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Hello! I grew up in the small, rural town of Patterson, CA with parents who are only 19 years older than I am, and later attended UC San Diego (UCSD), where I studied Management Science and became the first person in my family to graduate from college. After working at UCSD's John Muir College, I enrolled in the Educational Leadership, Politics, and Advocacy program at New York University (NYU). I then relocated from New York City to Washington, DC and orchestrated the student life experiences at the NYU Washington, DC global academic program before relocating back to California, where I am now the Strategic Communications and Signature Experiences Coordinator at the SJSU Lurie College of Education. Below are several samples of my work - feel free to give them a look.
Outside of my professional role, I love to travel, take photos, exercise, and learn new skills. My spouse, Ashley, and I are also preparing for the arrival of our first child! |
DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS
I designed the SJSU Lurie College of Education Annual Report and curated most of the content included in the report. I also did all of the photography and graphic design work for the Leaders of Lurie College series. Check out both of the publications below!
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SJSU.EDU/EDUCATION WEBSITE
I manage the content on the SJSU Lurie College of Education website and led the migration of the entire website, which included reorganizing the entire site, optimizing it for SEO, moving all of the content to new web templates, addressing accessibility issues, and populating the website with new, engaging content. I recently finished migrating the college's 7 department websites as well. During the 2020-2021 academic year, our website and blog traffic increased by 22% to 139,000 visitors compared to 2019-2020. |
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SJSU LURIE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION BLOG
I created the SJSU Lurie College of Education blog in January 2019 and have published nearly 100% of the content on it. From mid-January 2019 to early-October 2021, I published over 825 posts on the blog and it has had over 33,000 sessions from over 23,000 visitors. |
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SJSU LURIE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SOCIAL MEDIA
I manage of the content that is shared out across the SJSU Lurie College of Education social media platforms, which includes a Facebook page, Facebook groups, Instagram feed, LinkedIn group, LinkedIn page, podcast platforms, TikTok account, Twitter account, and YouTube channel. During the 2020-2021 academic year, our YouTube channel video views increased by 194% to 42,100 compared to 2019-2020. Our social media followers also increased by 47% to 3400. |
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SJSU LURIE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FACULTY & STAFF PORTAL
During the Spring 2019 semester, I created this internal website for current SJSU Lurie College of Education Faculty & Staff to access information about recent news, upcoming events, and other helpful resources. |
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SJSU LURIE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & NYU WASHINGTON, DC NEWSLETTERS
I have regularly created newsletters to send out to large internal and external audiences using platforms such as Mailchimp, Marketo, and WordPress, and my mass mailings typically have an open rate of anywhere from 50-67%. I have also built up an external mailing list of over 6000 recipients in my current role at SJSU. |
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NYU WASHINGTON, DC STORYCORPS SITE
During the Fall 2017, Spring 2018, and Fall 2018 semesters, I supervised, advised, and collaborated with numerous NYU Washington, DC staff and students to generate content for the StoryCorps site, which I also did the the web design work on. |
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NYU WASHINGTON, DC STUDENT SITE
During the Summer 2016 term, I created this online portal for current and prospective NYU Washington, DC students to access information about recent news, upcoming events, and other helpful resources. I populated the vast majority of the content on the static pages of the site and collaborated with numerous staff members to populate the blog section of the site. View the posts that I contributed to the blog section of the site! |
VIDEO PROJECTS
In recent years, I have become more involved in creating various video projects in my professional roles. I've included some samples below and you can view all of the video projects I've been involved with on my YouTube channel!
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
Below are some examples of graphic designs that I've created in recent years. Some of the images in these designs were borrowed from Google Images.
PHOTOGRAPHY
I enjoy different types of photography, such as portrait, food, urban, architectural, action, nature, landscape, and wildlife, both personally and professionally. Below are some samples of photos that I have taken.
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS
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FACILITATING FACILITATION WORKSHOP
In January 2018, I was contracted by LearnServe International, which sparks high school students' passion to make a difference and equips them with the knowledge, tools, and relationships to effectively drive local solutions to pressing global challenges, to facilitate a staff professional development workshop on facilitation. |
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NYU WASHINGTON, DC INTERSECTIONS ORIENTATION
During the Summer 2015 term, I collaborated with a number of NYU staff to create the NYU Washington, DC Intersections Orientation to create opportunities for students to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and others not like them. I then revised the orientation each subsequent term and as a result students increasingly evaluated this aspect of their study away experiences higher than the term before. |
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NYU SPROUT SEMINAR
During the Summer 2015 term, I coordinated the implementation of NYU Sprout, a seminar series to support first-year students with their transitions into college each fall semester. I then revised the seminar each year based on observations, feedback, and other priorities to enhance the experience for all participants. |
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NYU ALTERNATIVE BREAKS SITE LEADER CURRICULUM
After serving in the Alternative Breaks organizations at UC San Diego and NYU as a Staff Advisor, Site Leader, and Chair of Education, Orientation, and Training, I voluntarily created a Site Leader Curriculum to provide to the NYU Alternative Breaks program. The curriculum was utilized as a resource to train and develop student leaders for several years after I graduated from NYU. |
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NYU INTERGROUP DIALOGUE SYLLABUS
During the Spring 2013 semester, I co-facilitated an NYU Undergraduate Intergroup Dialogue course on race. During the course, I co-designed a syllabus that focused on the individual, social, and cultural analysis of race and I co-determined all course, materials, activities, and pedagogical approaches. I also conducted a needs assessment, assessed the quality of students' assignments, and designed an evaluation to measure student learning in the course. |
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DINNER FOR 8 STRANGERS PROGRAM OUTLINE
During the Spring 2013 semester, I coordinated a program called Dinner for 8 Strangers to create opportunities for NYU 2nd Street residence hall students to develop their interpersonal skills and develop a stronger sense of community. I created this Program Outline to manage the program internally and share out externally with other residence halls. Several residence halls decided to implement the initiative the following semester after witnessing the positive impact of it in 2nd Street Hall. |
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE & DEGREES
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M.A. - EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, POLITICS, & ADVOCACY
New York University 05/2013 Significant coursework: Politics in Education, Participatory Action Research, Organizational Theory, Leadership in Higher Education, Group Dynamics, Intergroup Dialogue, Designing Organizational Learning Programs, Politics of Multicultural School Communities |
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B.S. - MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
University of California, San Diego 06/2007 Significant coursework: Game Theory, Human Resources, Growth Economics, Econometrics, Financial Accounting, Decisions Under Uncertainty, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Reasoning |
