MICRO-BIO

• I specialize in culturally responsive teaching practices/methods in all elementary subjects and am a proponent of Catholic education.

  I specialize in culturally responsive teaching practices/methods in all elementary subjects and am a proponent of Catholic education. Less

EXPERIENCE

• Molloy University

  • Assistant Professor
  • School of Education and Human Services- Education Department
  • 1000 Hempstead Avenue
  • January 2021 to Present

• St. Catherine-St. Therese Catholic Academy

  • Fourth and Fifth Grade Teacher and Data and Testing Coordinator
  • 4410 Avenue D
  • September 2007 to August 2020

EDUCATION

• Molloy University

  • Doctor of Education for Diverse Learning Communities
  • September 2015 to December 2019

  Social-Emotional Learning, Culturally Responsive Teaching Methods, Catholic Education

• Molloy University

  • Master of Science in Education
  • January 2003 to December 2009

  Childhood Education- Grades 1-6, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Grades Pre-K to 12

• Queens College, City University of New York

  • Master of Arts
  • September 1995 to December 1998

  Applied Linguistics

• Stonybrook University

  • Courses in Italian Language and Art History
  • June 1989 to August 1989

  Summer Study Abroad Program- Rome, Italy

• Queens College, City University of New York

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • September 1987 to June 1992

  Italian Language and Literature

DISCIPLINES

• Bilingual, Multilingual, And Multicultural Education, Other

• Elementary Education And Teaching

• Catholic Studies

Interests

• Elementary Teaching Methods

• Social Emotional Justice

• Religious Sister Educators

Languages

• English

• Italian

• Spanish

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