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College of Education and Human Development - University of MinnesotaAdjunct Lecturer
Aug. 2025Twin Cities, MNI am excited to develop and teach a comprehensive curriculum for the Practicum for Nonprofit Organizations, enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. This will include fostering partnerships with local nonprofit organizations to provide students with real-world experience and networking opportunities, and sharing about my own international experience as a foundation and community philanthropy network leader.
CFLeadsProject Director of Connecting Communities in the Americas
Jul. 2020 - Dec. 2025Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesI am excited to be working on this collective impact project that seeks to strengthen transnational communities and their connections to community foundations.
International Community FoundationNetwork Coordinator
Jan. 2020From Minneapolis, MNAs we continue strengthening relationships between community foundations and partners across the Americas, Connecting Communities in the Americas has its new home at the International Community Foundation. View our work and join us in learning together at https://cc-americas.org/.
Fundación Punta de MitaExecutive Director
Oct. 2015 - Jul. 2020Punta de Mita, Nayarit, MexicoFundación Punta de Mita is a community foundation whose mission is to promote sustainable community development in Punta de Mita and the Banderas Bay region in the areas of community development, education, health, and environment.
American School of Puerto VallartaCommunity program director
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2016Puerto Vallarta, MexicoAs founder of the high school program "Leer y Crecer" (Read & Grow), I offered leadership and service training to young people who then support public school libraries in Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico. The program included book donations, consulting on library operations, finding and using spaces, organizing teacher workshops in reading advocacy, and building partnerships for support.
American School FoundationMiddle School teacher
Oct. 1994 - Jun. 1996Mexico City
Inlingua Sprachschule, Aachen, GermanyInstructor for Adult Education
Jan. 1991 - Jan. 1994Aachen, Germany
EducatorEducator, program director
Aug. 1988 - Jan. 2016Mexico, Germany, SpainMy experience as an educator for adults and children ages 11-19 has expanded over three countries and several different types of institutions. The longest period was as a Social Studies instructor and later English/Social Studies Deptartment Head and National Honor Society Advisor at the American School of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for 18 years. Teaching and empowering others is my passion and continues in my work today.
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