About me
I am currently a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I have worked in the EC/ECSE field for over 13 years in many different capacities such as a Head Start teacher, early childhood inclusion teacher, early childhood self-contained teacher, and an early childhood instructional interventionist/teacher coach in the Clark County School District (Las Vegas, NV), District of Columbia Public Schools (Washington D.C.) and in Alexandria City Public Schools (Virginia). My research interests include: supporting early childhood teachers to teach social-emotional skills and address challenging behaviors in their classroom, personnel preparation, and social-emotional interventions for young children.