Palm Bay, Florida, United States
I'm an independent consultant specializing in assessment development, ELL curriculum design, educational content, and localization for edtech organizations and global brands. I have a Ph.D. in English/American Studies and dual Master's degrees in Applied Linguistics and American Studies, and I'm a certified English and French teacher. My teaching experience spans K12, college, and adult education—both face-to-face and online—across French, English, ESOL, and Humanities. I develop full curricula for ELL newcomers, from scope and sequence design to writing pedagogically sound video lesson scripts, guided and independent practice activities, and comprehensive teacher guides. I ensure alignment with language development frameworks, curriculum standards, and UX/UI specifications to create learning experiences that are clear, accessible, and effective. I've partnered with leading education and assessment organizations, including ETS, College Board, and Summit K12, to design, develop, and evaluate high-quality, culturally responsive assessments in ELA, ELL, and French. My work supports major programs including AP, ELPA21, and ACCUPLACER. In addition, I'm also an Advanced AI Trainer with Invisible Technologies and Mercor, applying my background in linguistics to train and refine large language models. My work involves writing and evaluating complex inputs and outputs, and improving the reasoning, linguistic accuracy, and context relevance of various models. I support international brands through translation, localization, and content review projects. Recent work includes adapting and reviewing French-language content for Sun Bum's expansion into the French market and localizing educational and conservation content for Fahlo to ensure linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and brand consistency on French-language platforms. I'm a published author and academic reviewer. My scholarship explores lifestyle sports, popular music, and the intersections of language and identity. I've contributed articles, book chapters, and scholarly reviews, and authored a book exploring surfing, musicking, and identity in the vibrant backdrop of Florida. Thanks for stopping by!
🔹 Applies core AI training principles to projects for clients such as Microsoft, Meta, and Google. 🔹 Evaluates and refines large language model (LLM) outputs for accuracy, groundedness, attribution, style, helpfulness, and contextual relevance. 🔹 Ensures AI outputs demonstrate appropriate personalization without relying on PII, fostering user trust. 🔹 Leverages linguistic expertise and content evaluation frameworks to fine-tune AI models across domains, including education, marketing, and customer support. 🔹 Optimizes AI-generated content for retrievability, consistency, and alignment with enterprise-level knowledge management and content strategy standards. 🔹 Enhances AI-driven content systems to ensure human-centered, ethical, and accessible design.
🔹 Designs and develops full ELD curriculum for newcomer and emerging multilingual learners, from scope and sequence to program blueprint and delivery, aligned with WIDA/ELP standards and language acquisition best practices. 🔹 Writes pedagogically sound video lesson scripts, guided practice, independent practice, and teacher-facing instructional materials to support differentiated, scaffolded language development. 🔹 Develops and reviews technology-enhanced assessment items (listening, reading, speaking, writing) aligned with ELPA21, CCSS, and state-specific ELP standards. 🔹 Ensures vertical alignment between instruction and assessment, integrating language objectives, key sentence frames, and vocabulary progression across lessons. 🔹 Collaborates cross-functionally with content writers, designers, and product teams (via Monday, Slack) to meet production timelines and maintain consistency with program blueprints. 🔹 Trains and mentors content writers on item development, scaffolding, and instructional design best practices. 🔹 Leverages proprietary CMS and authoring tools to manage content lifecycle from development to publication. 🔹 Develops internal tools (e.g., Flesch-Kincaid readability calculator) to standardize text complexity and improve content consistency. 🔹 Calibrates AI scoring models to ensure accurate, rubric-aligned automated evaluation of student responses. 🔹 Leads content integration, translating low-fidelity drafts and metadata into UX-aligned, student-facing digital learning experiences.
🔹 I partner with edtech companies and educational organizations to design, develop, and evaluate high-quality standardized and technology-enhanced assessments, as well as instructional content. 🔹 I develop full curricula for ELL newcomers—from scope and sequence design to writing pedagogically sound video lesson scripts, guided and independent practice activities, and comprehensive teacher guides. I ensure alignment with standards, language development frameworks, and best practices in second language acquisition. 🔹 I specialize in language proficiency assessments (ELA, ELL, French), curriculum-aligned test design, and culturally responsive content. 🔹 I contribute to item review and quality assurance processes, ensuring validity, fairness, accessibility, and alignment with program specifications. 🔹 I support AI training initiatives by evaluating and refining large language model outputs, improving linguistic accuracy, contextual relevance, and reasoning quality across multilingual and educational domains. 🔹 I provide French translation, localization, and content review services for international brands and educational organizations, ensuring linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and brand consistency. 🔹 Select Clients: – Summit K12: ELPA21 & ELD Curriculum Development – College Board: ACCUPLACER ESL – ETS: AP French – Invisible Technologies: Advanced AI Training – Mercor: AI Training & Evaluation – Fahlo: French Localization & Content Review – Sun Bum: French Content Review
𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 🔹Conducts ad hoc peer reviews for academic journals, evaluating the scope, purpose, and significance of scholarly works within the field. 🔹Provides detailed assessments of sources, methodologies, and overall contributions to academic discourse. 🔹Ensures reviews are balanced, constructive, and aligned with professional academic standards, fostering a respectful dialogue between authors and reviewers. 🔹Evaluates the relevance of reviewed works within broader historiographical and disciplinary contexts. 🔹Assists journal editors in maintaining the intellectual integrity and quality of their publications through thorough, fair, and timely feedback. 🔹Contributes to the advancement of scholarly knowledge by supporting the dissemination of high-quality research across various disciplines. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 2025 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭: Article Review (Sports, Masculinity, and Whiteness) 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵: Article Review (Olympic Studies and Lifestyle Sports) 2024 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢: Article Review (Sports and Philosophy) 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴: Article Review (Sustainable Tourism) 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺: Article Review in (Lifestyle Sports and Youth Studies) 2022 𝘏-𝘕𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴: Book Review (Tourism Studies) 2021 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵: Article Review (Olympic Studies) 2020 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: Conference Manuscript Review (Music Studies) 2019 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵: Conference Manuscript Review (Sports and Communication)
𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 (Contracted through independent consulting practice). 🔹 Designed and refined multiple-choice and constructed-response items aligned with CEFR and NRS performance levels to support accurate placement from beginning literacy to college readiness. 🔹 Ensured content reflects culturally responsive practices and targeted appropriate skill levels using CEFR benchmarks and adaptive item logic. 🔹 Maintained alignment with College Board’s standards of quality, fairness, and validity in all phases of content development.