Who I Am
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Songwriter, performer, music educator
¨ Creator and owner
of Rhythms & Tunes with Ms Taku, LLC ¨ Substitute Teacher
for Pulaski School District ¨ Resident of Green Bay WI for 25 years; also lived
in Wausau WI, Madison WI, California, New Hampshire and Hawaii
¨ Cancer
Survivor; my hair has grown back from chemotherapy treatments during the summer and fall of 2007. I am grateful to be alive and healthy again!
¨ Community
advocate for social, economic and environmental justice
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| Buzy Bee Daycare - Antigo Park |
Accreditations & Honors
Listed on: WI Dept. of Public Instruction Children’s Entertainers Directory WI Substitute Teacher Permit: Pulaski School District,
Grades K-12 2008 Urban Hope Grant
Recipient: Rhythms and Tunes with Ms Taku, LLC Business Plan 3,000
Post Graduate Supervised Counseling Hours: State of WI Oct. 2007 Bay Business Journal: Honored
by the Chamber of Commerce as one of “125 people You Should Know” in Greater Green Bay Oct. 2006 Bay Business Journal: Honored by the Chamber of Commerce as one of “50 people You Should Know” in Greater Green Bay First
place Music Video contest winner in 1989: sponsored by WI Public
Television
Education
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) - Green Bay
Early
Childhood Education Curriculum Planning - 2009
Urban Hope Entrepreneurial Series:
“Stepping
Up to New Opportunities" - 2008 Antioch/New
England Graduate School, Keene, NH…1984-1987 Master
of Education (M. Ed) in Guidance and Counseling/Dance-Movement Therapy - Counseling/Dance-Movement Therapy Internship:
Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison WI (Children’s Unit and Adult Forensic Unit)
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay…1980-1984
Bachelor of Art – Human Development/Psychology
(co-major)
Cum Laude - 3.75 grade point average Performed
Middle Eastern and Modern Dance in UWGB Theatres Taught Afro-Brazilian Dance thru UWGB Outreach program Dance-Movement Therapy Independent Study Internship: Brown County Mental Health Center - Children’s Unit and at NEW Curative
Rehabilitation Center Performed Improv & Modern Dance Production with students at Howe Alternative
School
Other Related Education/Classes Taken
Music: Clarinet, guitar, hand drumming, piano
Dance/Martial Arts: African, Afro-Brazilian, Ballet,
Baton Twirling, Hawaiian, Jazz, Middle Eastern, Modern, Salsa, Tahitian, Tap, Tumbling, Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do (earned 1st
degree Black Belt), and Yoga
Professional Experience
Substitute Teacher: K-12, 04 - present: Pulaski
School District, Pulaski WI ¨ Classes taught include: Art, Band, Choir, Health, Kindergarten - 7th Grade, Language Arts, Music (K-5), Physical Education,
Science, Social Studies, Spanish, and Special Education Enrichment Specialist, 10/05 - 5/06 (1 day/week): YMCA, Green Bay WI ¨
Developed “Rhythms & Tunes with Ms Taku" for YMCA After School
Enrichment Program (13 locations) Other Relevant Experiences ¨
Site Leader and Substitute Activity Leader – YMCA after school program and summer program ¨
Education Assistant and Activity Leader – Boys and Girls Club – West ¨ Substitute Teacher – Encompass Child Care ¨ Health Educator (tobacco
prevention) – Brown County Health Department, Green Bay area and
statewide (5 years - grant position) ¨ Expressive Arts Therapist & Ropes Course Leader – Fox Valley Psychiatric Hospital, Allouez (Note: moved out of Wisconsin) ¨
Alzheimer’s Unit Activity Director - San Luis Manor Rehab Center ¨ Teacher’s Aide (for developmentally delayed preschool children and adults) – The Community Service Center (now ASPIRO)
Organization Memberships/Volunteerism
American Cancer Society/Brown County Tobacco-Free
Coalition/ Smoke-Free Wisconsin, The Children's Music network, Fireman’s Park Neighborhood Association (Co-founder,
Board of Directors), Green Bay Live, Harmony Cafe Planning Team, JOSHUA (Justice Organization Sharing Hope and United in Action),
and WI Music Educators Association |
