Education & Growth


Master’s

University of North Texas: Library and Information Science, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor’s

Angelo State University: Business Management

Certifications & Coursework

Conference Attendance

  • Open Education Conference (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Open Texas Conference (2021, 2022)
  • Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (2019, 2021, 2022)
  • OEN Summit (2021, 2022)
  • Texas Digital Library OER Ambassadors 
  • Re-Think It: Libraries for a New Age: Austin, TX (2018)
  • Northeast Regional OER Conference: Amherst, MA (2017)
  • SPARC Meeting on Openness in Research and Education: San Antonio, TX (2016)
  • NACS Textbook Affordability Conference, Davis, CA (2016)
  • UT System Training on OER for Open Education Week: Austin, TX (2015)
  • American Library Association Annual Conference (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
  • Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference (2006, 2011)
  • Texas Library Association Annual Conference (2009, 2010, 2007, 2004)
  • Texas Library Association Annual Assembly (2009)

Other Training

  • Ensuring Student Access & Affordability in Texas: A Peer to Peer Dialogue (2021)
  • Finding Professional Development Resources for OER Adoption & Creation (2021)
  • Interdisciplinary Project Spark Page Training (2021)
  • Introduction to the OpenStax Research Mission (2021)
  • OEN Data Dashboard Intro + Basics for Systems & Consortia (2021)
  • OEN Summit Proposals Session (2021)
  • OERTX Demo for TDL Members (2021)
  • Providing Technical Assistance for the THECB OER Grant Program (2021)
  • Grant Support Office Hours, TDL and THECB (2020)
  • Introduction to Pressbooks UTSA Training (2020)
  • Leveraging Open Educational Resources for Courseware Improvement (2020)
  • OEN Office Hours: Course Markings (2020)
  • OEN Publishing CO-OP Training (Tailored Training for UTSA (2020)
  • OEN Training with OER Ambassadors (2020)
  • OERTX Hub Customization (2020)
  • OERTX: One-on-One for UTSA (2020)
  • OERTX: Opportunities and Support for Digital Innovation Webinar (2020)
  • Open Educational Resources Course Development and Implementation Grant Program: Informational Webinar: Exploring the Application Process (2020)
  • Open Educational Resources State Grants (2020)
  • OpenStax Tutor Demo for Institutional Partners (2020)
  • PressbooksEDU network Manager Training (2020)
  • Texas Digital Library DSpace Training for UTSA Libraries (2020)
  • OpenStax Institutional Partner Calls (Monthly) 
  • OpenStax Tutor Beta Webinar (2017)