Mar 16From Ed to Edtech or in Pursuit of ItWhen I landed my first interview and then the rounds that followed, I was confident that my next role, post k-12, would be writing curriculum for a coding app company…until I submitted what I thought was a great final round project and it obviously fell flat. …3 min read3 min read
Dec 22, 2021From Connected Educator to Connected BTS FanPrior to early 2018, my twitter timeline was 100% and without question dedicated to my career as an educator/edtech leader…or whatever people thought of me back then. It was the source of my “disruptor of ridiculousness” jabs at the status quo of edtech, education and everything in between. …4 min read4 min read
Dec 21, 2021…I Was On A BreakLong before the pandemic hit, I knew that I was reaching my breaking point… As most first year teachers, I started my career in education with the same wide eyed enthusiasm as seen in Quinta Brunson’s Janine Teagues of the new show Abbott Elementary. …3 min read3 min read
Jun 11, 2019Relearning How to Breathe…This afternoon, for the first time, I felt myself drowning. It was as if the entire room was closing in on me like a scene from a movie and I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t feel. I was just here…barely existing. I have never felt this type of…Mental Health2 min readMental Health2 min read
May 25, 2019It’s Been A WhileI have so much to say as much has been buried deep inside my soul. It honestly feels weird to be able to express my thoughts without worry that I just might offend someone enough to warrant a conversation. In case you missed it, I am no longer working in…Education2 min readEducation2 min read
Sep 9, 2018I’m an Educator but I’m Also HumanThis morning I opened an email to this… “I’m not seeing you doing much education these days, only music. We were looking for a message on equity and diversity and weren’t seeing this reflected in your tweets and blog. Is this still your expertise?” Lately I have been away from…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
May 9, 2018How A Kpop Band Pushed Me Beyond BarriersNovember 20, 2017 The morning after the American Music Awards, I decided to check out the previous night’s performances…especially after seeing a group that I knew nothing about trending on twitter. That group was BTS. I remember being alarmed at how amazing they were while being simultaneously aware that they…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
May 1, 2018Purpose and PracticeThree years ago, I joined my current school district in what can only be described as my dream job in education. After walking the pavement of doing the work for kids, traveling on my own dime to learn and fully immersing myself into the life of an “edtech using connected…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Published in Edtech Bloggers of Color·Dec 10, 2017Reclaiming My Purpose and Voice: Confessions of a Former “Edtech Speaker”In 2015, I was selected to repeat my ignite speech on the lack of diversity in edtech ahead of Soledad O’Brien’s keynote during ISTE. It was a monumental moment in that no one had really said those words on that stage before. They’d been said, but not like that. What…Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Nov 23, 2017How Systemic Control Stunts Creative GrowthLast week our cohort of students began designing their making/coding engineering projects and as exciting as it was, we still had a moment of pause in which we thought that perhaps we needed to insert a little more control and guidance. …for the sake of time and because it would’ve…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
