Career / Education / Recognitions

   EDUCATION

Texas State University, Ph.D. in School Improvement

Texas A&M Tarleton State, Ed. M. in Administration

St. Edward’s University, BA in Education, certification in Bilingual Education

CERTIFICATIONS

Certification in Mid-Level Management
State of Texas. Grades PK-6

Certification in Elementary Bilingual Education
State of Texas. Grades PK-6

Lifetime Certification in English as a Second Language Instruction
State of Texas. Grades PK-6

         WORK EXPERIENCE

●  Ed. ConSULTANT, LLC

PK-4 SA, Family  Engagement, 2022-present 

Holdsworth Center,  Leadership Facilitator, 2024-2025

FortWorth ISD, Department of Emergent Bilinguals,  Dual Language Outreach, 2024 -2025

Austin ISD, Department of SEL,  Families as Partners Trainer, 2023 – 2024

Texas Center for Educator Excellence, Dual Language Curriculum Writer, 2023

●  DISTRICT & CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION            

Substitute Principal, AISD, 2024– present 

Principal, Anita Uphaus Early Childhood Center
July 2018- December 2021

Assistant Director of Elementary Multilingual Education – Austin Independent School District
August 2015- 2018

Supervisor of Parent Programs – Austin Independent School District
June 2007 – July 2015

Principal, J.J. ‘Jake’ Pickle Elementary School – Austin ISD

Principal, T.A. Brown Elementary School – Austin ISD

Assistant Principal, Pecan Springs Elementary School – Austin ISD

●  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Coordinator of the Center for Teaching and Learning – ESC Region 13

●  COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Education and Community Organizer – Austin Interfaith

●  TEACHING                

Teacher – Zavala Elementary School – Austin ISD

MEMBERSHIPS / HONORS / VOLUNTEERISM

                American Education and Research Association

                Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

                Austin Association of Bilingual Education

                National Association for the Education of Young Children

                Texas Association for the Education of Young Children

                National Association of Bilingual Education

                Texas Association of Bilingual Education

                Austin Retired Teachers Association

                Board Member, AVANCE National

                Board Member, People’s Community Clinic

        Recipient, Texans Care for Children Advocacy Award 

               Nominee, Principal of the Year 

              Two Year Recipient, Barbara Jackson Scholar Fellow Award

              Volunteer, Hope Food Pantry

              Volunteer, McCallum CAT member

       Volunteer, Trinity Church of Austin

PRESENTATIONS

• Myths In Early Childhood Education, Austin, AVANCE Education Conference
• Parent Voices in Their Children’s Dual Language Journey, Dissertation Proposal Presentation NEAC, San Antonio,
• The Dual Language Journey in an Urban Central TX School District, Education Service Center, ESC13, Austin
•  Language Stories that Matter in Bilingual Classrooms, Texas Associate of Bilingual Education Conference, McAllen
• Value in Bilingual Collective Communities; Austin ISD Schools, Kellogg Convening, Michigan
• Immigrant Families: Meeting the Challenges of Today’s Barriers in Schools, University of Texas

Video/Television

• Featured in KLRU “Organizing in Schools and Congregations, Saul Alkinsky’s Legacy”
• Featured in PBS “Parent Engagement in Schools”

Publications
Practices and work highlighted in:

• Teaching the New Basic Skills, by Frank Levy and Dick Murnane, Harvard University Press
• Community Organizing for Urban School Reform, by Dennis Shirley, University of Texas Press

PERSONAL

Born in Uruguay, first-generation high school graduate, wife, mother, love to read and walk with Lola and Willie