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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Denver Public Schools, CEC Early College, Science Department August 2016-Present

        Voted by the Senior Class to read names at graduation (2018, 2020)

        Distinguished LEAP rating 2 years. Effective LEAP Rating all other years. 
        Team Specialist  
​Lexington Catholic High School, Science Department August 2013-May 2015
Educator Biology, Honors Biology and Exemplar Scholar Honors Biology
·      Lemelson-MIT Excite Award Recipient
·      Outdoor Club Sponsor
·      Technology Committee Member
Jefferson R-7 High School, Science Department, August 2010-May 2013
Educator Biology, Honors Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, Environmental Science
·      Professional Development High School Representative
·      Professional Leadership High School Representative
·      Vertical Teaming Curriculum Co-Chair Science K-12
·      89% of my biology students were advanced or proficient for Missouri’s End of Course Assessment for 2012-2013
·      Voted twice by the Senior Class to speak and read the students’ names at graduation (2013, 2014)
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Laboratory Technician II, February 2007-July 2010 
  • Responsible for the lab’s compliance with Environmental Health and Safety standards
  • Produced quantifiable material vital to research via immunohistochemistry
  • Proficient in various histology techniques including de Olmos, capase-3, nissl, and phospho ERK
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Lexington Catholic High School Assistant Football Coach
Defensive Back April 2014-Present
Jefferson R-7 High School Assistant Football Coach
Defensive Back/Running Back Coach August 2010-May 2013
EDUCATION
University of Missouri-Saint Louis
B.A. Major- Psychology Minor- Biology, May 2006
American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence
Biology 9-12
PUBLICATIONS
Magnesium sulfate induces abnormal apoptotic cell death in the developing neonatal mouse brain. Neonatology 2009; 96 23-32
Lithium protects against anesthesia-induced developmental neuroapoptosis. Anesthesiology 2009; 110:662-8
Isoflurane-induced neuroapoptosis in the neonatal rhesus macaque. Anesthesiology 2010; April

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