About Me
Community English Program - New York, NY
I earned my M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Teachers College, Columbia University. I have a B.A. in International Relations and Chinese (Mandarin) from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Currently, I teach first-year composition, technical writing, and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at the University of Denver and the Community College of Denver. Previously, I have taught undergraduate composition and critical research writing at Pace University, as well as developmental writing, writing in the disciplines (WID), and professional English. My experience also includes general English as a second language (ESL), TOEFL and GRE test preparation, and teaching internationally in China and Cambodia.
In addition to teaching, I have extensive experience in curriculum and program development, designing courses and initiatives for both English composition and ESL at the college level. I have also served as a teacher trainer, developing and leading workshops on communicative language teaching, alternative assessment, educational technology for language learning, and vocabulary acquisition strategies.
My teaching career has focused on adult learners from diverse backgrounds, and I am committed to fostering equity, inclusion, and student success in all my classrooms. Before transitioning into education, I worked in political consulting, corporate recruitment, cross-cultural education exchange, and Chinese-English translation
I am fluent in Mandarin Chinese and conversational in Khmer (Cambodian).