TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2003-1999 International Fine Arts College, Adjunct Professor, Miami, Fl
2002 Judaica Hebrew High School, Art and Judaica teacher, Miami, FL
2000 South Florida Art Center, Mentor Program & Art Edge Program
1998-1997 Concord High School, Spanish Language Teacher, Santa Monica
1997-1995 Crossroads Elementary and High School, Director of Foreign Language Project, Santa Monica
New Roads Middle School-Spanish Department Head, Santa Monica
1997 Guess Jeans Factory, (ESL)Teacher
Notre Dame Academy, Substitute Teacher
1996 University of Saigon, Ho Chi Min City, Viet Nam-(ESL) Teacher
1994 L.A. Community Colleges-Freshman Composition/Creative Writing
1986 Hamilton High School, Mediator with Martin Luther King Center for Peace Studies

1985 Seika University, Kyoto, Japan, Taught English and Theatre
1984 Osaka Adult Language School-Taught French and English (ESL)
1996 University of Manila, Philippines, Taught Spanish Literature


EDUCATION
1996-Current Ph.D. Candidate, Women's Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA

Miami, FL
1996 A.A. Degree in Studio Art from Santa Monica College of Design,
Art & Architecture

Miami, FL
1991 M.A. Degree in Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara New York, NY
1991 Expressive Dance & Art Therapies Certification, Tamalpa Institute, San Francisco
Miami, FL
1989 Certification, New York Studio School of Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, N.Y.
Miami, FL
1987 B.A. Degree in Film and Literature, Humanities, New School for Social Research, N.Y.
Santa Monica, CA
1986 Scholarship, New York Feminist Art Institute, New York, N.Y.
Santa Monica, CA
1979 Scholarship, National Glubenkin Foundation of Modern Dance,
Madeira, Portugal

Portland, OR


SPECIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCES

  • Interpreter /Languages spoken: Japanese, Greek, Creole, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Hebrew.
  • Diversity Training, National Conference for Christians & Jews
  • Conflict Resolution, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Peace Studies
  • Mediator, L.A. Attorney's Office
  • Co-founder, Tamalpa Graduate Association for Psychology, Kentfield, CA
  • Body/Mind Institute-MFCC Psychology Internship, Los Angeles, CA
  • Way Home Foundation-MFCC Psychology Internship, San Francisco, CA
  • Amnesty International, Fundraising activities.
  • Off-Broadway acting in New York for 10 years
  • Acting training with Stella Adler, Shelly Winters, Larry Moss, Sanford Meisner



 

 

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