Melissa Farnum, MA is a Continuing Education Specialist for the AIMS Center and supports work in ICTP. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado and went on to get her Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from New York University. After finishing her Master’s, she taught in public schools in New York for a year before moving to Colombia and teaching English at the Universidad de Los Andes. She moved to Seattle seeking a job in the field of education broadly and found this position at the AIMS Center.
She works to support the development of training plans for implementation by working with experts to identify the best way to train providers in collaborative care. She believes her most important work has been anything that has helped promote individuals’ self-interest in learning. She hopes to help instill in others a continued love of learning. Five years from now, she hopes that collaborative care is in far-reaching settings and is able to apply to broader populations.