's blended Federal Programs Preschool. In addition to teaching, I served as a grade-level chair, grade-level technology chair, teacher mentor, student mentor, and Girl Scout troop leader. I worked on a team of three teachers to manage a three-year grant for Family Literacy.
Federal Programs Teacher
Teacher and Curriculum Writer
Education
Master of Arts in Teaching : Early Elementary Education
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia
Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Union University
Richmond, Virginia
Post Graduate Certificate: Education Leadership Endorsement
Bachelor of Arts: Social Work
Professional Skills and Software
- Teaching Grades PreK-4
- Team leading
- Teacher Training and Mentoring
- Teen & Adult Group Leadership
- Learning Center Management
- Writing, Editing, and Publishing books, workbooks, ebooks, and audiobooks
- Business Management and Budgeting
- Creative Design for Publications and Illustrations
- Google Workspace, Adobe Creative Cloud Apps, Canvas, PowerSchool, Aspen, Schoology, Microsoft Office, Magic Schools AI
Affiliations and Professional Meetings
- NAEYC Conference
- BER Conference
- Judge for Prince William County Area NAACP's ACT-SO Theatre Competition
- VADOE Science Instructional Guides Webinar, May 2026
- Richmond City Public Schools (Division Leadership) Academic Architect 2026-27 Kick Off, June 2026
- NAEYC Member 2000-2012, 2026
- NEA, VEA, REA 2024-present
- Educators for Excellence 2026
- Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children 2000-2012, 2026