Anteaters in Education Alumni Chapter
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Anteaters in Education Board Liaison to the UCI Alumni Association Carolyn Brothers (B.A., Psychology '78, Credential '80) is a facilitator/trainer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCI. She has taught in the San Jacinto and Garden Grove Unified School Districts and at Coastline College and Chapman University. She is one of the founders of the Resource Library for the Boys & Girls Club in Garden Grove. Ms. Brothers graduated from UCI in 1978 with a degree in psychology and later received two teaching credentials from UCI.
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Anteaters in Education President Dr. Tracy Carmichael (B.A., Criminology, Law & Society '03, Ph.D., Education '13) currently serves as Chief Innovation Officer at Long Beach City College. Her career started in data management & evaluation and later transitioned to strategic planning and communications. Prior to her role at LBCC, she spent 15 years working with educational nonprofits focused on educational youth programming within historically underserved communities across the state. Dr. Carmichael is skilled in strategic planning, research design, program evaluation, fund development, and public speaking. She holds a B.A. in Criminology from UCI, an M.A. in Educational Research from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Education from UCI (2013).
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Anteaters in Education Member at Large Belinda Espinoza (B.A., Social Sciences '05) is a teacher at Crittenton Services in Fullerton. She has worked in the field of education for more than 20 years in various roles and has worked in case management for three years. She graduated from UCI with a B.A. in Social Sciences, earned her Social Science credential from Chapman University in 2008 and is currently attending college to earn a master's degree in Education. She has a passion for working with older youth – she studied to be a history teacher but her career path took a turn and she taught Spanish online and as a private tutor for many years. She also has a passion for writing and started working on a blog with a team of women she grew up with and continues to write for the OC family lifestyle blog, Living Mi Vida Loca. Her hobbies include travel, reading, watching documentaries and spending time with her loved ones.
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Anteaters in Education Member at Large Dr. Wenli Jen (B.A., Social Sciences '03, Credential '04) is chief executive officer of Integral Prudence Solutions. Dr. Jen has 20 years of consulting experience in leadership, strategic planning, cultural competency, and program development with more than 10 years of experience directing prevention programs: child abuse, substance abuse and gang prevention. She also works with mental health and community health initiatives in addition to college and career counseling. Dr. Jen earned her Administrative Credentials; her Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential with CLAD; and a B.A. in Social Science with a specialization in Public and Community Service, minor in Educational Studies from UCI. She received her Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education in Human Development and Psychology and currently serves as the co-chair for the HGSE Alumni Ambassadors for the Los Angeles region. She received her Ed.D. from University of Southern California in Educational Leadership with emphasis in educational psychology. Dr. Jen has been named Associate Editor of CSUGlobal journal in the area of Scientific Essentials and Sustainable Environments and Community Advisory Board member for Public Media Group of Southern California (PBS SoCal/KCET).
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Anteaters in Education Member at Large Blaine Jones (Credential '13) teaches Earth Science, AP Environmental Science, and Digital Photography, and serves as the varsity boys golf coach at the Samueli Academy Charter High School in Santa Ana, where he was also a founding teacher. Before a career change to education, Mr. Jones worked as a senior hydrologist in water resources engineering, focusing on the modeling of large-scale flooding disasters. Jones holds a B.S. in Ecology from Emory University, an M.S. in Physical Geography from the University of Southern California, and earned his teaching credential from UCI in 2013.
