Gabriell DeBear Paye has extensive experience as a high school biology and environmental science teacher in Boston public schools. They seek to utilize their screenwriting skills to create entertaining educational materials. Paye has a Bachelor's in Environmental Horticulture and a Master's in Education. They have taken many online courses in screenwriting and have been a quarter finalist in screenwriting competitions. Paye has taught both in the US and as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, where they authored biology textbooks. They have won several grants for environmental education projects and curricula.

1. Gabriell DeBear Paye
370 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
E-mail address: gdpaye@hotmail.com
Cell: (617) 388-6501
Website: gdpworldvision.com
Resume: 2015
Objective:
To utilize skills in screenwriting to create entertaining screenplays, cartoons and curriculum
materials with environmental and social themes.
Education:
Independent courses taken after graduate school:
• Master Screenwriting Certificate Program at ScreenwritingU (online) 2013-2015.
• Proseries Screenwriting course at ScreenwritingU (online), 2012.
• Courses in Game Design and Programming, Northeastern University, 2011-12.
• Screenwriting Certificate, Emerson College, Summer 2009
• Teaching AP Biology, Northeastern University, Summer 2009
• Teaching IB Biology, FLIBS, Summer 2009,
• AVID training, Summer 2008
• Living by Chemistry, Boston Public Schools, Summer 2006.
• Chemistry for Teachers, Umass, Boston, Summer 2005.
• Urban Ecology course, Boston College, Summer 2002.
• In 2002 became certified in Environmental Technology (a vocational certification).
• Teaching A.P. Environmental Science at Fitchburg State College, Summer 2001.
• Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to Costa Rica for course in Environmental Studies and Climate
Change, Summer 2000.
• MIT Summer Institute in web page design and Internet use, 1997.
• Independent graduate studies in computer imaging (Photoshop), page layout, and multimedia
presentation via The Queens College Art Department,1996.
• Institute of Teacher Development Through Ecology (ITDE) sponsored by TERC, Cambridge,
MA,1995.
• Sixteen credits from the EnviroNet program, a course in computer networking and natural
science from Simmons College, Boston, MA, 1992—1998.
Bachelors and Masters Degrees:
• Master of Arts in Education, 1984, University of Connecticut, School of Education. Course
work in curriculum development, science, and vocational education.
• Connecticut and Massachusetts Teachers Certification in Biology 9-12 and Vocational
Agriculture K-12, 1984, renewed until 2014.
• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Horticulture, 1983. University of Connecticut, College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources. Course work in horticulture, soils, botany, biology, and
psychology.
• Graduated from the High School of Music and Art, New York, NY, 1977, majoring in visual
art.
Publications:
•Paye, Gabriell DeBear. 2000. Cultural Uses of Plants: A guide to Learning about Ethnobotany.
2000. The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY. ( ISBN # 0-89327-422-4)
•Arms, Karen. 2000. Holt Environmental Science. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Austin, TX.

