Right now:

• Teaching and serving as Assistant Program Chair in the English as a Second Language Program at San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE)

• Serving as an elected member of the CATESOL Board in the position of Community College Level Assistant Coordinator

• Working on a book on collaborative writing with my longtime writing partner, Dr. Michele McConnell of CSU Fresno

Soon:

• Presenting at CATESOL, SSLW, and NCTE in fall of 2026

Not-So-Distant Past:

• Attended the Women in Higher Education Leadership Program at Harvard University

• Served as an English Language Specialist with the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile (2026)

• Gave the plenary talk “Moving Together with Purpose: Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Solidarity in TESOL” at CATESOL 2025

• Spent 8 months as a Social Justice Fellow with ACCCA through a partnership with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

• Served as Associate Editor of Applied Linguistics, an Oxford University Press Journal

• Published a book chapter (with Dr. Michele McConnell), “Co-Creating Complexities, New Epistemologies, and Sustaining Collaboration: The Effects of an Online Community of Practice in International Higher Education”

• Gave the plenary talk “Leveraging Home Languages and Promoting Linguistic Inclusivity for Student Success” at PELTIN