Bilingual educator & independent builder.
Seven years in classrooms. Currently teaching part-time and building software, games, and learning tools at the edges of language, play, and place.
I spent seven years teaching elementary and middle-school students in the Bay Area — English, Spanish, and the messy parts in between. I now teach part-time after school and use the rest of my hours to build things: a live mythology directory at mythicgrounds.com, a 3D adventure game in Godot, and AI-powered learning resources for heritage-language families.
Background in international relations, classroom restorative practice, and bilingual curriculum design. Most days I'm somewhere between a teacher, a writer, and a developer — and I like it that way.
Trail behind.
Language Arts Instructor at Art of Problem Solving2025 — Present
- Lead small-group instruction in advanced literary analysis, rhetoric, and narrative construction for upper-elementary and middle-school students.
- Design problem-based reading and writing sequences that scaffold close reading and structured argument.
- Provide written feedback on student writing under tight turnaround.
ELA & Spanish Teacher at Stratford School2020 — 2025
- Taught grades 4–8 across ELA, Spanish, and bilingual sections at three Bay Area campuses (Fremont Osgood, Raynor, Blackford).
- Coached Speech & Debate; led Green Club; coordinated cross-grade curriculum brainstorming with the English department.
- Built restorative-practice classroom systems and ran small-group SPED/ELD intervention alongside core instruction.
- Sustained close parent-teacher communication, often translating in Spanish for families.
ELA Teacher at Voices College-Bound Language Academies2018 — 2020
- Taught ELA in a dual-language elementary setting in San Jose, supporting students from associate-teacher role into lead-teacher responsibilities.
- Developed lesson plans aligned to California State Standards for individualized and small-group instruction.
- Participated in IEP meetings and adapted curriculum for special-needs and ELD students.
Shift Supervisor at Five Guys Burgers & Fries2010 — 2013
- Trained and supervised teams of 4–8 across high-volume shifts; owned start/end-of-day POS operations averaging $8k/day.
- Managed inventory, scheduling, and quality compliance; ServSafe Manager certified.
Things I'm building.
Teaching
Building
Languages
Other
B.A. International Relations · University of California, Davis2014 — 2017
- Emphasis in Peace & Security studies in Latin America.
- IGETC transfer scholarship from Ohlone College.
- Coursework in critical analysis, comparative political systems, and political theory.
Let's talk.
Open to tutoring, freelance writing, content and curriculum work, AI/web product collaboration, and the occasional unusual project. Best reached by email.