Hello! I am super excited to start teaching on Outschool to educate learners between 10-17 years old on subjects that tackle news coverage and social media literacy. 

Classes in the pipeline:
- "Are you ready for an iPhone," which is a 3-day camp (50 min/session) to help learners assess their understanding of utilizing a smartphone and accessing social media networks to facilitating a responsible discussion with their parent/guardian on next steps
- "Learn about your media bias," a 1-time session (50 min/session) to help learners understand their own news bias as well as the bias of media organizations. We want to educate learners on how they can develop a healthy news diet, despite their political preference or personal bias, so that they can respect the diverse views in American society.

**If you have any ideas or topics to better approach the subjects for your learner, please feel free to reach out on your suggestion. Thank you for your support.

My background:
Bachelor's Degree in Communications from UCLA, a student journalist for my high school newspaper and college digital radio station. I have also created news stories for RISE Reporting and my personal social media account. I have significant experience teaching and developing curriculum for elementary school to middle school students in a volunteer capacity, but did not choose a professional teaching route as a career. I am a mom of two kids who started RISE Reporting that began to provide training and resources to university students on social media news reporting.

My teaching philosophy:
I love to create a safe space and fun learning environment for students so that they can be empowered to discover and develop skills learn while charting a positive path forward for their interests, passions, and professions.

My heart behind teaching is to create a positive impact on how my children will get their news in the future. I want to educate young people on how to make sense of the news. I want to restore how the media is a key pillar of democracy and to rebuild trust in the news.

Something fun and personal:
I can do a headstand. I grew up as the middle child of three sisters. I was born in Chicago, raised in Los Angeles; as an adult, I have lived in Dubai, Taipei, and Singapore for work and personal reasons.