WHY DO I TEACH?
"Mi casa es su casa" is a little Latin saying that means 'My home is your home.' I desire to build family and community. I do this work because my life is not my own. I find my authentic self in community with and in service to others. I am passionate about working with young people because every person needs to know their worth and that they are loved. When we feel warmth, welcomed, safe - this sense of home, we become our best selves. Then we go and do more good in the world. For me teaching is a labor of love, an act of hospitality and generosity. Teaching is sacrifice & compassion in action and direct impact and investment in all our futures through our children. It is my way to bring hope and push back darkness in the world. |
MY LATEST ADVENTURE
Teaching at APEX Academy High School.
I started working at APEX Academy HS in 2018. I'd been a teaching artist & educator since 2015 but APEX is my first full time teaching position. I have my own classroom! Hooray!
I love my students and the community I have got to build so far.
I have an administration that is supportive and other teachers who are truly dedicated to
helping any student, any time, any where!
To best serve our kids and thus the community, we have to take care of them socially and emotionally because then they have the support and love to succeed.
I look forward to many moons here!
I started working at APEX Academy HS in 2018. I'd been a teaching artist & educator since 2015 but APEX is my first full time teaching position. I have my own classroom! Hooray!
I love my students and the community I have got to build so far.
I have an administration that is supportive and other teachers who are truly dedicated to
helping any student, any time, any where!
To best serve our kids and thus the community, we have to take care of them socially and emotionally because then they have the support and love to succeed.
I look forward to many moons here!
FOLLOW ME AROUND THE WORLD
I love making friends at random coffee shops, grocery stores, in line (...basically anywhere, chuckle chuckle); I love chai tea lattes with an accompanying chocolate chip cookies and I love giving back to people. If you are a kindred soul and want to leave the world better than you found it, follow me and let's do something about it! Let's figure it out together.
"You know what's wrong with the world ?
Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem
and yet everyone refuses to believe in magic. "
Teaching is my way of believing in magic; the somewhat naive, but ever so crucial, hope
that I can make a difference by showing up, again and again.
Everyone wants a magical solution to their problem
and yet everyone refuses to believe in magic. "
Teaching is my way of believing in magic; the somewhat naive, but ever so crucial, hope
that I can make a difference by showing up, again and again.