Teaching Approach

My teaching integrates systemic thinking, cultural responsivness, and research–practice integration.
I encourage students to bridge empirical evidence with lived experiences, and my goal is to foster learning environments that promote curiosity, reflection, and relational growth.

Independent Instructor

  • FAD 4932: Pre-Professional Development (Online)
    Florida State University, Summer 2026
    • Overall instructor rating: 4.93/5 (Department Average: 4.60; University Average: 4.50)
  • FAD 2230: Family Relationships: A Life Span Development Approach (In person)
    Florida State University, Spring 2025
    • Overall instructor rating: 4.74/5 (Department Average: 4.58; University Average: 4.41)

Workshops

  • Using SPSS PROCESS Macro for Moderated Mediation
    Department of Human Development and Family Science, Florida State University
    02/09/2024

Guest Lectures

  • Integrative Systemic Therapy for Beginning Therapists
    Practicum for Master’s Students in Mental Health Counseling, Florida State University (12/06/2024)

  • The Self, Identity, Emotion, & Personality
    CHD 3243: Contexts of Adolescent Development, Florida State University (09/21/2023)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • FAD 4601: Foundations of Counseling — FSU (Fall 2024)
  • CHD 3243: Contexts of Adolescent Development — FSU (Summer 2024)
  • FAD 2230: Family Relationships — FSU (Spring & Fall 2024)
  • FAD 4932: Pre-Professional Development — FSU (Fall 2023)
  • HDF 343: Human Development in Minority and Immigrant Families — UT Austin (Spring 2023)
  • HDF 372K: Families in Transition — UT Austin (Fall 2022)
  • HDF 315L: Research Methods — UT Austin (Fall 2021)
  • Applied Hierarchical Linear Modeling (Summer Statistics Institute) — UT Austin (Summer 2021)
  • HDF 313/113L: Child Development (Lab School) — UT Austin (Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
  • HDF 378L: Theories of Child and Family Development — UT Austin (Fall 2020)
  • Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101 — Northwestern University (Spring 2020)