For over 15 years I have worked to empower parents, with special attention to marginalized communities, with science-based frameworks of early brain development, literacy instruction, non-violent discipline, and self-directed education. Here are some highlights:
- My book, Ring the Alarm, has been used in public schools, private consultants, Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, and the Department of Health to name a few.
- Facilitated workshops in over 400 preschools, private early childhood centers, Early Start and Head Start centers, schools, and organizations.
- Helped over 2,000 parents transform their home culture and children's literacy instruction at home through my cohorts, virtual workshops, and self directed courses.
- Developed an early literacy system, The Foundation Bag and corresponding framework, The Cheatcode by Raising Readers, for toddlers and preschoolers, which leverages both the science of reading and the science of play in 2019.
- Developed a schooled age series, Reading is for Everybody! and corresponding framework Connect, Decode, Stack for Impact™ which leverages both the science of reading and the science of caregiver attachment and environment in order to optimize reading for meaning, executive function, and overall well-being
- Client and collaboration list includes private, public, and charter schools as well as Bankstreet College, Anahasa Consulting, Rooted in Reflection, and Reconstruction, Inc., and NYC Department of Education (FACE) Office of Family and Community Engagement
- Created a Facebook group for BIPOC families and co-conspirators committed to Black and Brown liberation with now over 3,000 members.
- Brag Bag: Certified Forest School Director and host of a nature based mixed age community learning co-op, Liberatorium.