Background

Instructional Designer
Excelsior University (Oct.2023-Jun.2024)

• Designed and Developed online courses, learning activities, and assessments within an LMS (Canvas), using instructional design principles and frameworks (UDL, Experiential Learning) and a variety of tools like Articulate Rise, H5P, Adobe Creative suite, Bootstrap/HTML.

• Acted as project manager for course development, owning project scheduling, communications, coordination with media and quality assurance team collaborators, and work with Subject Matter Experts.

• Evaluated course quality using the Quality Matters framework, including learning objectives, instructional alignment, accessibility. 

• Developed course materials, learning activities, storyboards for media content (video, podcast, infographics).

Course Designer & Developer
Christian Brothers University (Aug. 2008 - Oct. 2023)

• Assessed, Designed, Developed, Implemented, and Evaluated new online, in-person, and hybrid courses, both synchronous and asynchronous.

• Created courses for specific needs (for example: Spanish for EMTs) and designed a program to address on-the-job requirements (Spanish for Professionals).

• Transformed in-person learning materials for online and hybrid modalities.

Language Center Coordinator & Program Administrator
Christian Brothers University (May 2022 - Oct. 2023)

• Duties and Responsibilities included: Scheduling, Tutor Training, Data Analysis & Reporting, Staff Supervision, Site Management, Curriculum Design & Development, Program Assessment, Student Assessment, Faculty Assessment, Mentoring, Faculty Training, Market Analysis, DACA, Heritage Speakers, International Students.

Assistant Professor
Christian Brothers University (Aug. 2005 - Oct. 2023)

Learning Strategy Consultant
Freelance (Mar. 2023 - PRESENT)

• Conduct Needs Assessment, evaluate learning strategy, course and learning materials, activities, and assessments.

• Build custom learning solutions for instructor-led, hybrid, and online training. 

Interpreter & Translator
Freelance (Aug. 2005 - PRESENT)

• Duties and Responsibilities included: Medical and Legal Interpretation, Academic Translation, Language Assessment and Editing.

Organizer & Volunteers Coordinator
Mariposas Collective (Nov. 2018 - Jan. 2023)

• Duties and Responsibilities included: Operations Management, Volunteer Management and Coordination, Team Management, Scheduling, Strategy, Partnerships, Volunteer Recruitment, Social Media Communications, Multicultural Communication, Language Interpretation, Fundraising, Diversity Training, Community Engagement.

Board Member
Mid-South Immigration Advocates (Nov. 2019 - May 2022)

Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design & Development
University of Memphis (May 2022)

Associated Skills: Instructional Design Models, Project Management, Graphic Design, Needs Assessment, Task Analysis, Authoring Tools, Evaluation Methods. 

M.A. in Romance Languages: Spanish & Spanish-American Literature
University of Memphis (Aug. 2004)

Associated Skills: Writing, Editing, Text Analysis, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics. 

B.S. + M.S. in Psychology
Universidad de Granada, Spain (Sep. 1998)

Professional Certificates

• Negotiation Professional Certificate
  American Negotiation Institute | 7 hours - Jun 2024

• Essential Business Communication Skills Professional Certificate
  LinkedIn Learning | 7 hours - Feb 2024

• DEI Awareness Professional Certificate
  LinkedIn Learning | 7 hours - Jan 2024

• Applying the QM Rubric
  QM Quality Matters | 2 weeks - Dec 2023

• Career Essentials in Project Management
  Microsoft & LinkedIn | 14 hours - Apr 2023

Professional Development