During the school year, I taught second grade for two years. During the summers, I taught gifted middle and high school students for five years. And now currently, I am the art and digital photography teacher for a private school.

I challenge higher level thinking and hold all my students to high standards. I'm quirky in personality, so that tends to come out when I'm teaching. I encourage creativity and differentiated learning.

I'm honored to be a freelance writer for Mailbox Magazine (Grade 2-3). Unfortunately, the ideas/projects I create for them will not be on here due to legal reasons... but you will find other Mailbox-quality items by me on here!

I graduated cum laude from Alfred University with my B.A. in English. I went off to grad school to Boston College and earned my M.Ed. in Elementary Education. All that means nothing though because I learned more with practice than all the theory.

I just got married in December 2009, and so now I'm adjusting to being a newlywed and implementing new courses here at school. Whew, busyness!