I attended Rasmussen University where I earned my Associate Applied Science in Early Childhood Education: Specialization in Special Needs as well as a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education with a focus on Leadership. In my experience as an ECE professional, I have held different positions from being a teacher to holding various management/and or leadership positions such as team lead, center director, area coordinator/teacher supervisor, school education manager, and community relations liaison. I am a trained instructional designer and registered as a Minnesota Develop certified trainer.

I am a dedicated Early Childhood Education advocate. In efforts to advance my knowledge on political sciences and the legislative process, I have been selected to join the 2022-2023 Community Equity Program through the Amherst Wilder Organization and I graduated from the C.A.R.E. Fellowship hosted by Child Care Aware of Minnesota. In my collegial years, I have represented the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children Rasmussen College Student Organization, the Rasmussen Leadership Academy, the MnAEYC-MnSACA student club, and the School of Education: Advisory Board.

Currently, I work as a Communications Specialist for the Minnesota House of Representatives People of Color and Indigenous Caucus and Queer Caucus (DFL). It is an honor to work with incredible leaders and lawmakers of BIPOC and gender expansive representation.

Since publishing my children’s book in March 2022, I have travelled to collaborate with San Fransisco Library to bring back their ‘Toddler Storytime’, do an author reading and speaking engagement at El Taller Independent Bookstore in Lawrence, MA., and completed a teacher observation at Francis Scott Key School in Philadelphia to observe their education justice model.

I want to ensure the youngest scholars of our country get every chance to read quality children’s books that reflect both their lived experiences and the possibility for living vicariously through new characters and stories. I believe children’s books are becoming a cornerstone for social justice work among young students.