Work History

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

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2017

• Because Children Matter Early Childhood and Education Conference, Birth to Three - Enhancing Movement Opportunities that Builds a Successful Foundation

• and Strategize to Maximize Movement Success for Preschool, Long Beach, CA, Oct. 2017

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Sacramento, CA, Sept. 2016

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Boston, MA, Aug. 2017

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Kansas City, KC, May 2017

• California Head Start Health Institute, Champions of Health – Best Practices to Maximize Motor Development and Prevent Childhood Obesity, San Diego, CA, Apr. 2017

• California Region IX STEM Conference, Strengthen the Power of Math Through Movement!, Reno, NV, Mar. 2017

• Because Children Matter Early Childhood and Education Conference, Moving and Learning:  Play-Based Strategies to Support School Readiness Skills, Anaheim, CA, Mar. 2017

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, San Bernardino, CA, Feb. 2017

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Sacramento, CA, Feb. 2017

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Irvine, CA, Jan. 2017

 

2016

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Altoona, PA, Sept. 2016

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Denver, CO, GA, Aug. 2016

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Atlanta, GA, May 2016

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 2016

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Tulare, CA, Mar. 2016

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, San Diego, CA, Mar. 2016

• Child Start, Inc., Early Childhood Staff Development, I Am Moving, I Am Learning – Head Start Overview, Fairfield, CA, Jan. 2016

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Sacramento, CA, Jan. 2016

 

2015

• National Head Start Association Annual Conference, The Value of Play, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Washington, DC, June 2015

• California Preschool Instructional Network, CPIN Lead Training: Science Brain Songs, Sacramento, CA, May 2015

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2015

• Tulare Child Care Conference, Keynote – Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Move, Play, Learn!, Breakout sessions – Acquiring School Readiness Skills Through Active Play, Visalia, CA, Apr. 2015

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, San Diego, CA, Mar. 2015

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 2015

• The Office of Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 2015

• California Head Start Association Conference, STEM:  Engaging Young Learners in Math and Movement, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 2015

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Fresno, CA, Jan. 2015

• Child Start, Inc., Early Childhood Staff Development, Sessions:  Zero to Three – The Importance of Motor Development, Moving and Learning Through School Readiness Skills, Fairfield, CA, Jan. 2015

 

2014

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Sacramento, CA, Nov. 2014

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Sacramento/Los Angeles/Oakland, CA, May-June 2014

• National Head Start Association Annual Conference, Harnessing the Power of Music, Movement and Math to Engage Young Learners, Long Beach, CA, May 2014

• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC), Integrative Play using California Preschool Learning Foundations, Volumes 1 and 2, Pasadena, CA, Apr. 2014

• Imperial County Office of Education Early Childhood Educators Training Consortia, School Readiness and Physical Activity – They Go Together!, Eat, Play, Grow! Developing the Whole Child; Engaging Families in Active Play, Brawley, CA, Mar. 2014

• Southern California Kindergarten Conference, Acquiring School Readiness SkillsThrough Active Play, Pasadena, CA, Mar. 2014

• Stanislaus County Office of Education Child Care Conference, Math and Movement Keynote, Modesto, CA, Feb. 2014

 

2013

• The STEM Institute, Region 9 Head Start Association, Harnessing the Power of Music, Movement and Math to Engage Young Learners, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2013

• California Child Care Resource and Referral Network Conference, The Importance of Play – Building Healthy Bodies and Brains, Sacramento, CA, Sept. 2013

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Ontario, CA, June 2013

• Sacramento County Office of Education, Moving and Learning Integrating Physical Activity and School Readiness Skills and Engaging Families, Sacramento, CA, May 2013

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Ontario, CA, June 2013

• California Health Collaborative Child Care Conference, Active Play Everyday, Chico, CA, Apr. 2013

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Oakland, CA, Apr. 2013

• California State University Fullerton, Student California Teachers’ Association Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers Conference, Oh the Places You Will Go!, Fullerton, CA, Mar. 2013

• Stanislaus County Office of Education Child Care Conference, Off to a Healthy Start Keynote, Modesto, CA, Feb. 2013

• City of Phoenix Head Start Winter Conference, Acquiring School Readiness Skills Through Active Play, Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 2013

• California Head Start Association Conference, Sessions: Acquiring School Readiness Skills Through Active Play and How to Engage Families in Active Physical Play, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2013

• Marin Child Care Council Striving for Excellence Conference, Engaging Families, Marin, CA, Jan. 2013

