RESUME

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Achievements

Fall 2023 - Contracted by Utica City School District to provide mobile STEM labs to all elementary and middle school students. Scope of work includes classroom push-ins and professional development for teachers.
Spring/Fall 2023 - Scope of work with Syracuse City School District increased to include classroom push-ins. Coordinated with eight schools to offer 'learn to code' curriculum to all 5th grade classrooms.
2022/23 - assisted with development of grade 6 coding curriculum for the Syracuse City School District and provided professional development for teachers to implement the new content
2018 to date - successfully implemented in residence program for Erie21 Initiative with Le Moyne College – summer STEM camp for middle school students, year-round programming curriculum for middle school students, and intro to technology session for high school students in accordance with grant requirements
2019 - Started Syracuse Scratch Meetup in coordination with MIT's Scratch Meetup Network
2019 - Awarded grant in collaboration with Boys & Girls Club to start a girl coding club in all 4 locations in Syracuse
2019 - Published coding kit for use in after school clubs in coding classes
2019 - Facilitated Family and Community Learning workshop through grant with WCNY
2018 - presented Poster at International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference
2018 - Winner of "Makers: Women Who Make America" Award
2017 - Partnered with AT&T to host CNY's first CuseYouth Hackathon (have hosted 2 per year since this one)
2016 - Winner of "Small Business Achievement" Award by SBA

Work

experience

Founder/CEO Tech4kidz LLC - Syracuse , NY

2014 - present

Tech4kidz offers the following: coding classes to students ages 7-17, summer STEM camps, one day hackathons for students, workshops for educators to learn to teach coding to their students, coding kit ideal for use in after school classes or as a teaching aid in class. Our goal is to introduce STEM to students at an early age and help to engage them, spark interest and build confidence in their abilities in technology.

** Foster collaborations with community organizations to educate students in areas of STEM: recent collaborations: WCNY, Le Moyne College, Peaceful Schools, AT&T. Work under grant constraints to provide curriculum training to educators in the area of computer coding.

2012 - 2013 Levine, Caufield, Martin, Goldberg - Needham, MA

Personal taxes preparation

2008 - 2011 International School of Boston, Cambridge, MA

HR and Payroll Manager

2003 - 2008 Out of country working in accounting contracts (American Express, Sanofi-Synthelabo) while husband training

2000 - 2003 Kime, Mills, Dunlop - London, Canada

Accounting Manager

Education & Designations

Doctor of Education (Ed.D) - Applied Learning Sciences

Master of Education in Learning, Design and Technology - Penn State University

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) - retired designation in March 2023

Carleton University - Bachelor of Commerce

Google Certified Educator Level 1& 2