AN EDUCATOR OF PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

Teaching is a honorable and valuable journey. To work with and mentor students, contribute to their intellectual growth, and shape or refine their perspectives about life is a particularly rewarding opportunity. 

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As an educator, my goals are threefold.

First, students come from distinct backgrounds, bringing  different and, sometimes, conflicting ideas, interests and demands. I aim to encourage and channel this diversity into positive outcomes through productive discussion. 

Second, I seek to provide students with the knowledge necessary to grasp related concepts and theories. I adopt an active learning approach and use a combination of participatory lectures and interactive classroom activities, such as case studies and simulations, to appeal to visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.

Third, I aim to build students’ critical and analytical thinking skills through engaging them in real-world problem-solving, and with organizations and communities where they can apply learning to practice. Thus, I not only translate knowledge to students but also encourage them to take the initiatives as well as question the existing status quo and consider new ways to approach pressing questions using empirical research.