• Early Years Conference, San Diego County Office of Education, Moving and Learning at School and Home,  San Diego, CA, Jan. 2013

 

2012

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Sacramento, CA, Dec. 2012

• Early Childhood Care and Education Conference Umpqua community College, Keynote: Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, Roseburg, OR, Oct. 2012

• California Child Care Resource and Referral Network Conference, The Importance of Play – How to Engage Families, Sacramento, CA, Oct. 2011

• California SHINE Preschool Forums, California Department of Education, Active Minds, Active Bodies, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2012

• California State University Fullerton, Session:  Birth to Three Motor Assessment, Fullerton, CA, Sept. 2012

• California Head Start Association Health Institute Conference, Sessions: Eat, Play Grow!, IMIL Nutrition Building Blocks, San Francisco, CA, May 2012

• Tulare Office of Education, Visalia Child Care Conference, Sessions:  Move, Play, Learn; Patterns, A Movement Experience; Teacher, When I Move, My Body gets Happy; Visalia, CA, Mar. 2012

• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC), Sessions:  Eat, Play, Grow – Developing the Whole Child; I Am Moving, I Am Learning, San Diego, CA, Mar. 2012

• California Head Start Association Conference, Sessions: Acquiring School Readiness Skills through Play, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2012

• Early Years Conference, San Diego County Office of Education, Developing the Whole Child, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2012

 

2011

• California Child Care Resource and Referral Network Conference, Eat, Play, Grow!  Developing the Whole Child, Monterey, CA, Oct. 2010

• California Child Care Food Program Roundtable Conference, Keynote, Pick, Choose, Plan, Do: Integrating Physical Activity into the Child Care Environment, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 2011

• The Office of Child Care Region X Child Care, IMIL Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Tacoma, WA, Sept. 2011

• The Office of Head Start IMIL Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2011

• West Virginia Head Start Association, IMIL Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Morgantown, WV, Aug. 2011

• San Diego County Office of Education, Active Physical Play, San Diego, CA, May 2011

• California Head Start Association Health Institute Conference, Sessions: Eat, Play Grow!; IMIL Nutrition Building Blocks, San Francisco, CA, May 2011

• San Francisco State University, San Francisco Head Start, IMIL Early Mentor Coaching Model and Evaluation Tool, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 2011

• The Office of Head Start IMIL Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, San Jose, CA, Jan. 2011

• Early Years Conference, San Diego County Office of Education, Developing the Whole Child, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2011

 

2010

• Healthy Behaviors Conference, How to Deliver a Family Fitness Night at Your Elementary School, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2010

• Cherokee Nation Head Start, IMIL Keynote, Tulsa, OK, Nov. 2010

• The Office of Head Start IMIL Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Kansas, KC, Sept. 2010

• Community Action Partnership of Kern County, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Bakersfield, CA, Aug. 2010

• The Office of Head Start IMIL Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Washington, DC, July 2010

• National Head Start Association Conference, Moving and Learning with School Readiness Skills, Dallas, TX, May 2010

• California Head Start Association Spring Health Institute, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Workplace Wellness for Head Start, and Grow, Play Learn for Birth to Three, Burbank, CA, Apr. 2010

• California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, California Preschool Learning Foundations – Moving with Math, San Pedro, CA, Apr. 2010

• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) Annual Conference and Expo, Early Literacy, Long Beach, CA, Apr. 2010

• California Head Start Association Conference, Early Literacy and I Am Moving, I Am Learning Introduction, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 2010

• Kids N Care Conference, Keynote on Moving and Learning, Early Literacy, Early Math, San Bernardino, CA, Mar. 2010

 

2009

• Edmonds Community College - Snohomish County Head Start/Early Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Everett, WA, Sept. 2009

• San Diego Unified School District School Readiness Conference, Movement is the Key:  Developing the Whole Child, San Diego, CA, Aug. 2009

• Community Action Partnership of Kern County, Head Start Pre-service Conference, Moving and Learning, Bakersfield, CA, Aug. 2009

• Northern California Early Childhood Conference, Moving and Learning with Early Literacy, Sacramento, CA, Aug. 2009

• Sacramento Employment Training Agency, Summer Institute, Sacramento, CA, July 2009

• California Head Start Association Summer Institute, Moving and Learning with Early Literacy, Sacramento, CA, June 2009

• California Department of Education, Motor Development in Early Childhood, Sacramento, CA, Apr. 2009

