Biography

Denise manages educational and community programs for Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies. She coordinates the Center’s K-12 programming by developing teacher workshops and professional development institutes abroad. She leads the development of new curriculum in collaboration with faculty, K-12 educators and artists in order to enhance and internationalize the K-12 curriculum. She also instructs pre-certification teachers in a unique service-learning course in the Teacher Preparation & Certification Program, Education in a Diverse Society. In addition, she is the Coordinator of the Américas Book Award, an award sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs.

Degrees

• B.A., Reed College, Spanish, 2000
• M.A., American University, International Communication, 2005
• M.B.A., Tulane University, Global Management, 2015

Languages

• Spanish

Overseas Experience

• Spain
• Cuba
• Brazil
• Panama
• Guatemala
• Ecuador
• Costa Rica
• Peru
• Uruguay

Related Experience

• Senior Program Manager for Educational & Community Programs, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, 2006-
• Coordinator of International Communication, American University, 2003-2005

Selected Presentations:

• “Bringing Global Literature into the K-12 Classroom,” October 21, 2020. National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Austin, TX.
• “Confronting Educational Lessons on Afro-Latin American Histories for K-12,” April 30, 2017. Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Lima, Peru.
• “Indigenous Rights: Teaching Global Citizenship and Sustainability,” November 14, 2015. National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), New Orleans, LA.
• “Bringing Brazil & Portuguese into the K12 Classroom,” May 24, 2014. Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, IL.
• 2012. “Using Children’s Literature to Explore Latin American/Latino Cultural Heritage.” Washington, D.C.: Américas Award Teacher Workshop in collaboration with Teaching for Change.
• 2011. “Performing Carnival: Connecting Culture, History, and Language.” Denver: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
• 2009. “Going Bananas: A Look at Global Economy in Latin America.” International Studies Schools Association, Tampa, FL.
• 2009. “Sequins and Beads: Reviving Latin America in the Social Studies Classroom.” Presented at Louisiana Council for the Social Studies, Baton Rouge, LA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organizes & coordinates community outreach events sponsored by the Stone Center on campus and in metro-New Orleans area.
• Acts as principal liaison with K-12 educational community locally and nationally.
• Manages the development, implementation and analysis of periodic surveys and other evaluation tools.
• Curates and maintains the Latin American Resource Center lending library collection and supervises its operations and staffing.
• Organizes and executes academic year and summer professional development programs for K-16 educators including planning, advertising, recruitment of participants, coordination with all departments on campus