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Anteaters in Education Treasurer
Kim MacKeand (B.A., Economics '04, Credential '05) graduated with an Economics degree and minors in Education and Management from UCI. She received her Social Science Credential from UCI, her Master's degree in Education, and her Administrative Credential from Chapman University. While attending UCI, she was an officer and volunteer with a UCI organization, Share Tutorial Project, which partnered with the Santa Ana Unified School District to tutor students in their after-school program. She worked as a tutor for the Santa Ana Unified School District during her senior year of college. Tutoring students during college inspired her to become a teacher. She currently is a High School History Teacher in Riverside County and has served as a basketball coach, a club advisor, CAHSEE/STAR Testing Coordinator, BTSA support provider/mentor, and WASC member. She is passionate about mentoring other teachers. |
Anteaters in Education Events Chair Yvonne Mansouri (B.A., Psychology & Social Behavior '04, MAT + Credential '05) graduated UCI with a B.A. in Psychology & Social Behavior from UCI School of Social Ecology in 2004 and received her Master of Arts in Teaching and Credential in 2005. Ms. Mansouri has more than 20 years of experience working and volunteering in the field of education, serving as an elementary school teacher, BTSA Support Provider, an instructor in the Gifted Students Academy and, for the past ten years, as owner and tutor of Cambridge Learner’s Academy. She also actively serves in her children’s PTA program, holding positions as president, drama & theater coordinator and math teams director. She is a member of the California Science Teachers Association (CSTA), National Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi), and American Montessori International (AMI). She also holds a certificate from UCI in Gifted and Talented Education and is a Tier 1 and Tier 2 NGSS Certified Educator.
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Anteaters in Education Vice President
Frank Olmos (Ed.D. '10) is a Research and Evaluation Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Office of Education and adjunct professor at the Charter College of Education, California State University, Los Angeles. His areas of expertise include organizational design, human resources management, large-scale project management, Community Schools administration and data analytics. He has also worked for Montebello Unified School District and for the City of Maywood. Dr. Olmos holds a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, an M.S. in Public Administration from California State University, Los Angeles, and an Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Leadership from UCI (2010). |
Anteaters in Education Member at Large Brenda Ramos (B.A., Sociology and Education Sciences '19, MAT + Credential '20) while attending UCI, served as the Student Alumni Association President for the UCI Alumni Association and Young Alumni Council. There, she led the executive officers in coordinating UCI Homecoming activities, an alumni speaker series and student-alumni events. In the MAT program, she participated in the Dual Immersion Experience, teaching both kindergarten and fourth grade and received the Promising Master of Arts in Teaching Award in 2019 and the Chuck and Estella Acosta (CABE) Teachership Award in 2020. She currently works as a sixth-grade teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Anteaters in Education Member at Large Sabah Rashid, (MAT + Credential '04) is the author of Upside Down, a children’s picture book about perseverance. Rashid is currently the Head of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Lower School at Léman Manhattan Preparatory School. After graduating from UCI, she taught on the international circuit at American schools in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Prior to returning to the U.S. in 2019, Rashid had been leading international schools and was the founding head of the Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai with a focus on bilingualism. She is passionate about bringing people together, especially third-culture kids and adults, and celebrating individuality and diversity.
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Anteaters in Education Member at Large Mary Roosevelt (Credential '75), formerly program coordinator for the Multiple Subject Credential Program and director of external relations for the UCI Department of Education, received the UCI Medal in 1990. She also previously served as ambassador and board member of the UCI Foundation. She is a trustee of the Ecolint American Foundation, President Emeritus of the University of California Research Associates, and a Friend and Honorary Fellow of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Mrs. Roosevelt was principal of the Junior House at the United Nations International School in New York and also taught at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland, where she created the first draft of what is now the Elementary Curriculum for the International Baccalaureate.
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Anteaters in Education Communications Chair Megumi Cramer (B.A., Education Sciences and Sociology '16) graduated from UC Irvine in 2016. Megumi began her Special Education teaching at a high school in South Los Angeles as a Teach for America corps member in 2017. She obtained her Master's in Education at Loyola Marymount University in 2019 and was a Special Education Coordinator at a middle school in South LA. Currently, Megumi is the Director of Student Support at Nevada Prep Charter School in Las Vegas. As a DACAmented educator, she serves as DACA Advisory Board Member in Teach for America.
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Anteaters in Education Member at Large Pinyi Wang (B.A., Education Sciences '20) graduated from UCI with a B.A. in Education Sciences in 2020. She is currently a teacher at the Homewood Learning Center at Johns Hopkins University, where she also earned her master's degree. Wang has worked as a teacher assistant for K-12 schools and as a peer assistant in Edu 130 and Edu 137 at UCI. Ms. Wang is fluent in Chinese and English. She is currently a member of the Johns Hopkins University Chinese Scholars and Students Association (JHUCSSA) and volunteers as a representative of JHUCSSA to facilitate the Overseas Students Philanthropic Activity (OSPA).
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