Check out my resume here! I have experience in content design, research, and teaching, which all come together to make me an ideal learning designer. Human-centered and child-centered design are at the heart of my design with UDL principles.
Education
M.Ed Harvard Graduate School of Education 2024
Learning Design Innovation and Technology – Arts and Learning
BA Stanford University 2023
Human Biology – Child Development; Education Honors
Content Design Experience
Private Family: Early Childhood Education Specialist
- Develop play-based early childhood programing for an 18 month old that supports her holistic growth
- Consult on child development milestones, social opportunities, and preschool options
Ascend Now: Learning Designer and Manager
- Developed and designed social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons for classroom implementation in grades 6-10
- Managed product and people including roadmap, learning design team, and strategic insights for development
Common Sense Media: Education Design Intern
- Redesigned lessons for K-8 digital citizenship curriculum reaching 81% of Title 1 schools and 1.3M teachers
- Applied child development rubric to children’s podcasts reviews
Center for Digital Thriving, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education: Lead Research Assistant
- Ideated and designed resources for parents and teens to have meaningful conversations about technology
Harvard Graduate School of Education: Graduate Student
- Designed a Buzzfeed-style empathy self-assessment for teens as a reflective tool for empathy development
- Designed an innovative interdisciplinary learning framework guide for K-12 teachers and schools to foster holistic development, critical thinking, a passion for interconnected knowledge
- Collaborated to develop an interactive, “choose your own adventure” style TV series for middle schoolers to engage with tools for reimagining civic discourse; presented to an expert panel with positive feedback
Stanford’s Flying Treehouse: Director
Tutored second and third graders in creative writing, turned their stories into comedy skits, and performed them so kids could see their imagination come to life
Coordinated an anniversary show by communicating with alumni and performing for 150 people
Adapted creative writing curriculum for online learning; communicated logistics with schools and teachers
Children’s Creativity Museum: Senior Education Intern
- Composed set of 8 caregiver guides with technology-free activities to support early child development
Stanford Women in Design: Design Education Project Manager
- Designed and presented a branding workshop as part of our Consultant Certification Program for 50 people
Research Experience
Stanford's Graduate School of Education: Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Presented research on family learning at the June 2023 International Conference for Learning Sciences
- Conducted qualitative research using Dedoose and Nvivo on the impacts of remote learning on child development
- Drafted codebooks, surveys, memos, and published papers; Copyedited a dissertation associated with the project
- CITI Certified in 2021 and 2024 for IRB Nonmedical Research
Wayfinder: SEL Curriculum Content Design Intern
- Researched and communicated social-emotional learning content to improve K-5 curriculum
Lalela: Monitoring and Evaluation Intern
- Conducted monitoring and evaluation learner surveys to assess the success of after-school art programs
- Interviewed learners ages 11-21 for the NGO’s annual report
Research Publications
Troy, F., Barron, B., Romero, M. (2023). Joint media engagement as a resource for family learning and well-being: Catalysts and transmedia connections.
Martin, C.K., Barron, B., Pozos, R. Troy, F. (2023). Zoom School Diaries: Caregiver Insights from Listening In on Synchronous Instruction. Accepted as part of a symposium: Families, COVID, and Unequal Schooling: Stories and lessons from the field.
Martin, C.K., Barron, B., Pozos, R. Troy, F. (2022). Caregiver assessments of learning during school closures: Perceived virtues of practice-based and open-ended activities.
Teaching Experience
Curious Cardinals: Teacher (ages 4-16)
- Designed and taught curriculum for workshops and presentations on environmental citizenship, Black History Month, creative writing, design thinking, portraiture, reading, math, empathy, art, and poetry
Stanford Bing Nursery School: Teacher (ages 3-5)
- Collaborated with teaching team to facilitate children ages 3-5 in a play-based preschool environment
Here are some images that capture a few of the experiences above. Click through to learn more.
For example, Lalela is an after-school arts program that aims to ignite imagination and manifest their dreams and goals, launching the possibility of a different future for themselves and their communities.
