Elia Rivera
Educator
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Full Working Proficiency Languages
- Spanish (Caribbean)
- English
Creative & Holistic Skills
- Arts-based literacy strategies
- Storytelling & visual communication
- Yoga-informed mindfulness
- SEL integration
Instruction & Curriculum
- Standards-aligned lesson planning
- Differentiated instruction
- Multimodal & multisensory teaching strategies
- Formative & summative assessment design
- Project- and inquiry-based learning
- Culturally responsive pedagogy
Special Education & Accessibility
- IEP development & progress monitoring
- UDL (Universal Design for Learning)
- Accommodations & modifications
- Assistive technology integration
- Behavior supports & PBIS
- Family collaboration & SPED advocacy
Language & Multilingual Education
- English language development (ESL)
- Sheltered instruction
- Support for multilingual & refugee learners
- Academic language scaffolding
- Mandarin, Spanish & ASL foundations
- Cross-cultural communication
Experience
Founder & Educational Consultant
Aligned Learning07/2026-Present
ELA Teacher
SEEQS: The School for Examining Essential Questions of SustainabilityJuly 2025 – June 2026
SPED ELA Teacher – Internship
Wahiawa Middle SchoolAugust 2024 – July 2025
Administration + ELA Teacher
Hawai'i School for the Deaf and BlindJuly 2022 – January 2024
English Second Language Instructor
University of Hawaii West O'ahuDecember 2021 – May 2022
English Teacher
International Mid Pac CollegeSeptember 2021 – April 2022
Adult Education
International Rescue CommitteeMay 2021 – October 2021
English Language Teacher
Neighborhood English-Saigon, VietnamAugust 2019 – November 2020
IELTS Teacher
The British International School of Kuala Lumpur- Cyberjaya, MalaysiaMay 2018 – August 2019
English Second Language Teacher
Rainbow International School- Beijing, ChinaFebruary 2017 – March 2018
Education
Master of Education – MEdT, Special Education and Secondary Teaching
University of Hawaii at ManoaJuly 2023 – May 2026
Bachelor's Degree, International Politics and International Relations
Pennsylvania State University2016 – December 2021
Kundalini RYT 200, Yoga Teacher Training
World Peace Yoga School- Rishikesh, IndiaApr 2019 – May 2019
TEFL Certificate, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
International Tefl Academy-Chicago, Illinois2016 – 2016
Accounting & Payroll Specialist
Midlands Technical College-Columbia South Carolina2016 – 2016
Associate's degree, Associate's in Arts
Midlands Technical College-Columbia, South Carolina2014 – 2016
Digital Photography
The Art Institute of Charlotte, North Carolina2011 – 2013