Edu ChangeMaker

- Currently teaching second grade at a Title I classroom with a multi-cultural ESOL student population. (2011- Present) - Will be a special education teacher next year at a Title I classroom with a multi-cultural ESOL student population. (Present) - Second grade math facilitator. (2013-2014) - Interned for DC Public Schools Office of Bilingual Education (2011). - Student taught at a first grade and a fourth grade classroom (2010-2011). - Interned for Program Manage of FLOW Mentoring Program and Boys and Girls Club (2010). - President of Student Educational Association for St. Mary's College of Maryland (2009-2010)

I challenge the status quo by utilizing the arts, health, and creativity to improve the well-being of the whole child. If traditional teaching methods worked, then we'd see success. Instead, we see insecure, afraid, uncreative children who do not take charge of their learning and behavior. I present a completely different lens. Let's get rid of the quick fixes and get to the bottom of success!

Magna Cum Laude St. Mary's Scholar Award 2010 Recipient of the Human Studies Major Award Wheeling Jesuit University Dean's Scholarship Music Ministry Scholarship Top 5 Everything But Water Sales Associate in the United States

Master of Arts in Teaching '11, Elementary Education (GPA: 4.0) St. Mary's College of Maryland Bachelor of Arts in Human Studies '10, Concentration in Children and Society (GPA: 3.8) St. Mary's College of Maryland Also studied psychology, nursing, athletic training, and education at Wheeling Jesuit University

Let's get back t Publications and Presentations Muilenburg, L.Y., Vicini, E., Kerby, A., Molina, L., & Hall, K. (2011). Riding the wave of reform: Using technology to involve and entire school in an interdisciplinary mystery unit. Maryland Professional Development School (PDS) Conference 2011. Owings Mills, Maryland, May 7. Kerby, A., Vicini, E., & Muilenburg, L.Y. (2011). Mobile phone mystery. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2011. Nashville, Tennessee, March Opening address. 2010 Schools That Learn Colloquium. St.Mary’s, MD, March 6, 2010.