Real STEM for every child.
I help teachers build it.
Student-centered, culturally relevant STEM instruction where every learner is seen, capable, confident, and empowered.
The Underlying Problem
Too many elementary STEM programs talk about equity while treating cultural relevance as an afterthought. Students from marginalized communities are expected to adapt to curricula designed without them in mind. The result? STEM becomes one more place where some kids feel they belong and others don't.
They deserve better.
How We Work Together
Teachers want PD to give them a lesson to try tomorrow.
I do that, and I also change how they see the work.
Professional Development Workshops
Workshops built around a simple idea: every student already brings something to STEM, and great instruction starts there. Teachers leave with practical tools for designing project-based units where students explore who they are, where they come from, and who they can become.
Implementation Coaching
A workshop can shift thinking. Turning that into consistent classroom practice takes more. Coaching engagements are customized to what your school actually needs, from virtual check-ins to embedded classroom support, so the work doesn't stop when the workshop does.
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Research-Backed.
Classroom-Tested.
For a decade, I ran a makerspace at a Title I elementary school. Built from scratch and serving 400+ students a year, it was eventually adopted as a district-wide STEM model. Before that, seven years as a curriculum supervisor taught me how to lead change at a district level.
35 years as an educator
PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, with a research focus on culturally relevant project-based learning
Author, 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom (Corwin Press)
Led a district-wide initiative to de-track elementary mathematics, expanding access to advanced coursework for students who'd been sorted out of it
Featured Work
Presentation: Cultural Storytelling with Robotics
PETE&C Conference | February 2025
I brought my own elementary students to the conference to demonstrate their work firsthand: coding and robotics projects rooted in their own cultural stories, showing what it looks like when every child sees themselves in STEM.
What do you want me to help you build?
Tell me what you're trying to build. I'll tell you how I can help.