• Office of Head Start, Region XII, I Am Moving I Am Learning, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 2009 

• California Head Start Association State Conference, Moving and Learning, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2009

• Early Years Conference, Movement is the Key:  Developing the Whole Child, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2009

• Office of Head Start, Region X, I Am Moving I Am Learning Follow Up, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2009 

 

2008

• ECSC Indianapolis Head Start, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Indianapolis, IN, Aug. 2008

• Sacramento Employment Training Agency, Summer Blast for IMIL, Sacramento, CA, June 2008

• Seattle and King County Child Care Health Program Public Health, Fuel and Play the Healthy Way, Seattle, WA, May 2008

• Office of Head Start, National Trainer of Facilitator, I Am Moving, I Am Learning Phase II, Washington D.C., May 2008

• Office of Head Start, Region XI, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Albuquerque, NM, Apr. 2008 

• Harrisburg Head Start, IMIL Trainer Model, Harrisburg, PA, Mar. 2008

• Sacramento Employment Training Agency, Moving and Learning, Sacramento, CA, Mar. 2008

• Imperial County Office of Education Child Development Services, Moving and Learning, El Centro, CA, Mar. 2008

• Office of Head Start, Region VIII, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar. 2008 

• Office of Head Start, Region VII, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Kansas City, KS, Feb. 2008 

• Education Service Center Region 19, Keynote Moving and Learning, El Paso, TX, Jan. 2008

• California Head Start Association State Parent Conference, Moving and Learning, Oakland, CA, Jan.

 

2007

• Region X Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Seattle, WA, Dec. 2007 

• Region VI Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Dallas, TX, Nov. 2007 

• Region II Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Newark, NJ, Oct. 2007 

• Region V Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2007 

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Norfolk, VA, Sept. 2007

• Orange County Head Start, Keynote, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Pasadena, CA, Aug. 2007

• Region III Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Washington D.C., Aug. 2007 

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Fairfax, VA, Aug. 2007

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Harrisonburg, VA, Aug. 2007

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Roanoke, VA, July 2007

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Abingdon, VA, July 2007

• Region IV Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Atlanta, GA, July 2007 

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Danville, VA, June 2007

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Emporia, VA, May 2007

• California Head Start Association Summer Institute, I Am Moving I Am Learning, San Jose, CA, June 2007

• Region I Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, Nashua, NH, May 2007 

• Virginia State Department of Health Multi-Agency Approach, I Am Moving Am Learning, Richmond, VA, May 2007

• San Diego Prevention Research Center, Smart Moves!, San Diego, CA, May 2007

• California WIC Association Conference, I Am Moving, San Jose, CA, May 2007

• California Head Start Association Conference, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Newport Beach, CA, Feb. 2007

• California Head Start Association Conference, Smart Moves!, Newport Beach, CA, Feb. 2007

• Early Years Conference, I Am Moving I Am Learning for Head Start, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2007

• California Obesity Conference, Movement=Learning for Preschoolers & Their Families, Anaheim, CA, Jan. 2007

• California Kindergarten Conference, Smart Moves!, Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 2007

• Region IX Head Start, I Am Moving I Am Learning, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2007 

• California Obesity Conference, Movement=Learning for Preschoolers & Their Families, Anaheim, CA, Jan. 2007

• Early Years Conference, I Am Moving I Am Learning for Head Start, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2007

 

2006

• CACFP Roundtable Conference, CA

• California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, CA

• Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Collaborative Conference, CA

• First Five Conference Early Childhood Mini-Institute, CA

• San Diego Prevention Research Center, CA

• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC), CA

• California WIC Association Annual Conference, CA

• National Head Start Bureau Region III Launch, WV

• Coalition on Children and Weight San Diego School Fitness Summit, CA

• Southern California Kindergarten Conference, CA

• Placer County Office of Education Child Care Conference, CA

• California Kindergarten Conference, CA

 

2005

• Solano and Napa County Head Start Pre-service, CA

• San Diego After School Health Summit, CA

• Yolo County Child Development Conference, CA

• Texas State WIC (Women, Infant, Child) Conference, TX

• Pediatric Obesity Conference, Coalition on Children and Weight San Diego, CA

• Special Needs Advisory Project Conference, CA

• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC), CA

• Southern California Kindergarten Conference, CA

• San Diego County Office of Education, Early Years Conference, CA

• California Kindergarten Conference, CA

• California Childhood Obesity Conference, CA
   

1987- 2014  (Available upon request)

 

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