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Learning is at the heart of what I do because...

my ancestors were denied this basic civil right.

Before HGSE

EDUCATION

B.A., Middle Grades Education
 University of North Carolina
 Concentrations in Language Arts and Social Studies

HONORS AND AWARDS

Gates Millennium Scholar
Walter White Buckley Jr. Public Service Scholar
Carolina Covenant Scholar
HACER National Scholar
University Diversity Award
Order of the Golden Fleece

EXPERIENCE

Program Coordinator
Carolina Leadership Development Office - Chapel Hill, NC
Fulbright Korea Senior Orientation Coordinator
U.S. Department of State, Korean-American Educational Commission - Goesan, South Korea
Co-Founder and Mentoring Services Program Director
Korean Adolescent Mentoring Program - Daegu, South Korea

After HGSE

EDUCATION

Ed.M., Technology, Innovation, and Education
 Harvard Graduate School of Education
 Cambridge, MA

EXPERIENCE

Co-Executive Director
N.C. Scholars' Latinx Initiative - Chapel Hill, NC
  • North Carolina Scholars’ Latinx Initiative (N.C. Sli) seeks to build pathways to educational, professional, and civic engagement opportunities for a new generation of Latinx leaders in North Carolina.
  • Oversees team of 30 staff to manage programming for 125 first- and second-generation immigrants students and their families to provide mentorship, leadership and identity development, and support for college and career preparation.
  • Develops program curriculum designed to support Latinx high school students from under-resourced rural areas achieve their goals of long-term careers by utilizing higher education.