2. (Wrote 5 laboratory activities for this textbook series). Also wrote a lab for the updated 2004 Holt
Environmental Science textbook.
• Impact II: 2000-2003. Several exemplary signature projects on environmental studies featured in
city wide showcase and published electronically on the Impact II web site at
http://www.teachnet.org.
• Voices of Educators at the English High School, a booklet, 2005.
Professional Experience:
• 2012 – present : Screenwriter and independent contractor.
• 1987-2012: Lead Teacher in the Boston Public Schools, high school level. Taught Biology I and
II, I.B. Biology, A.P. Environmental Science, Chemistry, Advanced Topics in Science,
Horticulture, Floriculture, Environmental Technology, Social Justice and other courses at West
Roxbury High School, The O’Bryant School of Math and Science, English High School, and
Snowden International School:
 Project Stamp at Boston University where a teacher is paired with a graduate
student to design and implement innovative lessons, 2004-2005
 Participated in the Urban Ecology Institute through Boston College during
2003-2004. In collaboration with other schools we monitored water quality
and bird biodiversity around our school and compared data to other places.
 Obtained mentors to assist students with science projects.
 Assisted numerous school, 12 city and 4 state science fair winners over many
years. Supervised students projects as they designed and carried out original
experiments, presented data and learned to utilize the Internet for scientific
research.
 Worked with Harvard School of Public Health to write labs based on their
research and got internships for students with them.
 Designed a set for the school play “West Side Story”.
 Participated in team teaching.
 Selected to become a lead teacher of the Boston Public Schools in 1999.
Conducted teacher training workshops at The Boston Nature Center in 1999-
2000.
 Six years of participation in Vicenos/Impact II Community Service Learning
projects where we got small grants for students to create environmental
posters, make presentations to younger children, and host Earth Day Festivals.
 Six years of participation in EnviroNet and two years in Global Lab, two
environmental monitoring projects involving computer telecommunications
and sharing environmental data with other schools around the world. Was
featured in the Boston Globe and Electronic Learning Magazine for this work.
 Supervised students in growing and maintaining plants in school greenhouse,
vegetable and flower gardens, and landscape plantings.
 Assisted in obtaining job placements and internships for students.
1985–1987: U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer. Agriculture and Biology Instructor, grades 10—12.
Assigned to Sanniquellie Central High School, Liberia, West Africa:
 Developed curriculum and implemented courses in agriculture, biology and
human anatomy.
 Co-authored and edited 178-page biology textbook and 40-page teachers'
supplement focusing on practical agricultural and health concerns for Liberian
students.
 Developed and taught workshop for 228 teachers — designed to improve the
quality of agricultural education in Liberia.
 Established large school garden with individual student plots and built (with

3. students) a school chicken house to raise broiler chickens.
Related Skills and Interests:
• Graphic arts, drawing, photography, and writing aptitudes. Ability to take complex ideas and
develop them into clear, understandable units of instruction both verbal and written. Networking
and grant writing abilities.
Some Awards and Professional Activities :
• Quarter finalist for the 2014 Page Screenwriting Award, script received a “recommend”.
•Two time Semifinalist in Writemovies.com 2007 Screenwriting contest.
• Finalist in 2006 Moondance Screenwriting contest.
• 2014: Elected to serve on the board of Harvard Square Scriptwriters (HSSW) and Women in
Film and Video/New England (WIFVNE).
• Summer 2002 and 2003: Instructor of college level on-line course in Ethnobotany offered to
teachers around the world through CIEER (Center for International Ethnobotanical Education and
Research).
• January 1999-present: Impact II Teacher Pioneer; a grant where I guided 3 adapters in
integrating technology into the curriculum while the teachers adapted my Ethnobotany curriculum.
• Summer 2000: Selected for a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to go to Costa Rica to study tropical
ecology. Upon returning to Boston, conducted teacher workshops based on this research.
• October 1998: Winner of Impact II Teachnet Grant of $750 for my classroom. Published 5
exemplary lesson plans on the National TeachNet web site.
• 1995 to 2003: Winner of Impact II Service Learning Grants of $350 to $1,000 per year.
• Summer 1997: Winner of Global Teachnet award given by the National Peace Corps
Association for an original Ethnobotany curriculum.
• Summer 1996: Chosen as Access Excellence Fellow sponsored by Genentech for outstanding
biology teachers to attend a summit in San Francisco and join a computer network of biology
teachers. Won a free powerbook computer.
• Fall 1993-present: Writer and Coordinator of a "Plants" web page on the EnviroNet network.
Wrote unit which enables students and teachers to share information about plants and how they are
used in various cultures and create experiments to test the validity of the claimed uses.
• Summer 1993: Sponsored by Concord Academy (Concord, MA) to take an Earthwatch trip and
write a case study about it for an environmental science curriculum guide. Studied with
Ethnobotanist Dr. Bruce Benz in Mexico and wrote a case study about useful plants of the
Mexican rainforest.