EDUCATION

May 2009 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
MA, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences,
Concentration: Writing

May 2002 The City University of New York Flushing, NY
M.Ed. Queens College
Concentration: English Education

May 1996 New York University New York, NY
BA, College of Arts and Sciences,
Concentration: English

PUBLICATIONS/ PRESENTATIONS

Fiction
• “The Sluice.” Baltimore Review. Winter (2009): Print.
• “The Death of Tarzan.” Potomac Review. Winter (2009): n. page. Print.
• “The Synchronist.” Hobo Panckaes. (Spring 2015): online
• “The Gift: A Prologue to Appalachian Spring” performed at the Baltimore School for the Arts: May 2013”

Non-Fiction
• “Love Where your Live.” JCDowntown Magazine. April/May (2007): Print.
• “Defenders of the Faith: How Community Reading Programs are Changing the Way We Read.” Baltimore Review. Summer (2009): Print.
• “The Artist as Narrative in Secondary Education.” 34th Annual Conference on Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts. University of Baltimore. Baltimore. 18 Oct 2008. Address.

Films
• “The Founders” (2014) Writer/Director www.thefoundersproject.com 44min.
• “The Audition”(2015) Writer/Director 12 min

Screenplays

“When We Fall” 120 pp.  Genre: Romance (Finalist Saul Zaentz Incubator at Johns Hopkins University)

CERTIFICATIONS
Permanent Certification English 7-12 State of New York 2003
Advanced Professional Certificate in English 7-12 State of Maryland 2016
AP Language & Composition Course Certification
BCPSS Model Teacher Certification (valid through 2017)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

June 2007 – Present Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore, MD
English Teacher

July 2016 – Present Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Portfolio Coach

Sept 1998 – June 2006 Deer Park U.F.S.D. Deer Park, NY
English Teacher

June 2002- June 2006 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Off-site instructor, Project Advance Program

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Sept 2012 – present Baltimore City Schools Baltimore, MD
Literacy Representative, Instruction Leadership Team

June 2004- June 2006 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Cabinet member, Project Advance Program

May 2005 – June 2006 Deer Park Teacher’s Association Deer Park, NY
Vice-President of Secondary Schools

May 2004 – June 2005 Deer Park Teacher’s Association Deer Park, NY
Building President