🎓 High School STEM Educator | 💻 Creative Coder | 🔬 Educational Researcher
Based in Los Angeles | Focused on student-centered learning, storytelling in CS, and building real-world classroom systems
I teach high school computer science and chemistry in a public school serving students from Central and South America. I also teach a graduate-level course on community inquiry and conduct research on teacher professional development, especially the role of micro-credentials in building educator efficacy.
I’m passionate about building tools that empower students — whether it’s a classroom economy app that simulates financial life, immersive Python-based assessments that unfold like science fiction, or integrating AI literacy into chemistry lessons.
A custom web platform (Flask + PostgreSQL) that models a student-driven economy:
- NFC-based tap-in/out attendance
- Rent, insurance, and property tax systems
- Bank accounts (checking/savings), salary, bonuses, and NSF fees
- Storefront + item usage approval flow
- Audit logs and admin dashboard
Currently testing:
- Bill payment flow
- Transaction voiding
- NSF escalation logic
- Desk ownership and store purchases
I design storytelling-style assessments where students interact with the material instead of just answering it:
- 🪐 "Is Leave Possible" – Data storytelling with Python & Google Forms
- 📊 "Fragments of Truth" – Data Unit: Time-loop paradox + student-induced anomalies
- 🤖 "The Halting Protocol" (Under Development) – Algorithms Unit: Archivist AI and the halting problem
All projects blend Python (Trinket), narrative worldbuilding, and learning science.
A full-featured Python solver that:
- Uses custom square root simplification via prime factorization
- Reduces fractions via GCD
- Handles real and complex roots
- Outputs step-by-step symbolic breakdowns
- 📊 Researcher on teacher self-efficacy and instructional transformation through micro-credentials
- 🧠 AI Literacy Toolkit – Handouts, guided activities, and responsible use contracts for students
- 🧰 Prompt Engineering Workshops – Helping teachers leverage AI as a thinking partner, not a shortcut
Important
All of my public projects are licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, which means:
You CAN:
- Use them in classrooms, clubs, and nonprofit educational settings
- Modify or adapt them for school use, assignments, or personal learning
- Share them with students or other educators
- Use them for research or academic presentations (as long as they are not sold)
You CANNOT:
- Use them as part of a commercial product or SaaS platform
- Host a paid service or subscription that includes them
- Incorporate them into any offering that generates revenue (e.g., paid courses, tutoring platforms)
- Use them internally within a for-profit business, even if not publicly distributed