Experience

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Through the Doctorate in Education Leadership (EdLD) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), I secured three innovation awards in order to launch Qüento, an AI-powered platform that aims to elevate the voices of students and their communities. Additionally, I co-authored an AI Implementation Guide for Prince George’s County Public Schools, and trained an AI Equity Coach for the Public Schools of Brookline. Given my background, I was invited to join the AI Task Force of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Teach For Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

During my tenure at Teach For Armenia, I wrote a grant applicaiton worth $24 million, providing the organization with the resources to double its cohort size and reach 30,000 students across 10% of the country’s public schools. As the organization expanded, I led efforts to improve staff culture, taking Teach For Armenia to the #1 spot in an international survey conducted by Boston Consulting Group. Amid the pandemic, I oversaw the launch of a COVID-19 response through which we procured $2.5 million in technology. Under my leadership during the 2020 Artsakh War, we mobilized an emergency response that reached one out of every thirteen displaced students.

Teach For America, Denver, CO

At Teach For America Colorado, I oversaw efforts to transform cohort culture for the Denver region—supporting 115 teacher leaders and over 1,500 alumni—moving the site from one of the bottom five in the nation to the top quartile. My team achieved the highest participant satisfaction ever recorded in the region’s 10-year history, surpassing the national goals two years ahead of schedule.

LeapEd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

At LeapEd, I designed a three-year talent pipeline program for rising school transformation advisors and coached a team of ten Associate Education Partners to achieve 100% of their key performance targets in 2015, with a growth rate of 174% in pedagogical practice alone. The competency framework that I developed for my program was then adopted by the organization to support 200 school-based staff members.

Teach For Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

As Associate Director at Teach For Malaysia, I oversaw the development of the organization’s teacher preparation program. Under my direction, 97% of teachers accomplished 100% of their professional development targets during the intensive pre-service training institute. While launching the new Research, Design, and Impact department, I stewarded the creation of national student metrics to gauge learning for 13,000 students, including a literacy pilot that added 2.5 months of writing gains. Finally, I spearheaded a national conference that drew 424 attendees and achieved a net promoter score of 98.

Teach For India, Pune, India

In India, I supported 45 teachers who reached over 1,200 students. During the 2011–2012 school year, my team delivered twice the typical annual reading gains. I launched a school transformation initiative that secured ₹1.5 million to expand the program and created a student scholarship in collaboration with a Columbia University society. To bolster professional development, I also built an online library of more than 100 instructional best-practice videos.

Nānākuli High & Intermediate School, Nānākuli, HI

While teaching at a Native Hawaiian homestead, I led 88 new language learners to write page-length essays in Spanish with an average mastery rate of 83%. I also founded an honors society, established a college scholarship, and launched a summer travel program. During the 2007-2008 school year, I received a "Teacher of the Year" award.