Teaching

University of Washington, Bothell

Lecturer

Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019

BISIA 207 Introduction to Creative Writing

• ​Inquires into basic elements of creative writing that occur in multiple genres and media. Studies and practices writing in a workshop atmosphere.

BISIA 4 Advanced Writing Workshop: Writing Potential: Play and Process

Winter 2019

• 10-week course, 24 undergraduate students 

Guest Lecturer / Class Visit

February 2018—BISIA 311 Creative Writing: Prose, Assistant Professor Sarah Dowling

January 2015—BISIA 383 Art Publishing, Senior Artist-in-Residence Alejandra Salinas

November 2014—BISIA 310 Creative Writing: Poetry, Assistant Professor Amaranth Borsuk

October 2014--BISIA 310 Creative Writing: Poetry, Assistant Professor Amaranth Borsuk

CoachArt

Oct. 2011–June 2012

Mentor for art, creative writing and music classes for children with chronic illnesses, Los Angeles, CA

Project SPELL: Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning

Oct. 2010–June 2011

Tutor of English as a Second Language for adults, Los Angeles, CA

Project WILD: Working for Immigrant Literacy Development

Oct. 2010–June 2011

Intern of the Year and tutor of English to children from low-income, immigrant families, Los Angeles, CA

Hammer Museum

May 2010

​Art instructor, “Family Workshop: Dreambooks,” in conjunction with the exhibition The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology, Los Angeles, CA

• This series of workshops, taught by trained UCLA student artist/educators, invites families to investigate dreams, fantasies, and symbols as a key part of the artistic process. Parents and kids will together engage in dream analysis, exquisite corpse exercises, and other activities designed to stimulate the imagination. Participants will create an image journal of their dreams and a culminating artwork.