Educational Leadership

Professional Experience

Career timeline featuring CTE instruction, mentoring, program leadership, and administrative internship experience.

Professional Career Timeline

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Leadership in Action

Current Role

Fashion Design Technology CTE Instructor & Mentor

Erie 1 BOCES Calspan Career Center. Instruction, program development, teacher mentoring, curriculum alignment, career readiness, student advocacy, and industry partnerships.

Administrative Internship

Assistant Principal — Extended School Year

Supported students with disabilities while collaborating with special education staff, related service providers, families, and administrators.

Program Leadership

FUSION Fashion Show Director

Led a sixteen-year collaborative event that grew into a showcase involving more than 750 guests, 125 students, and 32 faculty and staff members.