Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Bachelor of Science in Education, June 1988. Summa Cum Laude. Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology with Linguistics minor. Thesis: A Dictionary and Preliminary Grammar of Nicaraguan Sign Language. Alumni Association Professional Promise Award.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Joint major in Technical Writing and Computer Science, 9/82-12/83.
Teaching Assistant and Writing Instructor, University of California at San Diego. 9/90-3/94.
Instructor, San Diego State University, Linguistics Department, Summer 1991.
Social Service Caseworker, Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, Jamaica Plain, MA. 10/89-8/90.
Head Toddler Teacher, Gilday Center, Roxbury, MA. 6/89-9/89; part-time 12/89-4/90; fieldwork 7/93-8/93. Therapeutic day care for abused and neglected infants and toddlers.
Severe Special Needs Teacher, I.S.E.C. School, University Hospital, Boston, MA. 9/88-3/89.
Research Assistant, Tufts/New England Medical Rehabilitation Engineering Center, Boston, MA. 1/86-5/88.
Researcher of Nicaraguan Sign Language, Occupational Center for the Disabled, Managua, Nicaragua. 7/86-12/86.
Teacher's Assistant and Spanish Interpreter, Shore Collaborative, Medford, MA. 4/84-6/85. Severe special needs school.
Computers: Excellent skills with Macs, IBM compatibles, Microsoft Word, Excel, Windows, UNIX (mainframe systems), the Internet. Familiar with a wide range of applications.
Special Needs: Trained in child abuse/family violence, language disorders. Experienced with emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, cognitive deficits, and various other disabling conditions in children and adults. Have worked with mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness.
Interests: Creative writing, singing, gardening, running an email medical list (immune), and navigating the internet.
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