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resumé

Work Experience

  • Delivers live web classes to ESL students in the United States using Zoom Workspace

  • Edits and formats lesson content for online delivery

  • Creates lesson content such as slide decks and worksheets to facilitate weekly lessons

Beverly Hills Lingual Institute

ESL Instructor &
Curriculum Writer

September 2024 - present

  • Tutored university-aged students in the Intensive English Program, focusing on university-level writing, reading comprehension, and presentation skills

California State University, Northridge

ESL Tutor

August-December 2024

  • Delivers content that meets set criteria for the Frontline Management program

  • Creates new lesson content for online program curriculum using Learnocity

  • Creates assets to support lesson plans, student activities, and written curriculum content, such as assessments, student projects and presentations, video scripts, visual assets, reference images, and sample templates

  • Iterates on deliverables based on user and instructional designer feedback

  • Conducts beta testing and grading calibration for other programs such as UX/UI

Chegg

Frontline Manager
Curriculum Writer & SME

January 2023 - present

  • Conducted needs analysis data collection with stakeholders in Singapore and other APAC and ME markets

  • Facilitated focus groups, and interviews and conducted surveys to identify the audience for eLearning and teacher training courses

  • Storyboarded and composed and voiced scripts for TELG’s primary English eLearning courses

  • Created learning modules using Docebo, Articulate 360, and Captivate

  • Collaborate with managers and directors in APAC and ME markets to curate curriculum and materials

  • Designed and edited marketing materials and participate in marketing campaigns for the Asian markets

  • Increased online class enrollment by 30% during COVID with over 80% positive feedback from parents

  • Executed training sessions for teachers & professional development executives when new material is created

  • Supervised curriculum developers in day-to-day operations

Total English Learning Global (I Can Read)

Senior Curriculum Developer

January 2021 - December 2022

  • Designed the company's first adult English as a Second Language (ESL) & English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course, now in use in Vietnam Bangladesh and Bangladesh Vietnam

  • Converted all TELG markets to live online classes at COVID onset within 1 week

  • Trained teachers on various LMS teaching platforms, including ClassIn, to deliver live web classes

  • Developed Copywrote targeted social media content

  • Functioned as SME for the development of ESL courses now in use in China, Myanmar, Thailand, & Vietnam

Total English Learning Global

Curriculum Developer

October 2018 - January 2021

  • Taught phonological, reading, and comprehension skills

  • Conducted weekly assessments for incoming students; created term reports for students monitoring key skills

  • Over 90% sign-up rate following diagnostic student assessments

Total English Learning Global

Reading Specialist

February 2017 - October 2018

  • Developed curriculum with other professionals, both at Morris Allen and in local Singaporean schools

  • Maintained regular communication with parents through meetings and bi-annual Parent Teacher Meetings

  • 100% positive feedback from parents following PTMs

Morris Allen English

English Teacher

December 2014 - December 2016

  • Taught up to 100 medical, dental, and nursing students how to give a head-to-toe examination

  • Assessed and graded medical, dental, and nursing students

  • Created learning materials for the Office of Clinical Skills Assessment & Education and Brody School of Medicine

  • Simulated the symptoms, personalities, and life situations of actual patients to medical school students

East Carolina University

Physical Teaching Associate

June 2014 - December 2014

  • Created original content used by all Spanish students

  • Co-taught with teachers across several subjects and grade levels to create interdisciplinary lessons

  • Collaborated with Spanish teachers across the county to create syllabi that met and exceeded North Carolina Department of Education standards

  • Managed and updated the class website

Pitt County Schools

Spanish Teacher &
Department Head

November 2010 - June 2014

  • Assisted in the hiring of new employees

  • Trained new and current employees

  • Inventoried merchandise and supplies monthly

  • Ordered food and supplies weekly

Borders Books

Food & Beverage Manager

September 2009 - September 2010

  • Assisted guests with book recommendations and the location of inventory

  • Upheld rigorous display standards, rotated inventory, and ensured sections were tidy

  • Processed store-to-store transfers and online orders

Borders Books

Bookseller

August 2009 - September 2010

Education

California State University, Northridge

Master's Degree
Linguistics with Distinction

January 2023 - May 2025

Los Angeles, CA

University of London

Postgraduate Certificate
Public International Law
with Merit

January 2021 - December 2022

Singapore, SG

University of North Carolina

Bachelor's Degree
Romance Languages

August 2004 - May 2008

Chapel Hill, NC

Skills

ADDIE

Articulate 360

Canva

Docebo

Jamovi

Learnocity

Microsoft Office Suite

Photoshop

Qualtrics

Storyline

Adobe Creative Suite

Camtasia

Captivate

ELAN

LaTeX

Marq (formerly Lucid)

Moodle

Python

Praat

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