Turning complexity into usable practice for educators and institutions.

A Pivotal Moment of Change

My recent work focuses on generative AI and its implications for teaching, coaching, and professional learning. This work is grounded in over 20 years of experience as an educator, curriculum designer, and teacher educator across PK–20 contexts. That depth of practice shapes how I approach AI—not as a tool to be adopted quickly, but as a site for critical inquiry, ethical decision-making, and educator judgment during a period of profound change.

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My professional background includes teaching, coaching, and leadership in K–12 schools, teacher preparation programs, and higher education. Most recently, I served as Director of Teaching and Learning at Parker School in Waimea, Hawaiʻi, and as Cohort Co-Coordinator in the Master of Education in Teaching program at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. Across these roles, I have led faculty development, designed curriculum, mentored educators, and supported professional learning grounded in care, equity, and instructional coherence.

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In my current work, I support educators and institutions in interrogating and leveraging generative AI in ways that strengthen—not replace—human-centered teaching practice. Through professional development, collaborative frameworks, and coaching, I help educators navigate AI with clarity, responsibility, and purpose, centering justice, relational practice, and professional agency.

My research interests include teacher diversity, critical race studies in education, critical research methodology, multicultural teacher education, mentoring, and school climate. I hold an M.F.A. in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, an M.A. in Educational Leadership and Administration from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in Teacher Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Land Acknowledgement
I currently occupy the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary unceded lands of the Sac and Fox, Osage Nation, Ho-Chunk, Otoe-Missouria, Quapaw, Miami and many other tribes that have protected and sustained this land long before settlers came to occupy it. Their sovereignty over these lands was never ceded after unjust removal.

Please visit “Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgement” by the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture https://usdac.us/nativeland and/or “A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgment” by the Native Governance Center https://nativegov.org/resources to do your own research on tribal removal, tribal sovereignty, and the history of the land on which you reside.