Consulting

NYC DOE Crotona International HS

2019, 2023- Present:

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Provide curriculum development, lesson planning, and academic coaching for Career and Technical Education, global studies and math teachers on teaching culturally sustaining, learner centered and project-based learning strategies for English language learners.

Educational Video Center

2018-Present:

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Yazda and the Antiquities Coalition

2021:

Co-develop and teach a video workshop for members of the Yazidi community in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq who are survivors of ISIS genocide to document and preserve their own cultural heritage.
Chapman University Attallah College of Educational Studies

2020, Orange, CA.:

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Co-develop a college media course in the Integrated Educational Studies program on community inquiry and social justice; and support faculty in developing effective university partnerships with local school and community agencies including Office of Migrant Education, Santa Ana Youth media project, and Santa Ana Unified School District.

School in the Square Middle School

2019 – 2020:

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Direct and produce a documentary in partnership with the CUNY Graduate Center that chronicles the participatory action research that School in the Square graduates conduct on their transition from middle school through high school.

NYC DOE Office of Students in Temporary Housing

2018-2019:

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Design and co-facilitate Know Your Rights documentary workshop for homeless students and lead social worker professional development workshops for NYC Department of Education.

NYC DOE Office of Post Secondary Readiness

2018:

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Write and coach teachers to use a “Know Your Rights” Youth Participatory Action Research curriculum guide for transfer high school students and teachers, based on the EVC Youth Powered Video Handbook.