Curriculum Design for Classroom Literacy Materials: In-house Positions

McGRAW-HILL EDUCATION | Senior Academic Editor (2014 - 2016) and Senior Editor (2004 - 2008)

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY | Freelance Project Editor (2014)

AMPLIFY (formerly WIRELESS GENERATION) | Literacy Writer (2011 - 2012)

  • Planned and coordinated development of teachers’ guides and accompanying student components, ensuring application of appropriate pedagogy and alignment with curriculum standards in comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, oral language, and writing

  • Wrote and edited informative/nonfiction articles and readers, fiction stories, and poems

  • Academically designed lessons incorporating classic and current picture books, fairy tales, and fables

Licensed Content for Television and Toy Properties: In-house Positions

SCROLLMOTION | Project and Content Manager for Children’s Apps (2011)

SCHOLASTIC | Senior Editor (2008 - 2010)

SESAME WORKSHOP | Assistant Editor, Editorial Assistant (2000-2004)

  • Managed the editorial process for children’s books, magazines, and apps for properties such as Sesame Street, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Chuggington, Hot Wheels, iCarly, LEGO City, Littlest Pet Shop, Transformers Animated, Marc Brown’s Arthur, Thomas

  • Partnered with licensors including Bolder Media, Hasbro, LEGO, Ludorum, Mattel, Nickelodeon, and Paramount to uphold the creative integrity of each brand

Sampling of Freelance Clients and Projects

  • Write Reading / Language Arts curriculum content for children (preK – 6th grade) and educators on Science, Social Studies, and Social Emotional topics.

  • Write and edit fiction and nonfiction picture books, activity books, leveled readers, chapter books, and movie novelizations for pre-schoolers to tweens.

  • Americanize and proofread chapter books, licensed character guides, and reference books

SESAME WORKSHOP | Writer and Editor

  • SESAME AND MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION | Curriculum material integrating literacy programs with videos from the Sesame library in order to teach social emotional skills and strategies, including emotional regulation, mindfulness, breathing exercises, and growth mindset

  • SESAME STREET IN COMMUNITIES | Attend advisory panels and write reports on critical topics such as Infant Trauma, Racism, and Social Justice; Edit literacy program materials for childcare providers

  • SESAME STREET AND CHARTER SCHOOLS | Edit literacy program materials using classic and modern picture books as Read Alouds to teach social-emotional skills and strategies

  • SESAME STREET’S INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL IMPACT GROUP | Write digital storybooks and social media content to help parents and children in low-resource settings manage through the global Covid-19 pandemic. Topics included self-care, creative play, social-emotional strategies and skills

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE | Writer

  • Happy New Year Mad Libs | activity book, 48 pages

  • Easter Basket Mad Libs | activity book, 48 pages

SCHOLASTIC | Writer (Pen name “Gabrielle Reyes”)

  • Geronimo Stilton Classics: Moby Dick | American adaptation | chapter book, 224 pages

  • Heromice #10: Sweet Dreams, Sewer Rats | American adaptation | chapter book, 128 pages

  • Creepella Von Cacklefur: Phantom of the Theater, American adaptation | chapter book, 128 pages

  • Mouseford Academy #5, American adaptation | chapter book, 128 pages

  • Reading and Writing Informational Text | first and fourth-grade student materials, 36 pages

  • Hello Kitty Picture Clues: Fourth of July Stars | reader, 32 pages

  • Puppy in My Pocket: Scavenger Hunt | leveled reader, 32 pages

  • Puppy in My Pocket: Winter Friends | leveled reader, 32 pages

  • Chuggington: Chugger of the Year | 8x8 storybook, 24 pages

  • Clifford Loves His Friends | sticker book, 16 pages

  • Odd Animal Helpers | nonfiction reader, 32 pages

  • Dolphin Tale | movie novelization, 144 pages

  • Dolphin Tale 2 | movie novelization, 144 pages

  • Barbie: Princess Charm School | movie novelization, 80 pages

MATTEL | Writer

  • Barbie: Great Pioneer Adventure | 8x8 storybook, 32 pages

  • Barbie: You Can Be a Firefighter | 8x8 storybook, 32 pages

SCHOLASTIC | E-book Interaction Writer and Editor

Sampling from more than 50 enriched e-book scripts:

  • Picture Books: Little Bee; Hug Time; The Gift of Nothing; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose

  • Nat Geo Readers: Trains! Dinosaurs! Trucks! Ponies! Storms!

  • Chapter Book Series: Goosebumps; Rainbow Magic; Teacher from Black Lagoon; Holly Webb’s Animal Stories

HARPERCOLLINS | THOMAS NELSON | Writer

  • Mommy Loves You So Much | rhyming board book, 10 pages

  • Daddy Loves You So Much | rhyming board book, 10 pages

MONKEY BAR COLLECTIVE | CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES

  • Nonfiction passages for a reading comprehension literacy program for 3rd – 5th graders | 10 Units

STRAYER UNIVERSITY | Writer

  • CIS 105 online college course materials

WELDON OWEN (UK) | Writer

  • Animals on the Farm | nonfiction picture book, 32 pages

  • Animals in the Rainforest | nonfiction picture book, 32 pages

  • Animals by the Seashore | nonfiction picture book, 32 pages

  • Animals on the African Savanna | nonfiction picture book, 32 pages

WELDON OWEN (UK) | Editor (for Americanization)

  • Cosmic Menagerie | nonfiction book, 144 pages

  • Lonely Planet Not for Parents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America | nonfiction travel guidebooks, 96 pages each

BUSTER BOOKS (UK) | Writer (Pen name “Gabrielle Reyes”)

  • Justin Bieber: Test Your Super-Fan Status! | activity and quiz book, 96 pages

I SEE ME INC. | Editor

  • My Very Own World Adventure | personalized storybook, 30 pages