My background is in Marketing and Public Relations. After many years I wanted a change. I decided to go to Costa Rica for my TEFL Certification to learn to teach English as a Second Language (ESL). After a very intensive and exciting course in Playa Samara, Costa Rica, I took a position at instituto Estelar Bilingue. (read more)
...I have taken courses in many areas of philosophy, including Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Deductive Logic, Minds and Machines, Aristotle, Middle Platonism, Philosophy of Law, and philosophy of Punishment. I have written tens of papers on these subjects. While in college at Cornell and ... (read more)
...I have also worked as an elementary school substitute teacher at Live Oak School and as a volunteer at McKinley Elementary School. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Dominican University of California, where I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies/Teacher Preparation, a minor in ... (read more)
...In addition to my secondary teaching experience, I collaborated with a college professor for two semesters in English support classes at a title I charter school. I possess a BA in English with a minor in Creative Writing from Cal State East Bay. I have been teaching the writing process to high... (read more)
...I am knowledgeable in a range of sociological methods, theories, and literature. I am also a published scholar with extensive experience in diverse research methods and analyses. I have a PhD from UC Berkeley and a deep knowledge of literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences, which are the basis for Social Studies classes. (read more)