Professional Bio

Though I currently work in organizational development, I started my career as an educator, spending 10 rewarding years teaching writing at San Francisco State University. Teaching united my love of language with my passion for working with people and helping them grow as learners and thinkers.

All of the skills I developed as a teacher have informed the work I do today. Leading talented teams to skillfully deliver on projects and manage change effectively requires an ability to communicate with transparency and empathy and to understand not just the big picture as a whole but all of the brushstrokes that bring the big picture to life. These are practices and expertise I honed as an educator, and they are the skills that drive results in my organizational leadership work today.

Educational Background

In July 2020, I completed my second master’s degree, an M.A. in Education with a concentration in Organizational Learning and Effectiveness, from University of the Pacific. For my capstone project, I developed a comprehensive framework blending direct instruction, group facilitation, and individual and group coaching to help teams understand their individual and collective strengths and apply them more effectively to achieving personal and organizational goals.

I earned my first M.A. in English Literature from San Francisco State University. My extensive study of literature deepened my understanding of people—what motivates us, engages us, or breaks us down—and I am grateful for the knowledge and perspectives being an avid reader continuously affords me. In an era when it often feels like our minds are closing to other possibilities more and more each day, I value the expansiveness reading widely brings to my understanding of the world as it is and as it could be.