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My teaching spans middle and high school classrooms, undergraduate teaching assistance at Notre Dame, and community education at the St. Joseph County Jail in Indiana. Across these settings, I am interested in how educational environments can foster belonging, invite students into new ways of understanding themselves and others, and create spaces where their experiences and perspectives are valued. I approach teaching as a practice of building relationships, with a focus on cultivating curiosity, and helping students recognize themselves as capable participants in a shared intellectual community.
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Course title<\/span>  A gold outline marks a course I designed.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Fall 2026<\/p>\n

University of Notre Dame<\/h3>\n

Graduate Teaching Assistant<\/strong>, Department of Psychology \u00b7 Notre Dame, IN<\/span><\/p>\n

Educational Psychology PSY 43640<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

St. Joseph County Jail<\/h3>\n

Instructor<\/strong>, Creative Writing Workshops \u00b7 South Bend, IN<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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<\/span>Summer 2026<\/p>\n

Bellarmine College Preparatory<\/h3>\n

Teacher, English<\/strong> \u00b7 San Jose, CA \u00b7 May\u2013August<\/span><\/p>\n

Designed and taught two original six-week courses.<\/p>\n

Fundamentals of Writing and Grammar grades 7\u20138<\/span><\/span> Writing in the Age of AI grades 8\u201312<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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<\/span>Summer 2025<\/p>\n

Bellarmine College Preparatory<\/h3>\n

Teacher, English<\/strong> \u00b7 San Jose, CA \u00b7 May\u2013August<\/span><\/p>\n

Designed and taught two original six-week courses.<\/p>\n

Middle School ELA grade 8<\/span><\/span> Fundamentals of Grammar grades 6\u20138<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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<\/span>Fall 2023<\/p>\n

Roosevelt Middle School<\/h3>\n

Student Teacher, 7th Grade ELA<\/strong> \u00b7 San Francisco, CA \u00b7 August\u2013December<\/span><\/p>\n

Planned and taught differentiated lessons for a diverse seventh-grade classroom.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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<\/span>Summer 2023<\/p>\n

Bellarmine College Preparatory<\/h3>\n

Teacher, English<\/strong> \u00b7 San Jose, CA \u00b7 May\u2013August<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-taught two courses.<\/p>\n

Reading Foundations grades 5\u20138<\/span><\/span> 7th Grade English<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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