»Resume summary:
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
» April 2006-Current. Creator & Editor of BeTwinned, an online magazine for parents of twins and multiples.
» April 2006-Current. Creator & Editor of inSierraMadre.com, a citizen journalism site for Sierra Madre, CA.
» February 2007-June 2007. "Mommy! Mommy!" Family blogger for Disney's new site Family.com.
» December 2006-May 2007. "Digital Diva." Weekly column about educational technology for LATimes.com's blog School Me!. When blog went on hiatus, I started eDigitalDiva.typepad.com.
» May 2005-December 2006. Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA. Summer 2005 features intern. After internship ended, I wrote freelance movie features for RAVE!, the paper’s weekly entertainment insert.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
» August 2006-Current. Internet & Communication Technologies Coordinator; school newspaper co-adviser. Westridge School for Girls, Pasadena, CA. Teaching Web [re]search skills to students & teachers. Developing an online Web search course.
» September 1988-June 2004. A variety of teaching positions, including 2nd grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, middle school, adjudicated high school students, adults learning to read and write and curricular technology support for teachers.
EDUCATION
Annenberg School for Communication @ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
» May 2006, Master of Arts in Journalism. Online Journalism Concentration.
» Managing Editor of readers’ blog & Editor of bi-weekly features at Online Journalism Review.
» Carnegie-Knight Fellow in Summer 2006 News 21 initiative with former ABC news correspondent Judy Muller.
St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA.
» May 1997, Reading Specialist Certificate.
» September 1993, Master of Science in Secondary Education.
» May 1988, Bachelor of Arts in English. Drama Concentration, Philosophy Minor.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
» May 2007, Google Certified Teacher. Selected to attend Google Teacher Academy in Santa Monica, CA.
» May 2006, Outstanding Graduate Student in Online Journalism Award, Annenberg School for Communication, USC.
» 2006, Online Journalism Review readers’ blog cited as one of the Web's most "Influential Current Events Blogs" in Blogosphere: Best of Blogs.
» Sept. 2004 - May 2006, Dean's Scholar at Annenberg School for Communication, USC.
» ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, Presentations at several professional educators’ conferences.
» Nominated twice by former students for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
» May 1993, Graduate Award in Education, St. Joseph's University.
» May 1988, Honors Diploma & Fine Arts Award, St. Joseph's University.
