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About

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER

Learning Experience Designer | Course Developer | Content Creator | eLearning Developer

Designing learning that connects strategy, creativity, and technology to inspire real-world performance.

Creative Instructional Designer with 15+ years of successfully crafting immersive eLearning and hybrid training solutions. Passionate about transforming ideas into visually engaging, interactive experiences that captivate and motivate learners. My work combines research-based methods with thoughtful technology use to make information easy to absorb and apply.

Experience

Founder | Instructional Designer & Tutor

2025 - Present

Lead Into Learning

Hybrid | Scottsdale, AZ

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Founded Lead Into Learning to combine creative design with instructional strategy, building engaging, student-centered learning experiences that boosted achievement and brought personalized tutoring to life through multimedia and visual storytelling.

Instructional Design Fellow

2024 - 2025

Teacher Transition | Complete Horses

Remote | Scottsdale, AZ

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Applied instructional design frameworks to develop an eLearning course and multimedia materials in Articulate Rise 360 and Camtasia, achieving measurable gains in learner engagement and retention while building a complete design portfolio in Wix.

Graphic & Branding Designer

2020 - 2024

mobileIMPACT.AZ

Hybrid | Phoenix, AZ

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Transformed client brands into bold, high-impact visuals, designing LED billboards, social media graphics, and print materials that captured attention and elevated recognition across Arizona’s busiest streets.

Teacher

2016 - 2022

Camelback Desert School

Scottsdale Country Day School

Scottsdale, AZ

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Blended creativity and structure to design engaging, tech-driven learning experiences that inspired young learners—driving measurable progress, academic confidence, and award-winning classroom results.

Professional Skillset

Visual and Graphic Design ▪ Learning Technology ▪ Instructional Strategy

Evaluation & Assessment ▪ Student Engagement ▪ Storyboarding & Scripting

Training ▪ Blended Learning Solutions ▪ Program Development ▪ ADDIE

Customized Learning ▪ Adult Learning ▪ Critical Thinking ▪ Training Courses

Education

Master of Education

Bachelor of Science

Early Childhood Education

Human Development & Family Science

Minor in Education

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Cleveland, OH

2006 - 2010

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Columbus, OH

2001 - 2005

Certifications

Articulate Storyline ▪ Articulate Rise ▪ Camtasia ▪ Vyond Animation

eLearning Development ▪ Instructional Design Certification

Instructional Design Process (ADDIE) ▪ Instructor-Led Training

Virtual Instructor-Led Training ▪ Instructional Design Fundamentals