Berryessa Union School District

Teach all grades and subjects while specializing in English, AP classes, SAT preparation, TEFL, English for Special Purposes; German; Social Studies; History & Geography; Communications including journalism and broadcast news.

NBC Bay Area News, KNTV, Channel 11

Select, develop and plan reporting assignments, either news events or feature stories, to be covered by reporters. Field calls from the public, who give news tips, or information about a possible story or event to be covered. Sometimes, these calls may: Alert editors about a disaster – perhaps something as minor as a car accident or as major as a large industrial fire with mass casualties. Be someone wishing to make a complaint about corporate or governmental practices, or have information or an opinion about a major decision that a local or state government is making. Be something as minor as a child building the world's largest sand castle or a budding entrepreneur wanting to promote his/her product. Other times, the news tip may come in the form of a news release, which may either promote an event, meeting, etc.; or alert editors and reporters about an upcoming news conference. Sometimes, assignment editors must sift through hundreds of news releases each day. In many cases, possibly dependent on the market, assignment editors use police scanners, listening to traffic between 911 dispatchers and police officers in the field. Whatever the case, it is my job to determine what news tips and news releases are the most newsworthy, and then decide which reporter to assign a story to. Those assignments are often determined based on the reporter's experience, skills and his/her beat (e.g., police, courts, schools, city hall, county, etc.). If a major story develops – such as a disaster or economic development -- it is my job to enlist several reporters (in addition to whoever usually covers that beat) to cover various angles of a story. For instance, if the story is about a plant closing, one reporter may be asked to do the main story about the closing, while other reporters may be asked to do stories on such things as employee reaction, reaction from business and community leaders, a history of the plant (and other plant closings, if appropriate), etc.

Associated Press

Coordinate activities for an organization representing one of the world's largest news gathering organizations.

ORT College

Teach all levels with an emphasis on job placement, intercultural competence, computer skills, vocational training, business, economics, law, history, geography and science.

Poly Languages Institute

Teach all levels in an interactive environment with special emphasis on student needs and goals.

Berlin College of Economics and Law

Special emphasis on Business English, Job Placement, Intercultural Competence, Science, History and Cultural Anthropology. Taught up to the standards of the Common European Framework of Languages. Classroom work involved all aspects of learning, including essays and report writing.

CBS News, Radio

General Assignment Reporter for KCBS News, Radio in San Francisco up until May of 2010 when I moved to Berlin to freelance as a foreign correspondent for the CBS News, Radio network out of New York. General Assignment reporting on all aspects of foreign affairs, including economics and law.

Transworld Schools

Humboldt State University

Fullerton College

Limited Proficiency

Fluent/ Native Proficiency

Limited Proficiency

European Language Competence

Certified to teach for intercultural competence in English: Intercultural theory and practice, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, Material and Methodology

Leadership Napa Valley

Certified in leadership skills through the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Academy of Motion Pictures Television Arts and Sciences

Associated Press Television Radio Association

CLTA’s mission is to provide support, leadership and vision for quality World Language and Culture teaching and learning in California.

An American labor union representing over 160,000 film and television principal and background performers, journalists, and radio personalities worldwide.