RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works individually with a caseload of student-athletes who are at-risk for low academic performance.
- Creates academic support plans, oversees weekly reports, and monitors progression of student-athlete grades.
- Evaluates English language learning needs and act as a liaison for international student athletes to promote academic success.
EDUCATION:
- A.S. General Studies, TESOL Certificate, BYU-Idaho
- B.A. TESOL, BYU-Hawaii
- M.A. TESOL, Emphasis: Curriculum and Materials Development, BYU
HOMETOWN:
Payson, Utah
PERSONAL:
- Served a mission in Fresno, California.
- Lived in the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, and China.
- Likes outdoors and nature including playing sports, mountain biking, hiking, gardening, and camping.
- Married to Vinicius Sousa who is an extreme Pokémon and anime nerd.
- Mom of a huge German Shepherd Husky (AKA a wolf) named Kodai.
- Likes to read, travel, cook ethnic foods, keep a 1,000+ day Duolingo streak, do puzzles, play the piano and violin, watch Korean dramas, and weight lift.
- Speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and sometimes French or ASL on a good day.
- Played soccer, threw the javelin, and was a cheerleader.