CREDENTIALS

5-YEAR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING LICENSE 

Colorado Department of Education

Induction with Boulder Valley School District

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ENDORSEMENT AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN MATHEMATICS

Colorado Department of Education 

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ENDORSEMENT AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN SCIENCE

Colorado Department of Education

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LITERACY INTENSIVE THROUGH CU DENVER WITH ONLINE TEFL-CERTIFICATION 

Reading Comprehension, Language Development, Responsive Literacy

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SELECT TRAININGS

2025, Expected: Certified ADHD Professional (ADHD-CCSP) 

2024 No-Drama Discipline: Siegel M.D. (Self-Study)

2023 What is Giftedness: NAGC

2020 Talk with Me: Harvard's Center on the Developing Child with Cox Campus

2019 The ICAN Classroom: Supporting Students with Social/Emotional Needs

2017 Consciência Somática (Somatic Awareness), IFPR Brazil

2016 Cultivating Self-Compassion, Brene Brown's CourageWorks

2015 Intervention for Anxiety in High-Achievers, Colorado NonProfit Association

2015 Shame Triggers and Resiliency, Brene Brown's CourageWorks

2015 BoysTown, Boulder Valley School District

2014 ADHD & Teaching in the Digital Age, Intensive Center for Affective Needs

2014 Train the Trainer Model, Colorado NonProfit Association

2014 Growth Mindset, Boulder Valley School District

2012 Teacher Licensure, CU Denver

2009 Somatic Experiencing Workshop, SE ® in Boulder

2003 Mindfulness & Meditation, Buddhist Vihara (Houston, TX)

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EDUCATION

2012 Teacher Licensure CU Denver
2009 M.A. Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology CU Boulder
2006 B.S. Biochemistry & Cellular Biology Rice University

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LANGUAGES

English: Native 

Portuguese: Advanced